The posting
Job Description
Key Responsibility Areas:
- Advises the communities in low income housing projects.
- Identifies property boundaries and servitudes.
- Attends to queries/ problems relating to services.
- Advises on plumbing regulations and ensures communities are using rodding eyes, vent pipes and checking the pipe bedding.
- Facilitates issues related to relocation of dwellings.
- Advises owners on the best location of new structures.
- Prepares basic drawings for owners and calculate material quantities.
- Submit reports to Contract Support Officer for all projects.
- Attends site meetings with Project Managers and Contractors.
- Manages external Clerk of works during construction of top structures.
Competencies:
- Building Development Control
- Building Inspectorate Customer Centricity
- Negotiation & Influencing
- Ethics & Professionalism
- Problem Solving
- Organisational Awareness
- Planning & Organising
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Communication
- Service Delivery Orientation
- Action & Outcome Orientation
- Change Readiness
Essential Requirements:
- Diploma (NQF Level 6) in the Built Environment field.
- Valid motor vehicle driving license.
- 3 Years relevant experience.
- Computer Literacy.
Preferred Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree (NQF Level 7) in the Built Environment field.
- 4 Years relevant experience.
Special Conditions: Communicate in English and Zulu.
Physical Requirements: Physically fit. Need to work mostly outdoors.
Qualifications
Essential Requirements:
- Diploma (NQF Level 6) in the Built Environment field.
- Valid motor vehicle driving license.
- 3 Years relevant experience.
- Computer Literacy.
Preferred Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree (NQF Level 7) in the Built Environment field.
- 4 Years relevant experience.
About Us
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality is a metropolitan municipality, created in 2000, that includes the city of Durban and surrounding towns. eThekwini is one of the 11 districts of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.



