Technical Assistant - Building Control
Pay: £15.06 per hour, 37 hours per week, Mon-Fri
Location: Thrapston, NN14 4LZ
Length: up to 6 months
Opus People Solutions are recruiting on behalf of North Northamptonshire Council for an experienced Technical Assistant to join their Regulatory Services within Building Control function supporting the administrative and technical processes.
As Technical Assistant your typical duties would be:
- Ensuring accurate, professional and timely case management service to our customers across a range of service areas and activities
- Undertaking casework that requires an understanding of relevant service processes, regulations and legislation
- Delivering excellent customer service
- Ensuring strict confidentiality is maintained, and data protection (GDPR) rules are followed
- Promote and Supporting Customer Self Service
- Identifying improvements in customer and service provision
About You:
You will be a team player and be able to demonstrate that you are able to work in a highly pressured environment often working to strict deadlines. Experience of dealing with Building Control, Planning and Land Charges would also be an advantage.
The post would require an individual who could demonstrate the following:
- Experience of working in a construction related administrative role, or equivalent demonstrable experience and knowledge
- A strong customer focus coupled with strong interpersonal skills
- A positive "can do" attitude to help us deliver the highest standards of service to our customers
- Experience of Building Regulations application types and administrative processes - knowledge of the Building Regulations 2010 and Building Act 1984 as well as associated legislation is desirable, as well as the ability to read and interpret technical drawings
- Attention to detail, with excellent levels of accuracy and analytical approach
- Experience of using the Office 365 package, as well as Outlook and Teams
If you are looking for your next role, which will provide you with broad invaluable range of further skills and experience within a highly respected public sector organisation, don't hesitate to apply now!
