Principal Building Control Officer

Salary: £64,160 - £72,490 Inclusive of London Weighting (This post also attracts up to £12,500 Market Force Supplement).

Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week

Hours of Work/Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9:15am – 5:00pm

Basis: Full -Time, Permanent

Workplace category: Hybrid

Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance

Attachments: Job Description and Person Specification

Summary of Terms and Conditions of Employment

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications. We therefore encourage you to apply early.

Are you ready for a new challenge and looking to join a high performing, dynamic, and well-regarded team?

The City of London is a centre of excellence in tall, complex, multi-tenanted buildings, but also deals with an interesting mix of heritage and cultural projects. We have a busy workload, and we are looking for someone to join our team of existing, experienced Class 2 & 3 Registered Building Inspectors as a Principal/Team Leader.

Working with eminent designers and contractors, our projects portfolio includes some of the UK’s largest buildings, predominantly multi-million-pound office and retail developments, hotels and residential apartment blocks, incorporating leading edge innovative design solutions.

We are looking for a highly skilled, Class 3 Registered Building Inspector, who is a competent, dynamic individual to join us as a Team Leader/Principal Building Control Officer. You must be committed to delivering a world class Building Control service in a highly competitive market. You will play an important role in ensuring the viability and standing of the City’s District Surveyor’s Office now and into the future.

Professionally qualified, you will have extensive professional and technical skills necessary to work within a competitive Building Control environment. Full support will be given to ensure you maintain your competence through an internal and external training system.

As part of the package, the City of London Corporation will pay your registration fees with the Building Safety Regulator as well as two professional memberships such as RICS or CABE plus IFE

If you feel that this is the next career move for you, we will be pleased to hear from you.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

Closing date: 23:59pm on 4 November 2026

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OENV1511 if you experience any difficulties. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.