Building and Plumbing Services Manager

Building and Plumbing Services Manager

City of Moreton Bay

Caboolture

Full-time, 4-year contract

Salary: Total Remuneration Package from $243,631 per annum (base $214,849 + 12% superannuation + $3,000 professional fees)

Work Type: Full-time

Location: Caboolture/Strathpine

Work Arrangement: Hybrid, with flexible working arrangements including some work-from-home days.

As part of an exciting evolution within the Planning Directorate, the Development Services department has introduced six new Manager roles to enhance leadership capacity and support our growing community. These senior leadership positions provide an opportunity to influence our operational approach, contribute to key decisions, and lead high-performing teams within a forward-thinking environment.

Reporting to the Manager of Development Services, the Building and Plumbing Services Manager will oversee multidisciplinary teams responsible for delivering building certification, plumbing assessment, and compliance services. This role involves setting strategic direction, ensuring legislative adherence, and implementing consistent, efficient service delivery models to meet current and future community needs.

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Building and Plumbing Services Manager to lead a critical regulatory function within our Development Services team. This pivotal leadership role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, compliant, and future-focused building and plumbing services in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead and manage Building and Plumbing teams, establishing clear performance expectations and embedding strong mentoring, capability development, and technical quality assurance practices.
• Planning Directorate Leadership: Contribute to the establishment and modelling of a positive, values-based culture as a member of the Directorate leadership cohort, supporting cross-directorate priorities and outcomes.
• Complex Decision-Making: Review and approve complex assessments, reports, and recommendations, providing expert advice and serving as the escalation point for sensitive and high-risk development matters.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure consistent, efficient, and legislatively compliant service delivery, including representing Council’s interests in legal proceedings such as the Planning and Environment Court.
• Operational Excellence & Improvement: Translate strategic priorities into effective programs, workflows, and service delivery models, driving continuous improvement across processes, templates, and practices.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Build and maintain effective relationships with Councillors, regulators, government agencies, industry, and the community to support strong development outcomes.

A copy of the Position Description is available for review.

About You:

You are a strategic and experienced regulatory leader with deep technical expertise in building certification and plumbing compliance, acquired within a large, complex organisation, ideally in local government or a similarly regulated environment. You excel in environments where complexity, scale, and community impact intersect, and you possess a proven ability to guide teams through change while upholding high standards of governance, consistency, and service delivery.

To succeed in this role, you will possess:

• Extensive experience in building certification, plumbing assessment, and compliance within local government.
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary regulatory and technical teams.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Planning Act 2016, Building Act 1975, and Plumbing and Drainage Act 2018.
• Demonstrated ability to provide high-level strategic and operational advice to senior stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience leading organisational change and driving performance outcomes in complex environments.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• A forward-thinking mindset with the ability to navigate political, social, and industry trends.

Why City of Moreton Bay?

Your contributions matter. At the City of Moreton Bay, we are the third-largest council in Australia and part of one of the fastest-growing regions. As Australia’s newest city, we are undertaking a unique project: building a new kind of city, guided by a new kind of council.

We are focused on our present work and also on the future – on what can be achieved for our city, our Council, and your career.

Benefits of a career with us:

• See it: Contribute to building a city of the future, a polycentric city designed for greater prosperity, sustainability, and affordability. This is an opportunity to be part of something unprecedented.
• Shape it: Engage in a rewarding career serving and strengthening our communities today and tomorrow. Our work is diverse, interesting, and significant – and it is yours to shape and own.
• Live it: Contribute to the city...