Building Inspector

Position: BUILDING INSPECTOR
An equal opportunity employer

Nature of work

Do not copy and paste the nature of work, essential functions, or minimum requirements from this announcement into your application, as it will not be considered to determine your eligibility for this position.

This is skilled inspections and enforcement work to ensure compliance with the florida building code, miami dade county code, and other applicable codes and regulations as it relates to building construction, alteration, and repair.

Work involves responsibility for inspecting a variety of building and construction projects to determine whether plans, workmanship, and materials conform to legally established requirements. Employees of this class work independently on field inspections and routine office duties, consulting with a technical superior on more difficult or unusual problems. Work is subject to periodic checks and review by a technical superior.

Essential functions

Inspects new construction for possession of permits; checks for conformity with building code and approved plans and specifications requirements, soil conditions for excavations, set-backs, foundation walls, vents, structural columns and beams; location and lay out of all steel reinforcing; inspects structural steel sections, wood trusses and roof braces, and partitions.

Reviews and checks appropriate permits and conformity to law in all alterations to building or structures including major repairs, additions, and minor repairs

Conducts investigations for possible non-compliance with city ordinances or other building codes and assists in investigations of violations of the florida building code.

Keeps records of inspections and investigations and prepares reports for the section, as required.

Performs certificate of use inspections and follows up on complaints.

Performs other related work as required.

Minimum requirements

* must meet the requirements for a building inspector as stipulated under the miami dade county code, state of florida department of business and professional regulations and applicable florida statutes at time of application and be certified by the miami dade county board of rules and appeals within one year of appointment into the classification.

* a valid driver's license from any state (equivalent to a state of florida class e) may be utilized upon application, however prior to appointment a state of florida driver's license (class e or higher) must be presented to the department of human resources.

Special requirement:

Employees in this classification may be required to work various shifts, to include nights, holidays and weekends.

Note:

Special requirements or exceptions may be necessary depending upon needs of the city; however, they must be in accordance with the requirement of the miami dade county board of rules and appeals, the florida building code administrators and inspections board and florida statutes.

Documentation requirements

Applicants, including city of miami employees, must upload and submit attached copies of the following documents with the employment application. Please be sure to attach all required documents to your employment application each time you apply. Uploaded documents remain in your online profile but they will not attach automatically and you will be deemed ineligible without the proper documentation.

All documents submitted must be clear, legible, and in proper format.

The following documents are required at time of application and are acceptable forms of proof:

1) a valid driver's license from any state (equivalent to a state of florida class e) may be utilized upon application, however prior to appointment a state of florida driver's license (class e or higher) must be presented to the department of human resources.

And

Must be able to be certified by the miami-dade county board of rules and appeals, and shall possess at least one of the following:

* five (5) years construction experience in a supervisory capacity and possess not less than two years of experience in the hvhz or, in lieu of the hvhz experience, shall have completed an eight hour hvhz training course approved by the board of rules and appeals before certification, and shall have at least one of the following:

(aa) a general contractor's license issued by the florida construction industry licensing board.

Or

(bb) a general contractor's current certificate of competency or certificate of eligibility issued by the miami-dade county construction trade qualifying board.

Or

(cc) in lieu of the five years of construction experience in a supervisory capacity, two years construction experience and an associate of science degree in building code enforcement or other construction related curriculum awarded for completion of an educational course accepted by the board of rules and appeals and a current general contractor license issued by the florida construction industry licensing board, or a general contractor's current certificate of competency or certificate of eligibility issued by the miami-dade…