BUILDING CONTROL OFFICER (SASOLBURG)

POSITION: BUILDING CONTROL OFFICER (SASOLBURG) Minimum requirements: • Relevant National Diploma in Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering/ Architecture/Building Management/Building Science/Building Surveying or Quantity Surveying. • Be eligible to be registered as a Peace Officer (Law Enforcement Officer) • 5 -8 years’ experience in building industry which 03 years must be in Supervisory capacity. • Valid code 08 driver’s licence. Competency requirements: • Monitoring and Control. • Negotiation. • Planning and Organising • Communication Skills (Oral and Written). Main Duties: Building Development Control: • Ensure enforcement of National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act (Act 103 of 1977). • Ensure that instructions given in terms of the relevant legislation are carried out by undertaking inspections to verify that the legislated building control obligations of the City are being professionally and rigorously fulfilled. • Submit reports regarding non-compliance with any condition on which approval was given in terms of the Act. Pa g e 12 | 23 Cri t i c al V ac anci es (Ci t y press ) INTERNAL MEMORANDUM ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE SERVICES Enquiries: NM Ngwenya Telephone: 016 973 8392 Email: [email protected] Building Control Technical Competences: • Perfoming building inspections. • Investigating of complaints and, if necessary, instituting prosecution. • Receipt and scruitiny of building plans. • Calculation of building plans. • Valuation of Council property. • Studying new building methods. • updating building plans register. Monitoring and Evaluation: • Visit sites and conduct inspections to establish materials, construction work and procedures that are in accordance with approved design drawings, specifications, statutory regulation (national Building regulations) and town planning scheme. • Evaluate and provide guidance on the adequacy of supporting structures, ventilation and waste-water drainage systems. • Inform owners of issues of non-conformity on site and forward findings to facilitate problem solving sequences prior approval. • Ensure that development policies, procedures and practices are adhered to with regard to this statutory function of the municipality. • Provide support and guidance on specific procedural requirements (record keeping, measurements, work organisation, coordination) with a view to capacitating individuals through skills transfer. Verification of Designs Details: • Calculate fees in accordance with laid down tariffs, receipting payments received and forwarding documentation for further processing. • Issue written approvals of erection of any building in respect of which plans and specifications are to be drawn and submitted in terms of the Act. • Perusing through the submitted plans and identifying with deviations in specifications, estimations, calculations and positioning of proposed construction on site taking into account access to services, elevation etc. and referring to specific building codes. Administration Matters: • Update and maintain records or information. • Complete details on statutory forms and notices, verifying and approving content. • Submit reports. • Collection of information from field reports, inspections and details findings from inspections / observations and forwarding it to management for perusal and guidance on unresolved or pending outcomes. Pa g e 13 | 23 Cri t i c al V ac anci es (Ci t y press ) INTERNAL MEMORANDUM ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CORPORATE SERVICES Enquiries: NM Ngwenya Telephone: 016 973 8392 Email: [email protected] Salary: R 482 777.51 – R 507 3340.05 per annual (post level 04, subject to job evaluation) plus transport allowance based on 650 km per month. DIRECTORATE: SOCIAL SERVICES DIVISION: WASTE MANAGEMENT