Building Surveyor Pd March 2024

**_POSITION NUMBER DATE ADOPTED: APPROVED BY: LAST REVIEWED: _**
9040 November 2017 A Dwyer November 2017

**Position Description
**A. POSITION PROFILE**

**Position**:
**Building Surveyor**

**Position Occupant**:
**Position Evaluation**:

- Award: Band 3 Level 2 _
- Salary System Grade: 15_

**Department**:

- Corporate, Community & Development _

**Section/Group**:

- Sustainable Development _

**Conditions of Employment**:

- Australian Citizen or Right to Work in Australia _
- Local Government (State) Award _
- Permanent Full-time_

**Location**:
Cootamundra Gundagai

**Direct Supervisor**:

- Manager Sustainable Development _

**Additional Benefits**:

- Nine Day Fortnight _
- Leaseback Vehicle _

**Number of Staff Supervised by this position**:
Nil

**B. STATEMENT OF FUNCTION**

Provide a technical advisory role to internal/external customers for building surveying, building compliance and
environmental health.

**C. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
appropriate to incumbent’s level of Accreditation and delegations. Ensuring the relevant statutory
requirements, Council policies/procedures are met and complement the natural and built environment
in the Cootamundra-Gundagai local government area.
- Ensure relevant statutes, Council objectives and policies are satisfied and enforced when performing

inspections and evaluating other matters associated with existing and proposed development.

practical context.
- Ensure customer enquiries, building status enquiries and complaint management are handled

professionally in a courteous and efficient manner at all times.
- Maintain a current knowledge of building industry developments, practice and statutory

responsibilities.

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**D. DUTIES**

**Building and Development**

1. Investigate and co-ordinate land use compliance, building and development control to ensure
compliance with relevant statutory requirements and Council policies/procedures.

2. Undertake site inspections and critical stage inspections of developments, buildings and structures
ensuring compliance with development consent, Building Code of Australia, standards, Council codes
and policies and in accordance with staff delegations.

3. Evaluate matters associated with existing development and illegal land use to ensure compliance with
statutory requirements, including approvals and policies.

4. Liaise with and advise builders, developers, architects and the community in providing technical
information and quality advice and clarifying Council’s requirements on development, planning,
building, health and environmental statutes, policies and practices.

5. Provide pre-lodgement advice of Local Government Act and Environmental Planning and Assessment

construction and compliance certificates appropriate to level of BPB Accreditation.

7. Resolve building and development complaints/submissions received by Council in accordance with
statutory requirements, Building Code of Australia and Council policies.

8. Prepare accurate and timely field notes to enable informed decisions to be made in relation to
investigations relating to land use, building and development compliance matters.

9. Facilitate and co-ordinate meetings and cross functional professional involvement to respond to
compliance matters.

10. Issue notices, orders, fees and fines and commence prosecutions in accordance with relevant
legislation, procedures and delegations.

11. Inspect and monitor swimming pool fencing and septic tanks to ensure compliance with relevant
building regulations and codes.

12. Investigate and report on breaches of environmental guidelines.
13. Assist with the development of environmental policies, strategies and codes of practice.
14. Monitor the environmental impacts of development activities.
15. Facilitate public education programs.
16.

**E. ESSENTIAL CRITERIA**

1. Tertiary qualifications in Building Surveying at diploma level or above.
2. Demonstrated experience in a building surveying role ideally gained within a Local Government

environment.
3. Eligibility for accreditation as Building Surveyor - Restricted (Class 1 and 10 Buildings) (formerly A3
- Accredited Certifier) - Building Surveying under the NSW Fair Trading Accreditation system.
4. Demonstrated working knowledge of relevant acts/legislation, standards and guidelines relevant to

building surveying/environmental health.

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6. Demonstrated high level investigative and reports writing skills.
7. Demonstrated high level interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
8. Current NSW Class C Drivers Licence.
9. WHS Construction Induction (NSW White card) or equivalent.
10. Working knowledge of roles and responsibilities under the WHS Act 2011._**F. DESIRABLE CRITERIA**

**Commented [LD1]**:As per previous comments - this is not
appropriate for a PD for a council certifier

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1. Eligibility for accreditation as Building surveyor - restricted (all classes of building) or Building surveyor
- unre