BUILDING OFFICIAL
$9,349 - $11,474/mo. + excellent benefits
DEFINITION: Under general direction from the Community Development Director, manages, directs, and coordinates the activities of the Building & Safety Division; oversees and renders interpretations of a comprehensive set of municipal building codes to ensure construction complies with applicable codes, laws, and ordinances; coordinates plan check and building inspection activities with other divisions, departments, and outside agencies; represents Building & Safety on the Development Advisory Board; responds to the most difficult inquiries and complaints by the public; attends meetings and makes presentations, prepares reports, memoranda, letters, and other forms of correspondence; and provides highly complex staff assistance to the Community Development Director. Exercises direct supervision over professional, technical, and clerical staff.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The incumbent must have the ability to:
- Recommend goals and objectives; assist in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
- Manage, direct, and organize plan check and building inspection activities; coordinate plan check and building inspection activities with other City departments, contractors, and developers.
- Direct, oversee, and participate in the development of the plan check building inspection work plan; assign work activities, projects, and programs; monitor work flow; review and evaluate work products, methods, and procedures.
- Prepare the Division budgets; assist in budget implementation; participate in the forecast of additional funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; administer the approved budget.
- Participate in recommending the appointment of personnel; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline procedures; recommend employee terminations.
- Supervise and participate in plan check and building inspection activities; evaluate the need for and develop procedures, methods, and schedules.
- Provide technical and administrative assistance to the Community Development Director; develop, prepare, and present reports, surveys, and other administrative activities.
- Participate in professional and public meetings as required including job site and construction meetings.
- Oversee and direct Division office operations; maintain appropriate records and files; coordinate work flow.
- Assist in preparing presentations for City Council, Planning Commission, and the Design Advisory Board; assist in preparing ordinances and ordinance amendments related to building activities.
- Render interpretations of the building codes.
- Perform any other tasks or functions deemed necessary to the daily operations of the employer, and
- This position is always evolving. Therefore, employer reserves the right to modify this job description as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
THE ABOVE LIST OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED AS NECESSARY BY THE EMPLOYER.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking on level and slippery surfaces, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, grasping and making repetitive hand movement in the performance of daily duties. Incumbents may be required to lift, carry and/or push objects weighing 25 pounds or more. The position requires near and far vision when inspecting work. Incumbents may work in all weather conditions, and may be exposed to fumes, dust and air contaminants, drive motorized vehicles, and work around moving traffic.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES: A combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. The employee must have the knowledge of organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis and evaluation of programs, policies, and operational needs; principles and techniques of budget development and administration; principles and practices or organization, administration, and personnel management; the California Building Standards Code and the base model codes, as well as the referenced standards; principles of structural design, engineering mathematics, and building inspection; modern methods of building construction; research methods and sources of information related to building code enforcement; pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations; principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation. modern office practices, procedures, methods, and equipment. In addition, the employee must have the ability to administer a variety of plan check and building inspection activities; analyze problems; identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions, and implement recommendations in support of goals; analyze, interpret, and check complex plans, specifications, calculations, laws, and regulations; assist in preparing ordinances and code amendments; interpret building policies and procedures to the general public; interpret and apply City policies, procedures, rules, and regulations as well as the California Building Standards Code; gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion; select, supervise, train, and evaluate personnel; prepare and administer a Division budget; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalent and relevant coursework, certifications, or vocational training in building technology, building construction, and/or related architectural disciplines, in addition to seven (7) years of increasingly responsible experience in plan check AND inspection of public, commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, which includes at least five (5) years of supervisory experience;
OR
Graduation with a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Civil/Structural Engineering, Architecture, Business Administration, or a closely related field AND a minimum of five (5) years of applicable experience, which includes three (3) years of supervisory experience, in addition to the training/certificates outlined above.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Possession of, and continuously throughout employment, a valid California Class “C” Driver’s License or equivalent. Possession of International Code Council (ICC) certification as a Building Plans Examiner or Building Inspector is required. Possession of ICC certification as a Certified Building Official, or the ability to obtain within one (1) year. Registration as a Civil/Structural Engineer or Licensed as an Architect with the State of California is highly preferred.
