This is an exciting opportunity to join a new independent, dispute resolution service for residential builders and their customers.

Domestic Building Dispute Resolution Victoria (DBDRV) is now being established by the Department of Justice and Regulation and expressions of interest are being sought from experienced and qualified registered building practitioners and registered architects to join the DBDRV panel of assessors.

Assessors will be engaged on sessional / contractual basis and will be expected to attend building sites and examine building works in dispute. They will provide written Examination Reports, which would typically set out whether works are defective and/or incomplete and provide opinions, recommend actions, and/or provide further expert advice where there are contraventions of the Building Act 1993 (Vic) (Building Act), or any regulations made under that Act.

To be eligible for the Assessors Panel, you will have to be a registered building practitioner according to the requirements of the Building Act, or a registered architect according to the requirements of the Architects Act 1991 (Vic).

You will also have a minimum of three years post-registration experience in one or more of the following disciplines:
* Architectural / engineering drafting or design
* Domestic building inspection
* Domestic building surveying
* Domestic building (unlimited)
* Quantity surveying
* Structural or electrical engineering

Initial appointment period is two years with a possibility of re-appointment subject to business needs and satisfactory performance.

For further information and to submit an expression of interest, please visit: careers.vic.gov.au by Sunday 18 December 2016.