Principal Building Inspector

**Principal Building Inspector - Better Regulation Division (BRD)**

**Benefits**
- Fantastic clerk grade 9/10 Opportunity
- Salary range: $116,211 - $128,061 + super, commensurate with experience
- Parramatta location minutes’ walk from Public Transport
- Genuinely flexible working arrangements
- Excellent career development and learning development opportunities
- State of the art offices

**About Us**

This role is an exciting opportunity to work within our Better Regulation Division (BRD) who work across a broad portfolio of functions and projects to deliver better regulation in NSW. These regulators include Safework NSW and NSW Fair Trading. These regulators are modern, innovative and collaborative, competitive for businesses, responsive to our customers’ needs, protect the community we serve and give people confidence to engage in economic and social activities. Our vision is for a safer community and a vibrant economy, supported by better regulation.

The Principal Building Inspector is responsible for managing a team of Building Inspectors involved in resolving residential building disputes and industry compliance to legislation. The role also undertakes complex technical building investigations and dispute resolutions.

You will provide independent expert building advice and opinions to industry, community and branch, as well as report to government on industry trends and concerns.

**To be successful in this role, the successful applicant will have demonstrated experience in**

Conducting complex dispute resolution and inspection activities to ensure and enhance compliance as per Home Building and other legislative requirements administered by the Department:
Managing the coordination of proactive and targeted inspection activities and disputes;

Providing advice to Management regarding significant issues, industry developments, critical milestones, and identification of options that contribute to the Department's regulatory plans.

**Key challenges**
- Managing a strategic approach to the often-competing demands for the planning, development and implementation of projects and advice tailored to support initiatives of the business within tight deadlines;
- Monitor, mentor and motivate a team of inspectors to deliver timely and expert intervention in building disputes as well as proactive programs.
- Exercising sound judgement, sensitivity and appreciation of highly contentious and confidential matters; and
- Managing a diverse and complex range of issues and be able to deal sensitively with enquiries from the Manager, Director and Executive Director.

**Essential Criteria**

It is essential that you hold a NSW Drivers License as well as a Builders License or Qualified Supervisor Certificate or are eligible to obtain one in order to be successful in this role.

**About you**
- Are you highly organised and passionate about your work?
- Do you have a Certificate IV in Government (Investigations) or willingness to complete one?
- Do you have a current NSW drivers license?
- Are you happy and willing to travel throughout the state when required?
- Do you have a Builder License or Qualified Supervisor Certificate or eligible to obtain one?

**If you said yes to the above, we want to hear from you**

**What we need from you**:
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities

Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting at $116211 base plus superannuation

**Closing Date: Tuesday 14th February [at 9.59am]**

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