Permanent, Full-time

Our city is growing and transforming. Increasingly, Upper Hutt has become a lifestyle choice for people wanting a higher quality of life – living, working and recreation closer to home and family. Upper Hutt is rich in the natural environment and education opportunities, and businesses are choosing to invest in our city.

Unsurprisingly, the built form of our city is changing too. We are looking for enthusiastic people to join the Upper Hutt City Council Building Team and be part of our influencing our city transformation.

We are recruiting for an exciting opportunity and are seeking a Building Control Officer – Inspections to join the Building Control Services Team.

Are you seeking a new challenge where you can learn and grow, achieve better work-life balance, and be part of an open and positive team culture? Are you interested in contributing to something meaningful and having your work recognised? Do you want to join a talented team that works hard and has fun? Are you excited about going to work each day and seeing what it brings?

Then you may just be one of the team members we are looking for.

With strong commercial investment in the city, a rising housing market and continued growth, Upper Hutt City Building Team is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual to join our expanding Building Control Services team. We are committed to customer service and need someone who can assist our customers in facilitating development in Upper Hutt while ensuring that building projects comply with legislative requirements and standards.

As a Building Control Officer – Inspections, you will play an important role within the Building Control Services team to ensure the Council’s responsibilities under the Building Act 2004 and related legislation are met.

Your primary responsibility will be to undertake building inspections. Additionally, you will have responsibilities across all aspects of building control including managing cases, projects and/or processes associated with compliance and enforcement matters, processing applications, administration (including BCA accreditation requirements), responding to customer enquiries and interacting with other Council teams.

You will be responsible for maintaining accurate records and information databases in support of the Council’s continued status as an accredited Building Control Authority. Cumulatively your work alongside the wider team will help to transform our city.

Ideally you will have:
An appropriate qualification in building or a design-related field that will be recognised by Regulation 18 of the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006

OR

A relevant technical and/or trade qualification and be willing to work towards a Regulation 18 qualification.

Recent and relevant experience in the building industry and familiarity with construction methods, materials, and systems.

Understanding of risk management principles as they apply to construction and building safety.

Knowledge of inspection processes, documentation requirements, and reporting standards.

A sound knowledge of the Building Act, Building Code and other relevant legislation as it relates to the building industry.

Ability to interpret building plans, maps, and other graphical materials associated with development proposals.

Effective use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, with a capacity to quickly learn and adapt to new computer programs.

An ability to confidently and clearly communicate technical issues and concepts;

Excellent customer service focus, including good listening skills;

Good administration and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads to meet statutory deadlines;

A current driver’s licence.

If you have building industry experience, are positive, committed and highly technically competent in all that you do, and you want to step up to a role that is both busy and rewarding, then you won’t get much better than our city and our team.

As a Building Control Officer – Inspections, you will experience a full and varied workload in a supportive and dynamic working environment.

What are you waiting for? Give Leyla Paine - Building Control Services Manager a call on 04 5272 169 – we’d love to share our plans and our passion.

All applications must include a cover letter, CV and a completed online Upper Hutt City Council application form.

Applications close 9pm Monday 6th October 2024 . We reserve the right to interview and select a candidate prior to the closing date.

PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE .