Building Official

Overview

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This employment opportunity is open to all applicants. Positions are available in Rankin Inlet (1) and Cambridge Bay (1), Nunavut. Please specify in your cover letter your location preference.

The Government of Nunavut was selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Top Employers for Young People and recent graduates in 2026. With one of the fastest growing and youngest populations in Canada, Nunavut is a dynamic, vibrant territory, committed to becoming an even better place for future generations. As a government, we are strengthening our unique model of governance - one that integrates Inuit societal values, promotes use of the Inuktut language, achieves a representative public service, and collaborates with partners to achieve the promise of Nunavut.

Successful applicants will enjoy a competitive salary, medical and dental benefits, a defined benefit pension plan, relocation privileges and opportunities for training and career advancement.

Reporting to the Chief Building Official (CBO), as the successful candidate you serve as one of the team of territorial regulatory officials responsible for design and delivery of compliance programming to the National Building Code of Canada (NBC), National Plumbing Code of Canada (NPC) and other adopted codes or standards pursuant to the Nunavut Building Code Act (BCA). This position will work independently and as a team member under the supervision of the CBO.

Buildings include those used for assembly, institutional, residential, commercial, mercantile and industrial occupancy, and range from simple to complex in size and design.

As a regulatory official this position is responsible for administering the principle objective of the BCA, ensuring all new buildings are safe and compliant with the NBC, NPC, as well as other codes or standards adopted by the territory. As the Building Official you provide advice and recommendation on policy and program development, stakeholder engagement and issues resolutions. As the successful candidate, you will contribute toward the development of public information, information dissemination and respond to information requests.

As the successful candidate you must have a good understanding of general construction practices, preferably including experience in the North, and the ability to demonstrate expertise in the interpretation and application of Canada’s model construction codes with emphasis on the NBC and NPC. Additionally, you will have excellent written and verbal skills for preparing and presenting written reports, briefing notes and other correspondence as well as have the ability to read and accurately interpret plans and specifications of any complexity.

The ideal candidate is a certified, licensed or qualified Building Official as recognized in one or more Canadian province(s) or territories and has a minimum of four (4) years’ experience in an inspection or a regulatory capacity. Assets include having a degree in architecture or engineering; a certificate or diploma in architectural technology or engineering technician or technologist; a journeyperson designation with a red seal in a construction related trade or a certificate of qualification in the construction related trade issued under the “Apprenticeship, Trade and Occupations Certifications Act”.

A valid class 5 driver’s license with a clean driver’s abstract are also required for this position.

The Official Languages of Nunavut are Inuktut, English and French. Applicants may submit their resume in any of the official languages of Nunavut. Fluency in Inuktitut/Inuinnaqtun and/or French would be considered an asset. Knowledge of Inuit communities, culture, land, Inuit…