Civil Engineer: Building Diagnostics & Maintenance

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