Civil Engineer: Building Diagnostics & Maintenance
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Naba Infrastructure Consultants helps property owners look after their buildings. We are looking for a Building
Diagnostics & Maintenance Engineer to join the growing team at Naba. This role assesses existing buildings,
finds the real cause of defects, and turns the findings into practical, costed
repair and long-term maintenance plans that clients can understand and act on.
Main Outcomes:
- Accurate,
root-cause diagnosis of building defects, not just the visible symptoms.
- Practical,
cost-effective remedial solutions that clients can budget for and implement.
- Reliable 10-year
maintenance and capital replacement forecasts.
- Clear,
client-ready reports, and clients who understand what is wrong and what to do
next.
Key Responsibilities:
- Inspect residential
and commercial buildings and assess the condition of each building element.
- Diagnose defects
across structure, waterproofing, drainage, the building envelope and finishes.
- Recommend
practical, cost-effective remedial solutions.
- Do light remedial
design work (about 5% of the role).
- Measure buildings
and prepare accurate cost estimates for repair and maintenance budgets.
- Compile 10-year
maintenance and capital replacement forecasts.
- Write clear defect,
condition and maintenance reports for non-technical readers.
- Present findings to
owners, trustees, body corporates and managing agents in plain language.
- Work
with contractors and the project team through tender and repair.
Requirements
Minimum requirements
- BSc/BEng or BTech
in Civil Engineering.
- ECSA registration
as Pr Eng or Pr Tech Eng. Candidates close to registration will be considered,
provided they register within 12 months of appointment.
- About 7 years'
experience in building defects, condition assessments, remedial work or
building maintenance.
- Sound knowledge of
typical building defects and their causes across civil disciplines.
- Strong Excel skills
for measuring, costing and forecasting.
- Excellent written
and spoken English, with the patience to explain technical issues to laypeople.
Advantageous
- Condition
assessment experience on public-sector portfolios (GIAMA/U-AMP).
- Experience in a
remedial, forensic or waterproofing consultancy, or as a property-fund
technical manager.
- Exposure
to sectional title schemes and managing agents