Elena Ateska

• As a Building Inspector at the City of Yarra Council, I play a key role in upholding compliance with local building regulations. I ensure projects meet standards of health, safety, and sustainability. My focus is on delivering proactive and efficient service to diverse stakeholders, including internal and external parties such as building professionals and property owners.

Duties include:

• Undertaking all necessary building inspections relating to illegal building works to ensure compliance with the Building Act, Building Regulations and associated Standards.
• Preparing Building Notices and Building Orders where building works do not comply with the Building Act and Building Regulations.
• Undertaking inspections of essential safety measures to buildings to ensure that the essential safety measures are adequate for the building and that they are being adequately maintained.
• Investigating, take written statements and establish evidence to be used for prosecution where illegal building work has occurred.
• Prepare and check correspondence for signing by the Municipal Building Surveyor or delegate.
• Conducting other duties within skills, competence and training as required from time to time as directed by management.

• In my position at the City of Yarra Council, I'm part of a vibrant team dedicated to delivering exceptional service. My focus is on ensuring that building projects within the municipality comply efficiently with relevant regulations, promoting health, safety, amenity, and sustainability standards. I strive to offer a proactive and effective Building Surveying Service to a diverse range of stakeholders, including internal and external customers, building professionals, ratepayers, and property owners.

Duties include:

• Providing technical information and advice for enquiries via the telephone and front counter to residents, building industry personnel, the organisation and others.

• Attending onsite inspections for report and consent applications; undertake non-mandatory building inspections and investigation of building works.

• Assisting in the maintenance and review of registers and ensure registers are upgraded as necessary.

• Assisting in the issue of inspection notices where building works are not in accordance with approved plans or regulations.

• Providing appropriate Building Act & Building Regulation advice concerning building work.

• Preparing and check correspondence for the signature of the Municipal Building Surveyor or delegate.

• Reviewing and manage Report and Consent Applications for public protection, siting, flooding, POPE and providing appropriate correspondence and recommendations to the Municipal Building Surveyor or delegate.

• My role with Builde Permit and Inspections is to focuses on providing support in a technical capacity to Registered Practitioners and other staff within the practice. Perform all relevant technical duties and non-technical duties associated with statutory functions related to building permit compliance.

Duties include:

• Checking and reviewing permit applications and supporting documents for proper form, sufficiency
  of information, and conformance with legal standards and issuing permits as authorized.
• Making variations for the clients and verifying certifications of compliance on the building surveyor's behalf while maintaining knowledge of all Australian acts and regulations including National Construction Code (NCC) for commercial and residential buildings.
• Contacting customers to obtain additional pertinent information not provided with the initial
  submission of the application.
• Communicating directly with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate the preparation and
  submission of permits, and safety related documents.
• Receiving and relaying correspondence to the appropriate Property Services Safety staff.

• My role with Arki Building Surveyor's was to focuses on the receiving and processing all permit applications, and to provide assistance, guidance and direction to all internal and external clients
• Key to the role is exercising good judgement on day-to-day tasks and maintaining a flexible approach to work routines.
• Some of my duties include reviewing and processing permit applications, liaising with Contractors, Capital Works, Facilities Team, Permit Authorisers, maintaining and filing permit and isolation registers, identifying and escalating permit or application issues, and assisting the Property Services Safety team with management and reporting.

• My role with Shansa Building Designs focused on providing administrative support to assist with and facilitate progress towards meeting company goals
• Key to the role was maintaining a high degree of attention to detail and practicing good communication skills.
• Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.