Building Control Officer

PERMANENT | FULL TIME

Our city is growing and transforming. Increasingly, Upper Hutt has become a lifestyle choice for people wanting a higher quality of life – living, working and recreating closer to home and family. Upper Hutt is rich in the natural environment and education opportunities, and businesses are choosing to invest in our city.

Unsurprisingly, the built form of our city is changing too. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join the Upper Hutt City Council Building Team and be part of our city's transformation.

Is that you?

Are you searching for a new opportunity that will help you learn, develop, and find better work-life balance in a supportive, open team environment? Do you want your contributions to be recognised as part of a larger purpose? Would you enjoy working with talented colleagues who are dedicated but also know how to have fun? Are you excited to start each day curious about what opportunities await?

Then you may just be the team member we are looking for.

Upper Hutt City Building Team is seeking a qualified and motivated professional to join our expanding Building Control Services team in response to strong commercial investment, a growing housing market, and continued development within the city. Our team maintains a customer-centric approach and requires individuals who can support development initiatives in Upper Hutt while ensuring compliance with legislative requirements and building standards.

As a Building Control Officer - Consents, you will play an essential role in working within the Building Control Services team to ensure building consent processing and related works are completed efficiently and to a high standard while appropriately managing risk.

You will be responsible for maintaining accurate records and information databases to support the Council's continued status as an accredited Building Control Authority. Your work alongside the wider team will help transform our city.

Ideally you will have:

• A sound knowledge of the Building Act, Building Code and other relevant legislation as it relates to the building industry.

• An appropriate qualification in building or a design-related field that will be recognised by Regulation 18 of the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006 OR A relevant technical and/or trade qualification and be willing to work towards a Regulation 18 qualification.

• 3+ years relevant experience in the building industry is preferable.

• An ability to confidently and clearly communicate technical issues and concepts.
• Excellent customer service focus, including good listening skills.
• Competent in MS suite of products, general computer use and the ability to adapt to new computer programs easily. The ability to use GoGet is an advantage.
• Good administration and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads to meet statutory deadlines.
• A current driver's licence.

If you have building industry experience, are positive, committed and technically competent in all that you do, and you want to step up to a role that is both busy and rewarding, then you won't get much better than our city and our team.

As a Building Control Officer - Consents, you will experience a full and varied workload in a supportive and dynamic working environment.

What are you waiting for? Give Leyla Paine - Building Control Services Manager a call on – we'd love to share our plans and our passion.

If you would like to be considered for this role then please apply online: 

Applications close 4pm, 11th January 2026.

We reserve the right to interview and select candidates prior to the closing date.

All applications must include a cover letter, CV and a completed online Upper Hutt City Council application form.

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN NEW ZEALAND TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.