Experience

Stratford-on-Avon District Council

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Building Control Team Leader

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Responsibilities for auditing, adopting and publishing costs and charges for the service provision, negotiating and quoting for larger jobs and ensuring a positive, proactive, quality service whilst in competition from the private sectorEnsuring compliance with the councils standing orders, financial regulations and health and safety policy; byelaws; departmental and Divisional Guidelines and Instructions and all other statutory requirements.To provide strategic and operational management for the Building Control Team.To actively provide support and advice to all staff within the Division to assist them in their duties and help identify and meet their training needs through the council's appraisal scheme.Working on multi million pound projects with leading, cutting edge architects, builders and brand companies forming part of the design team - actively trying to provide a positive service rather than a restrictive bureaucratic approachTo instigate suitable enforcement in respect of contraventions of the Building RegulationsSuccessfully managed a team of surveyors of varying ability to achieve all set standards and performance indicatorsDelivery of the Built in Quality Awards used to celebrate the success in construction of our users and customersLiaising with other bodies, divisions, and departments of the council and external partnersProviding a high quality and professional service with emphasis given to customer care issuesAccount Manager for Partnership Schemes with local valued usersTo work with, provide support and guidance to in a mentoring capacity to Trainees, Assistants, Surveyors and TechniciansDue to personal family circumstances took on previous roll Show less

• Acting Building Control Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2019

  Promotion in an acting capacity to Manager status - Responsibility for ensuring the service realized its business and operational plans whilst achieving a break even point on income against expenditure on all fee earning activities Successful tendering and contract winning on large scale developments against Approved InspectorsDeveloping and promoting future restructuring to take account of staff changes by seeking and recruiting new personnel and creating a Trainee position to ensure systematic internal progressionEnsuring compliance with the councils standing orders, financial regulations and health and safety policy; byelaws; departmental and Divisional Guidelines and Instructions and all other statutory requirements.To provide strategic and operational management for the Building Control Team.To actively provide support and advice to all staff within the Division to assist them in their duties and help identify and meet their training needs through the council's appraisal scheme.To monitor and carry out where appropriate the detailed examination of the plan checking process undertaken by staff within the managed team to ensure compliance with appropriate technical and legal requirements.To develop and implement a marketing strategy to actively promote the Building Control Service to existing and potential customers; to seek user views and suggestions on service improvements and to keep regular contact to ensure continued improvement To represent the council at the Local Authority Building Control and Heart of England Building Control GroupTo be responsible or securing compliance with adopted procedures, standards and legislation in respect of dangerous structures, control of demolition and access officer dutiesTo monitor the Building Control Trading Account and inn conjunction with the Business Manager be part of the process to calculate the appropriate accruals at the end of each financial year Show less

• Building Control Team Leader

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Promotion to Team Leader StatusResponsibilities for auditing, adopting and publishing costs and charges for the service provision, negotiating and quoting for larger jobs and ensuring a positive, proactive, quality service whilst in competition from the private sectorWorking on multi million pound projects with leading, cutting edge architects, builders and brand companies forming part of the design team - actively trying to provide a positive service rather than a restrictive bureaucratic approachSuccessfully managed a team of surveyors of varying ability to achieve all set standards and performance indicatorsDelivery of the Built in Quality Awards used to celebrate the success in construction of our users and customers Show less

• Senior Building Control Surveyor

  • Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Promotion to Senior Status Responsibility for the Arden Area of Stratford District and other members of staff covering the districtResponsibility for successfully achieving the councils performance standardsPart of a team involved in reorganization/restructuring of the departmentAccount Manager for Partnership Schemes with local valued usersTo monitor and carry out where appropriate the detailed examination of the plan checking process undertaken by staff within the managed team to ensure compliance with appropriate technical and legal requirements.Monitoring of on site work for compliance with planning conditions, the approved plans and supporting documentation and instigating the required action to the extent required by the departmentTo provide an “Out of Hours” cover to the council’s emergency contact lineLiaising with other bodies, divisions, and departments of the council and external partnersProviding a high quality and professional service with emphasis given to customer care issuesAssisting in the completion of search enquiries in respect of the duties of the division to the required standards and timescalesAttending and responding to written, telephone, on site and reception enquiries in respect of the function of the divisionThe maintenance of accurate, comprehensive and up to date records relating to the plan checking and site inspection aspects of Building ControlContinued development in utilizing IT within the division Show less

• Divisional Building Control Surveyor

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 2000

  Promotion to Divisional designation. The position included direct responsibility for a specific area within the Stratford DistrictAttained BSc in Building Surveying at University of Central EnglandDesignated Leading Surveyor for Stratford Councils Partnership SchemesResponsibility for training new members of staff to familiarize them with Stratford Councils future vision

• Assistant Building Control Surveyor

  • Jan 1992 - Jan 1994

  Promotion to Assistant designationContinued development of training in the building control function inclusive of unsupervised site inspectionsSuccessful completion of years 2 and 3 of BSc Building Surveying CourseLead surveyor for plan checking and site inspections of multi million pound work at Rover Group Gaydon All goals and targets set achieved as part of an agreed training programme

• Trainee Building Control Surveyor

  • Jul 1989 - Jan 1992

  Joined as a Trainee having just gained an OND in Building Studies at Coventry Technical CollegeCompleted my HNC in Building Studies at Coventry Polytechnic and successfully Passed my first year in BSc in Building Surveying at University of Central EnglandIntensive on site training carried out under the tutoring of John Leney in all Building Control matters