Building Inspector

Nature of Work, Essential Functions & KSA's

You can do great work and love what you do with the City of Delaware. We are an organization that succeeds because of teamwork, dedication, diversity, and the innovative spirit of all our employees. The City of Delaware is an award-winning local government organization known for its professionalism, customer service orientation and a strong commitment to distinctive and well-planned community development.

The work environment is stable with excellent benefits and retirement packages. Our mission is to ensure an effective government, a healthy economy, being a safe city and welcoming you to be a part of this great community!

Under the immediate supervision of the Chief Building Official and the general supervision of the Director of Planning and Community Development, the Building Inspector is responsible for inspecting, reviewing, and tracking residential and commercial building activities from the construction document arrival through to the issuance of the occupancy permit, while enforcing various building, zoning, and property maintenance regulations of the City and State.

Position requires regular and reliable attendance.

Essential Functions: For purposes of 42 USC 12101

• Codes and ordinances relating to building and zoning.
• Modern techniques and methods of building construction, including use of materials and equipment.
• Principles and practices of the International Building, Plumbing, Elevator, Pressure Piping, Fire, Mechanical, and Electrical Codes.
• Principles of structural design, engineering mathematics and building inspection.
• Research methods and sources of information related to building code enforcement.
• Court system.
• Property maintenance terminology.
• Building standards and practices within the construction industry.
• Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, Publisher, Access, Sharepoint, One Note, and Teams) and other computer software.
• City and Department goals and objectives.
• City and Department policies and procedures.
• Government structure and process.
• Safety practices and procedures.

• Reading, writing, interpreting, and explaining codes and regulations to a diverse audience.
• Effectively and tactfully communicating detailed and complex construction situations and regulations to a wide variety of audiences.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, accuracy, time management, and critical thinking skills.
• Using tact, discretion, initiative, and independent judgment within established guidelines.
• Civic engagement and customer service.

• Understand and interpret plans, diagrams, blueprints, and specifications.
• Administer a variety of building inspection and related code enforcement activities.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals; analyze and check complex plans and specifications.
• Assist in preparing code amendments; interpret building policies and procedures to the public.
• Interpret and apply City policies, procedures, rules, and regulations as well as the Building Codes.
• Answer inquiries, resolve complaints and communicate with property owners, lessees, contractors, developers, and the public in an effective, tactful, and courteous manner, and to follow up and bring resolution to violations.
• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules or regulations to specific situations.
• Operate assigned equipment.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Prepare correspondence.
• Compile and prepare reports.
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Be honest, dependable, and trustworthy.
• Maintain effective working relationships.
• Communicate effectively, both in oral and written form.
• Exercise independent judgement and discretion.
• Perform work in a safe manner and report unsafe activities, conditions, and faulty equipment.
• Follow written and verbal instructions.
• Prepare clear and concise written reports.
• Work in a professional environment.