Building Inspector

Description

SUMMARY:

Inspects new and existing buildings and structures to enforce conformance to building, grading, and zoning laws and approved plans, specifications, and standards.

• Inspects residential, commercial, industrial, and other buildings during and after construction to ensure that components such as electrical, plumbing, footings, floor framing, completed framing, chimneys, and stairways meet provisions of building, grading, zoning, and safety laws and approved plans, specifications, and standards.
• Observes conditions and issues notices for corrections to persons responsible for conformance.
• Obtains evidence and prepares reports concerning violations which have not been corrected.
• Interprets requirements and recommends compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, and owners.
• Keeps inspection records and prepares reports for use by administrative or judicial authorities.
• Conducts surveys of existing buildings to determine extent of prescribed maintenance, housing violations, or hazardous conditions.
• Reviews requests for and issues building permits. Examines and reviews construction plans to ensure that building codes and ordinances are observed.
• Counsels builders, contractors, and other interested parties on building requirements; makes recommendations relating to building codes and ordinances.
• Meets with fire and health officials regarding inspection and regulatory activities; meets and confers with City officials, contractors, and the public on all aspects of inspectional work.
• Supervisory responsibility:
  Supervises individuals performing building inspections.
• Supervision received:
  Works under the general supervision of the Community Development Director.

• Education and/or
  
  Experience:
  
  High school diploma or general education degree (GED); five years of increasingly responsible experience in the building trades or building construction field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public, orally and in writing.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registration: Must become certified by ICBO as a Certified Building Inspector. Must possess a valid Wyoming driver's license; ability to be insured under the City of Riverton's municipal automobile insurance coverage; must be at least 18 years of age.
• Supplemental Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Considerable knowledge of current building construction methods, materials, tools, and equipment particularly as applied to the main structure, electrical systems, and the plumbing, heating, and air conditioning systems for residential, commercial, public, and industrial buildings. Considerable knowledge of Federal, State, and local building, electrical, and plumbing codes and regulations.

Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Regularly works in outside weather conditions and is regularly exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock. Noise level is usually moderate.

City of Riverton offers a generous benefit package to all full-time employees. Included in the benefit package are:
Comprehensive Medical & Dental Plan, State of Wyoming Retirement, Lincoln National Life Insurance, 457 Deferred Compensation Plans, Voluntary Life Insurance, Voluntary Vision Insurance, Voluntary Life Flight Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and Paid Holidays, Vacation, PTO, Personal, Sick, & Funeral Leave.

For more information, please  to view the City of Riverton's Benefit Guide.