Building Surveyor - Residential Inspections

We're looking for 2 experienced Building Surveyors to join our Residential Building Team.

If you're passionate about building quality, enjoy working with a variety of stakeholders, and take pride in delivering excellent customer service, we'd love to hear from you.

Selwyn is one of New Zealand's fastest-growing districts, offering an exceptional quality of life, thriving communities, and a strong local economy. At Selwyn District Council, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while helping shape a district that continues to grow and prosper.

What we can offer

• Great work-life balance with flexibility
• Career coaching and development
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing and volunteer leave
• Three days paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Two weeks paid Partners Leave
• Sick leave from day one
• Continued KiwiSaver contributions during savings suspension
• Discounts with local and national businesses

Our team is responsible for reviewing and inspecting residential building consents across Selwyn, ensuring compliance with legislation and supporting safe building outcomes for our community.

Key aspects of each role include:

• Processing/Inspecting a wide range of building consents
• Providing advice and expertise on Building Act matters to applicants and internal teams
• Communicating with agents, architects, licensed building practitioners, and applicants — often under pressure — to solve problems and provide clear guidance
• Supporting an integrated approach to customer service by collaborating with other departments (e.g., planning, property, plumbing, and drainage)
• Maintaining competency through technical audits and our biannual competency framework
• Staying up to date with legislative changes and adapting to new systems and processes

This role is highly autonomous, but you'll be part of a supportive and collaborative team where help is always available, and your contribution is valued.

About you

Our ideal candidate is calm, honest, and approachable, with relevant Building Consent Authority (BCA) or Territorial Authority (TA) experience that enables you to hit the ground running.

You're detail-oriented but able to see the big picture, and you bring a natural problem-solving mindset to your work.

• A NZ Diploma in Building Surveying (Level 6) or equivalent NZ qualification with current R2 or R3 competence
• Understanding and application of the Building Act, Regulations, Building Code, Standards, and the consent process
• Ability to make technical decisions using sound judgement in a timely manner, risk analysis, and research
• High-level digital literacy and experience in a range of software applications
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and time management skills
• A current Class 1 New Zealand driver's licence

About us

Selwyn is one of the fastest-growing districts in New Zealand. We have a fantastic quality of life, great communities, and a thriving economy. Our Council works actively with residents to provide the services and facilities that help our communities to thrive and grow.

Our head office is based in Rolleston (only 25km from Christchurch), which offers an enviable family lifestyle, outstanding local facilities and an easy drive to the ski fields, rivers and hills that make up Canterbury's stunning landscape.

Our values are important to us and represent the way we work: · Be a good human · Be brave - Think differently · Better together- Make it happen for Selwyn.

We honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with our Treaty partner to deliver on our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We value the safety of our community - this role requires a satisfactory safety check and for you to pass a drug and alcohol test.

If you'd like to play a part in making Selwyn the best place to live, work and play, join us today!

To apply for this job go to: https://sdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies & enter ref code: 6942284. 

Applications close 05 November 2026