Quality Officer - Building Act

Waikato Regional Council; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Waikato Regional Council is seeking a Quality Officer – Building Act to oversee internal audits and maintain accreditation for the Building Consent Authority. This part-time role focuses on robust systems, compliance, and continuous improvement within a regulatory environment.

You will lead audits, advise on Building Act compliance, and collaborate with the Project Manager and Consents team to support building consents and related approvals.

Qualifications

• At least six years' relevant experience in a BCA environment.
• Strong understanding of the Building Act 2004 and associated regulations.
• Experience with Building Consent Authority accreditation.
• Experience conducting system audits within a QA environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the BCA's internal audit programme in accordance with regulations and council policies.
• Support maintenance of BCA accreditation through audits and system development.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities and develop practical improvements to BCA policies and systems.
• Support issuance of building consents, code compliance certificates and other Building Act approvals for dams.
• Support delivery of Building Act functions and consenting activities.
• Provide professional and timely service to internal and external customers.

Skills

Building Act knowledge

Auditing

Quality assurance

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Regulatory compliance

Education

Professional/ tertiary qualification in building regulatory environment

Job description

This is a permanent part-time role of 20 hours per week (0.5 FTE).

Are you an experienced Building Act practitioner with a strong interest in quality assurance, regulatory systems and continuous improvement? This is an opportunity to bring your Building Act expertise to a specialist Building Consent Authority environment at Waikato Regional Council.

As our Quality Officer – Building Act, you'll play a key role in maintaining the quality and integrity of our Building Consent Authority (BCA) functions. You'll provide specialist Building Act and quality assurance advice, lead internal BCA auditing, support the maintenance of accreditation, and help ensure our policies, procedures, systems and regulatory decisions remain robust, consistent and compliant.

You'll also support the delivery of Waikato Regional Council's Building Act functions, including functions transferred to us by other regional councils, and work closely with our Project Manager – Building Act, Team Leader and wider Consents team.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the BCA's annual internal audit programme, undertaking robust and impartial audits in accordance with the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006 and Council's BCA policies and procedures.
• Support the maintenance of Council's BCA accreditation, including supporting through the accreditation audit and the development, implementation and maintenance of the systems, policies and procedures needed to meet accreditation requirements.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, providing constructive feedback from audit findings and helping develop practical improvements to BCA policies, procedures and systems.
• Support the Project Manager in the issuing of building consents, code compliance certificates and other Building Act approvals for dams.
• Support the Project Manager and Team Leader in the effective delivery of Council's Building Act functions and consenting activities.
• Provide effective, professional and timely service to internal and external customers.

You will be an experienced Building Act practitioner who understands the importance of robust systems consistent decision-making and continuous improvement in a regulatory environment.

You are comfortable working independently and objectively, asking the right questions and identifying where processes or systems can be improved. At the same time, you're a collaborative communicator who can work constructively with colleagues, applicants, technical specialists and other councils to achieve practical outcomes within the requirements of legislation.

You will bring:

• At least six years' relevant experience working in a BCA environment.
• A good understanding of the Building Act 2004 and associated regulations.
• Relevant experience with Building Consent Authority accreditation.
• Applied practical experience with the Building (Accreditation of Building Consent Authorities) Regulations 2006.
• Experience undertaking system audits within a quality assurance environment.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to work with people to achieve practical outcomes within legislative requirements.
• The confidence to address difficult issues constructively.

You will have:

• A professional or tertiary qualification in the building regulatory environment, or a willingness to work towards one, would be an advantage.
• A full New Zealand driver's licence.

We work hard to care for the mighty Waikato, so current and future generations will benefit from a healthy environment, strong economy, and vibrant communities.

Our mahi is as diverse as the region we care for and the people who share it. Our work helps look after our region's water, soil, air, geothermal areas and coasts - so we can all enjoy these precious resources for generations to come.

Customers sit at the heart of everything we do, and all staff have an important role to play in the delivery of exceptional customer service.

If you’d like to understand more about what we do please click here The work we do | Waikato Regional Council.

By partnering with iwi and working with many others in our communities, our collective kaitiakitanga will make the Waikato region even better. Together, we’ll create a sustainable future that will make a positive difference to people’s lives.

• Applications will be reviewed as they come in, and this role will close on Sunday 1 November 2026.
• For a copy of the role description, please click here.
• If you have any questions about the role, please contact [e-mail]