Senior Building Inspector

Overview

Nature of Work Highly responsible, advanced technical, supervisory, and administrative work in enforcing compliance with applicable national, state, and local laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations in the City's Building Services Department. Work involves conducting or supervising inspections of new and existing buildings, structures, and properties. Work includes field and office duties.

• Conducts or supervises technical field inspections of buildings, structures, and premises during various phases of construction and use including high rises and other more complicated structures
• May order portions of a building or structure to be exposed for inspection
• May order construction work stopped and/or buildings vacated if occupancy or use is contrary to accepted regulations
• Recommends methods, materials, equipment, and alterations to assist in compliance with accepted standards
• Checks building plans on job to ensure actual construction conforms to approved plan
• Investigates and resolves complaints
• Routes inspection requests to appropriate inspector
• Interprets and explains regulations and standards and disseminates technical advice to interested parties including subordinates, other sections and agencies, and the public
• Consults with subordinate inspectors in their decisions relative to questionable construction practices
• Instructs, trains, and evaluates subordinates in inspection and enforcement activities
• Testifies in court and before related boards; obtains documentation and prepares testimony
• Reviews plans, blueprints, specifications, and materials lists based on compliance with applicable building regulations and good building and construction practices in absence or in support of plans examiner
• Prepares and maintains reports, records, and correspondence concerning building enforcement and inspection activities
• Enters inspection reports on computer
• Performs related work as required

All Building Officials, Plans Examiners, and Inspectors in any municipality within the jurisdiction of Miami-Dade County (including the City of Miami Beach) require qualifications for code enforcement personnel beyond those contained in FS 468. In addition to possessing the appropriate certification from the State of Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board (BCAIB) all Building Officials, Plans Examiners and Inspectors must also be locally certified by the Board of Rules and Appeals (BORA).

If an applicant for BORA certification does not possess a current certificate from the State of Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board, the applicant must apply for a Provisional certificate as a prerequisite to temporary certification. Provisional certificates may be issued by BCAIB to newly employed or promoted personnel, but only to those who possess the standards and eligibility requirement for a standard certification.

The term certification, as used by BORA, shall mean compliance with the minimum qualification and experience for Building Officials, Chiefs, Inspectors and Plans Examiners established by Chapter 8 Article II of the Code of Miami-Dade County and approval by the Miami-Dade County Board of Rules and Appeals. Certification by BORA is valid for the duration of the calendar year and must be renewed each January 1st.

Applications for recertification must be submitted to BORA by December 15th. As a prerequisite for annual recertification individuals must have attended continuing education classes or seminars in their respective fields for a minimum of sixteen hours during the previous calendar year. Of the hours required a minimum of 12 hours shall be satisfied by attendance at courses and/or seminars provided by Miami-Dade County, and a maximum of four hours may be satisfied by attendance at programs certified by:

• The Contractors Industry Licensing Board
• The Board of Professional Engineers
• The Board of Registered Architects
• State of Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board

To qualify as Senior Building Inspector, must be certified by the Board of Rules and Appeals and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Possess a minimum of five (5) years of construction experience in the HVHZ after licensure and have one of the following:
  Florida Registered Architect License, Florida Registered Professional Engineer license, General Contractor licensed by the State of Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board or the Miami-Dade County Construction Trades Qualifying Board
• In lieu of the HVHZ experience, has completed an eight-hour HVHZ training course approved by the Board of Rules and Appeals before certification
• Obtain Professional Building Inspector certification from the Florida Board of Code Administrators and Inspectors within ninety (90) days of appointment
• Possess or Achieve Standard Building Inspector certification from the Florida Board of Code Administrators and Inspectors within twelve (12) months of appointment
• Possess or…