SENIOR Building Inspector

Schedule:
Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 4:00 pm

Hiring Incentive – paid in first paycheck
$1,000

Personal Leave credit in first paycheck
40 hours

Upon completion of probationary period and meets expectations on performance evaluation
$1,000

Upon completion of 3 years and meets expectations on performance evaluation
$1,500

Upon completion of 4 years and meets expectations on performance evaluation
$2,500

Upon completion of 5 years and meets expectations on performance evaluation
$3,000

TOTAL
$9,000

Under general supervision, provides technical and functional direction to lower-level staff and/or performs routine to complex plan review and combination inspections of residential, commercial, and industrial building sites to enforce building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and environmental codes, with specific expertise, knowledge of, and emphasis on one of the building trades; ensures conformance with approved plans, specifications, standards, permits, and licensing; provides a variety of information to property owners, developers, architects, engineers, and contractors;

functions as a commercial and/or residential plan checker; and performs related work as required.

Receives general supervision from the Chief Building Official. May exercise technical and functional direction over and provide training and guidance to staff as assigned.

This is the advanced journey-level class in the Building Inspector series that performs the full range of duties related to participating in and conducting a variety of plan review and combination inspection activities. Responsibilities include reviewing plans, conducting inspections of residential, commercial, and industrial building sites, enforcing compliance with regulatory codes, laws, and ordinances, ensuring conformance with approved plans, specifications, standards, permits, and licensing, and providing technical and functional direction to lower level staff.

This class is distinguished from Chief Building Official in that the latter has management responsibility for all plans examination, building inspections, permitting, code enforcement, and related programs, functions, and activities.(Illustrative Only)

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Provides technical and functional direction to assigned staff; reviews and controls quality of work; participates in performing complex building inspection and plan check duties.
• Plans, schedules, prioritizes, and assigns inspections in consultation with the Chief Building Official ; communicates status of inspections to appropriate staff, working cooperatively to schedule inspections in accordance with established priorities.
• Trains employees in work principles, practices, methods, policies, procedures, and applicable Federal, State, and local laws, rules, codes, and regulations.

• Assists in the implementation of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and work standards including recommending improvements; assists in developing work plans, procedures, and schedules.

• Performs the technical review and checking of construction plans for compliance with California building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical and other codes as required by state and local authorities.
• Performs all duties of a Building Inspector, including conducting field inspections of residential, commercial and industrial structures for code compliance.
• May serve as the primary resource person for specific functions of the department, such as the review of commercial building and construction plans or the inspection of mobile home parks.
• Schedules appointments with contractors,…