Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) – Technical Lead
Shape safer buildings. Influence better outcomes. Be the trusted regulatory authority.
We're looking for a Building Regulations Principal Designer (BRPD) Technical Lead to play a pivotal role in ensuring buildings are designed and delivered in full compliance with the UK Building Regulations and the evolving building safety regime.
This is a highly influential, project‑facing role where your technical authority, regulatory insight and leadership will directly shape how complex projects are designed, coordinated and assured — from the earliest design stages through to delivery.
If you're a Building Control professional ready to apply your expertise at scale, this role will feel like a natural next step.
As the Designated Individual (DI) under the Building Regulations, you will:
- Lead and oversee compliance with Part 2A of the Building Regulations
- Put robust arrangements in place to ensure designs meet regulatory and building safety requirements
- Act as the technical authority for building regulations and higher‑risk building work
- Coordinate designers, dutyholders and stakeholders to promote collaboration and competence
- Identify, manage and reduce building safety risks throughout the design lifecycle
- Support the development and implementation of a strong Building Safety Management System
- Translate regulatory change into practical guidance for project teams
- Contribute to training, upskilling and shared learning across the business
- Build trusted relationships with regulators and industry stakeholders
You'll work across a diverse portfolio of projects, with the opportunity to influence standards, behaviours and outcomes on a wide scale.
This role is particularly well suited to experienced Building Control professionals — including those from local authority or approved inspector backgrounds — who want to:
- Apply their regulatory knowledge in a strategic, design‑led role
- Influence compliance upstream rather than only at inspection stage
- Operate as a senior technical leader within complex, multi‑disciplinary environments
- Work closely with designers, engineers and delivery teams to embed compliance by design
You may also come from an architectural, engineering or design compliance background, provided you bring strong regulatory expertise and leadership capability.
- Around 10 years' experience in design, construction or regulatory compliance
- Deep understanding of the UK Building Regulations and building safety requirements
- Proven ability to guide and influence multi‑disciplinary teams
- Confidence working with higher‑risk buildings and complex regulatory frameworks
- Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder‑management skills
- A practical, solutions‑focused mindset with high technical credibility
- Degree in Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering or similar
- Chartered (or working towards) membership such as RIBA, CABE, RICS or equivalent
You'll be part of an organisation that takes technical excellence and building safety seriously — investing in people, systems and innovation to deliver better outcomes for the built environment.
In return, you'll gain:
- A genuinely influential role with real autonomy
- Exposure to complex, high‑profile projects
- A platform to shape best practice in building safety and regulation
- Long‑term career development within a values‑driven, technically led organisation
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
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