Building Combination Inspector Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, supervise, coordinate, and conduct field inspections of new and existing residential and commercial buildings to ensure conformance with applicable structural, electrical, mechanical, gas and plumbing codes.
• Oversee inspections of structures to ensure prompt and efficient customer service, including reviewing the work of inspectors to ensure quality and uniformity; keeping abreast of changes in codes, regulations and departmental policies and providing such information to contractors, engineers, architects and other inspectors monitoring construction of major projects; investigating and answering complaints; assessing needs and priorities of division; recommending, developing and implementing program improvements.
• Perform on‑site inspections of residential and commercial construction for compliance with approved plans, specifications and applicable local, state and national codes, regulations and standards governing construction, alteration and repair of buildings; schedule initial and follow‑up inspections; review plans and specifications in preparation for conducting inspection; investigate complaints to determine existence of illegal or hazardous conditions; inform property owners and contractors of violations and unacceptable layouts, materials, and equipment;
  
  issue red tags, correction notices, stop‑work orders and citations as appropriate; explain code and design requirements and restrictions, and construction corrections necessary for compliance; ensure construction is performed by licensed contractors under City‑issued permits.
• Supervise assigned personnel, scheduling, assigning, instructing, guiding, checking and evaluating work; arranging for or engaging in employee training and development; enforcing personnel rules and regulations, standards of conduct, work attendance and safe work practices; counseling, motivating and maintaining harmonious working relationships among subordinates; recommending staffing and employee status changes.
• Perform related incidental duties contributing to the realization of unit or team objectives as required, including testifying in court and before construction boards of appeals; substituting for supervisor, coworkers or subordinates as qualified and within authorized limits by carrying out specified functions to maintain continuity of ordinary operations, if delegated; providing designated support for projects or activities overseen by higher graded non‑supervisory personnel as instructed;
  
  explaining and demonstrating work performed to assist supervisor in orienting and training less knowledgeable employees; engaging in assignments pertaining to functions of other positions for training purposes under close supervision; logging activities and preparing and submitting recurring or special status reports; keeping tools, equipment and work area orderly, safe and clean.

• Education and Experience:
  
  High School diploma or GED, or higher, plus two years residential or commercial inspection experience (electrical, structural, plumbing and mechanical); or two years of housing inspection experience.
• Licenses and Certificates:
  Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License or equivalent from another state.
• International Code Council (ICC) certification as a Residential Combination Inspector or ICC certification as a Commercial Building Inspector and two other ICC Commercial certifications at time of application.
• ICC certification as a Residential or Commercial Building Inspector, whichever applies within six months of appointment.
• Plumbing Inspector License from the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners required within one year of appointment; submission of application to the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners required within six months of appointment.
• Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.