Control Officer: PD-Building & Technical: REAL19014

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma in Building / Built Environment or relevant equivalent NQF Level 6 qualification
• 5 years' experience in the built environment
• Valid driver's license
• Computer literacy

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and formulate on corporate level, the functions, standards, policy and guidelines control to comply with relevant legislation and statutory requirements and ensure implementation thereof in the region to ensure that building environment is safe and healthy
• Attend to correspondence by being involved with the budgetary processes and constantly monitor the spending thereof
• Coordinate the compilation of the building control budget with the Regional Executive Managers and the monitoring thereof by being involved with the budgetary processes and constantly monitor the spending thereof
• Determine tariffs relating to the building control functions and revise annually by compiling building plan tariffs using the previous financial year's tariff as reference thereby determining the tariffs based on the treasury's increment guidelines
• Coordinate the submission of legally required statistics to central statistics South Africa by compiling building plan statistics, analyse and forwarding them to statistics South Africa
• Render a service of advice of the national building regulations and building standards act to the building control officer, all departments and regions by researching, better understand advice accordingly
• Compile and develop guidelines for the aesthetic committees and coordinate the monthly sitting of the committee to develop the guideline and the establishment of such committees to ensure uniform procedures within the Metro
• Complete instructions by Council timeously to develop the guideline and the establishment of such committees to ensure uniform procedures within the Metro
• Research all new trends and case laws in the field of building control by surfing the networks, attending workshops, meetings, seminar, conferences and consulting with experts
• Initiate, develop and coordinate the implementation of the electronic building plan management system by conducting research, consulting with stakeholders, write report to Council, budget, appoint consultants for the development of the software, implementation of the pilot project and the ultimate roll out