Building Subcode Official

Responsibilities

Under direction of the Construction Official, has the subordinate administrative responsibility for administering the building subcode of the State Uniform Construction Code within the concerned jurisdiction, and inspects and/or supervises the inspection of buildings in construction projects underway to ensure that compliance with plans and specifications approved in accord with State Uniform Construction Code is achieved; does other related duties.

• Reviews and approves plans of proposed structures as provided in the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code regulations for conformity with building and energy subcodes.
• Has charge of building inspection staff and activities concerned in the inspection of construction projects.
• Develops the inspection work program with effective and appropriate procedures, analyzes construction inspection problems, and establishes appropriate work methods.
• Has final responsibility in the inspection for building and energy subcode compliance of all new construction and renovation projects.
• Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting, and/or disciplining of employees.
• Gives appropriate assignments, instruction, and supervision to building inspectors and clerical employees.
• Inspects, evaluates, and supervises the inspection of construction work in projects underway to ensure that all work installed conforms to the requirements of the approved plans and the building and energy subcodes and the regulations of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
• Supervises code compliance for building and energy subcodes of all construction and contractors to ensure that required standards are observed in accord with approved plans and specifications.
• Halts construction work by contractors when and if reasonable standards of craftsmanship, safety, and plans, specifications, and/or legal requirements are not being observed.
• Collects and records permit and other fees, issues permit, and verifies that required prior approvals have been obtained and is responsible for ensuring that these actions are in accord with the regulations for the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with architects, engineers, and construction personnel.
• Reviews construction to ensure that all materials, methods, and assemblies conform to the standards referenced by the code and manufacturers' installation directions as well as other matters not shown in a set of plans but required for conformity with the code.
• Issues site warnings, citations, and stop work orders in cases of serious violations of the adopted subcodes or regulations which might endanger the health, safety, and/or welfare of the public or building occupants.
• Prepares and supervises the preparation of recommendations regarding both temporary and final certificates of occupancy.
• Prepares and supervises the preparation of violation reports.
• Testifies in court and in administrative hearings.
• Prepares inspection reports showing the progress of work on each project relative to construction code compliance, weather conditions, and the percentage of the project completed.
• Prepares correspondence.
• Maintains and supervises the maintenance of records, reports, and files required to show the details of each project inspected.
• Establishes inspection schedules for building inspection staff and ensures that all buildings being constructed or renovated are inspected at critical points during the course of construction as provided for in regulations for the Uniform Construction Code.
• Identifies, inspects, and supervises the inspection of the placement of materials being incorporated in the construction and renovation of buildings located within the jurisdiction to ensure that they conform to the approved plans and that they meet the necessary performance standards established in the regulations for the Uniform Construction Code and subcode.
• Serves subpoenas and other legal process notices including notices of violations of the Uniform Construction Code and building subcode.
• Will be required to learn to…