Code Compliance Specialist ; NYHELPS

Code Enforcement Official

Duties Description

Provide technical assistance and training in code enforcement and administration activities. Provide advice and information concerning the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code. Inspect new and existing construction compliance with approved plans and specifications and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code.

You will provide post-disaster building damage assessments and supervise volunteer code enforcement disaster assistance response program participants. Provide research and analysis and process applications for variances to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code. Statewide travel is required to the following counties:
Delaware, Green, Columbia, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange Putnam. Responsibilities may include serving a role within the Incident Command System to support the department's response to regional and statewide emergency situations.

Minimum Qualifications

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS).
* To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, or 55 b/c, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position. The open competitive qualifications are: A current certification as a Code Enforcement Official pursuant to Title 19 NYCRR, Part 434 or Part 1208 AND:
Either 1. a bachelors or higher degree
** in architectural engineering, architecture, civil engineering, construction technology, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, fire protection technology, or mechanical engineering AND two years of full-time qualifying experience
*** as described below;
Or 2. an associates degree
** in architectural engineering, architecture, civil engineering, construction technology, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, fire protection technology, or mechanical engineering AND four years of full-time qualifying experience
*** as described below;
Or 3. Six years of full-time qualifying experience
*** as described below.
** Degrees in other fields will NOT be substituted in lieu of the specific specialized degrees listed above.
*** Qualifying

Experience:

Experience in any combination of:
Either 1. the enforcement, inspection, development, or teaching of building or fire codes;
Or 2. the design of buildings in a position such as a specifications writer, draftsperson, architect, or engineer. This list is not all inclusive.

Additional Comments

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The salary range listed reflects the full range for this graded position. For new State employees appointed into graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position. Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts.

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* For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, which means no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title for which they apply. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination.

Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified. DOT is an equal opportunity employer. Disabled persons are encouraged to apply. In compliance with Public Law 99-603, candidates selected for appointment must provide an original document to prove their citizenship and/or legal right to work in the United States.

Candidates for employment must have proper authorization to work in the United States at the time an offer of employment is made. The Department will not sponsor a nonimmigrant for a temporary employment visa (H-1B or similar), OPT STEM, or for permanent residence. Offers of permanent employment may not be made to nonimmigrants whose employment authorization is limited to a period of practical training (F-1 or similar).

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