Description

The Building Inspection Manager will supervise, schedule, and coordinate inspectors’ activities for the Office of Building Safety. They are responsible for inspecting building systems at various stages of construction, alteration, and repair to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications, codes, ordinances, and laws. They must possess the ability to review, check, and approve building and site plans for conformance with local, state, and federal regulations.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in all aspects of inspections and demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and collaborative skills. The ideal candidate has a passion for excellence, an unwavering commitment to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and the emotional intelligence to lead with both authority and tact. Extensive experience with accessibility and energy codes is highly desired as well as a steadfast dedication to public safety.

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Examples of Duties

• Supervise and direct the activities of staff including work assignments, performance evaluations, employee development, disciplinary action, and complaint resolution.
• Direct and assist staff in daily operations, resolving difficult problems with both internal and external customers.
• Participate in the development and implementation of departmental goals, objectives, policies, and priorities.
• Monitor, evaluate, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor workload.
• Prepare budget recommendations; monitor personnel and internal services expenditures; ensure expenditures remain within budgetary limitations.
• Provide ongoing training to building inspection staff as directed; ensure uniform application of the appropriate codes, rules, and regulations.
• Prepare appropriate paperwork, records, and reports.
• Check plans for construction, alteration, or repair of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings to ensure compliance with applicable codes.
• Administer, interpret and enforce the provisions of adopted codes, municipal regulations and other codes as they relate to building systems.
• Perform field inspections to resolve building inspection issues.
• As needed, inspect building systems at various stages of construction, alteration, and repair to ensure compliance with the approved plans, specifications, codes, ordinances, and laws.
• Coordinate division activities with other City departments, divisions, sections, and outside agencies.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Experience: Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in the inspection of public, commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, including three years of supervisory experience.

Education: Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade. 

• Preferred: A Bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in business administration, construction inspection, engineering, architecture or a related field.

License or Certificate:

• Possession of or ability to obtain and maintain a valid California Driver's License.
• Possession of Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical Inspector Certificates, or Residential and Commercial Combination Inspector Certificates, issued by the International Code Council (ICC) or International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAMPO), or other recognized agency.
• Preferred: Possession of Certified Access Specialist (CASp) and a Plans Examiner Certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC)