Building Control Team Leader

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work and a major provider of public services to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

Building Control Team Leader

Location: Lowestoft or Melton, with scope to work across the partnership area.

Salary: £54,495 - £58,809 per annum, Pay scale band 10

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

As a Building Control Team Leader you will lead delivery of a high‑quality, customer‑focused Building Control service across a defined area of our Building Control Partnership. You will manage and develop your team, ensuring a professional, efficient and compliant service while maintaining a financially sustainable Building Regulations function. Working at the heart of a forward‑thinking council you will contribute to corporate priorities, supporting positive outcomes for communities across East Suffolk and Ipswich.

• Lead and inspire a team of Building Control professionals, overseeing the delivery of regulatory and enforcement functions while driving high performance, continuous improvement and excellent customer service.
• Perform full line management responsibilities: recruitment, development, performance and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with the Partnership Manager and fellow Team Leaders to shape a consistent, modern, high‑performing service.
• Ensure effective implementation of evolving legislation, promote best practice and drive alignment across the partnership, including adopting innovative digital and remote working approaches.
• Serve as a trusted professional adviser, building strong relationships with planning, regulatory partners and customers, and representing the council regionally and nationally through LABC networks.
• Manage complex cases, support enforcement activity, respond to customers and contribute to emergency response arrangements, while leading on a specialist service area to enhance performance, reputation and growth.

• Experienced Building Control professional with strong technical expertise, leadership capability and a proactive, solutions‑focused mindset.
• Significant post‑qualification experience, sound knowledge of legislation and proven ability to manage and motivate teams within a complex regulatory environment.
• Confident communicator with strong analytical and decision‑making skills, capable of influencing stakeholders, managing competing priorities and identifying opportunities for service improvement.
• Collaborative approach, commercial awareness and the ability to deliver under pressure, alongside strong digital skills and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Full membership of RICS, CABE or equivalent, with substantial practical experience and a commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Flexible, able to travel across the district, including occasional out‑of‑hours working and site inspections in a range of conditions.

• Great opportunities for training and development.
• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 24 days a year, increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays).
• Local government pension scheme.
• Free car parking when working in the office.
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

11.30 pm, 19 June 2026.