Property Assessor (Lower Hutt)

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks' annual leave

Insurance benefits

Job summary

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities is seeking a Property Assessor to deliver residential property assessments across the Hutt Valley and wider region. You will identify issues, perform minor maintenance, and ensure properties meet health, safety, and building code standards, while engaging with tenants.

The role requires hands-on experience in construction/maintenance, strong customer focus, and the ability to work independently with a structured schedule.

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on experience in building construction or maintenance.
• Experience working in residential construction or maintenance roles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of health, safety and building code standards.

Responsibilities

• Conduct residential property assessments across the region.
• Identify condition-based issues and document findings.
• Carry out minor maintenance tasks and servicing (e.g., heat pumps).
• Engage effectively with tenants and build strong relationships.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and building codes.

Skills

Relationship management

Tenant engagement

Building compliance knowledge

Practical field experience

Health and safety awareness

Education

National Certificate Level 4 in Building/Design

Diploma Level 6 in Building Control Surveying

Job description

• Use your property expertise to ensure our homes meet health, safety, and building code standards
• Play a key role in improving housing quality and the lives of our customers living in our homes
• Full time permanent role + 5 weeks' annual leave and insurance benefits

As a Property Assessor, you'll be supporting the delivery of warm, dry, and safe homes across New Zealand. Reporting to the Team Leader - Property Assessment, this hands‑on role is responsible for conducting residential property assessments, identifying condition-based issues, completing minor maintenance tasks, and ensuring compliance with health, safety and building code standards. Working independently across your region, you'll draw on your experience in construction or maintenance to assess the condition of our homes, engage effectively with tenants, and contribute reliable property data that informs asset decisions.

This role blends technical skill with strong relationship management, making it ideal for those with a practical background and a customer-focused approach. With increasing demand, the work is fast-paced and high volume, and offers opportunities to work autonomously, travel, and contribute meaningfully to public housing outcomes.

In this role you'll be responsible for managing your own daily schedule and working directly with tenants in their homes. This is a hands‑on, practical position which will see you carrying out minor maintenance works such as servicing heat pumps as well as completing formal assessments for more significant maintenance repairs. You'll be able to speak both the building and construction language, as well as communicating effectively and respectfully with our tenants to get the job done.

If you have on‑the‑tools experience in a residential construction or maintenance role coupled with a friendly and calming customer‑focused approach, then we would like to hear from you.

Here's what you will bring to the role:

• Ideally, a relevant National Certificate (Level 4) building and or design qualification. Alternatively, you will have relevant experience within the building maintenance sector
• Ideally, a Diploma (Level 6) in Building Control Surveying and / or a recognised qualification in the building design and / or construction (Advanced Trade Certificate, NZCB, NZCD or equivalent)
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in building construction, maintenance or an inspections role
• Demonstrated people skills to achieve outcomes and sound customer approach when in homes
• Good building technical knowledge, application, and awareness
• Strong relevant legislative knowledge, application, and understanding
• You'll have a wealth of experience working with iwi and rōpū Māori at a regional/national level
• A current, full clean New Zealand Driver’s Licence

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work‑life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on‑the‑job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

At Kāinga Ora, our mahi sits at the heart of Aotearoa’s housing system. Every day, we help shape how our customers live today and into the future. It’s meaningful mahi, and we’re transforming how we work so we can deliver even better outcomes.

Our transformation focuses on three things:

• Our future – building a high performing organisation that delivers quality housing for generations.
• Our tenants – warm, dry, well maintained homes and the right support to help people live well.
• Our people – simple processes, modern technology and opportunities to learn, grow and thrive.

Guided by our values, we work together, put customers at the centre and continually challenge ourselves to be better.

Kāinga Ora is a place where people feel valued and supported. You’ll find opportunities to grow your skills and build a career you’re proud of, with fair pay and flexible ways of working that support both our people and our customers.

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

Our values are:

Applications close on Sunday, 11 October 2026 at 11:55pm.

As part of our commitment to supporting employees through organisational change, affected Kāinga Ora employees will be considered for vacancies in the first instance. We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation.

Closes on 11 Oct 2026 23:55

Location(s) Hutt Valley

Expertise Building Compliance, Maintenance, Property Management, Quality and Standards, Risk & Compliance