City Building Official

FILING DEADLINE:Continuous/Open until Filled (City of Reedley will accept applications until a sufficient amount of applications have been received, or selection has been made; therefore the recruitment may close at anytime.)

The Community Development Department is recruiting for one (1) Building Official position.

• Exercises direct supervision over technical and clerical staff.

• Plans, prioritizes, assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of staff responsible for providing building inspection and plan review services within the Building Division.
• Supervises and participates in the performance of the more complex technical inspection work involving major construction and improvement projects.
• Participates in the selection of assigned staff; provides or coordinates staff training; works with employees to correct deficiencies; implements disciplinary procedures.
• Recommends and assists in the implementation of goals and objectives; establishes schedules and methods for providing plan review services; assists in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Participates in the development and implementation of the Building Division work plan; reviews and evaluates Building Division services, methods, and procedures.
• Participates in the preparation and administration of the assigned budget; assists in budget implementation; participates in the forecast of additional funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, and supplies; monitors expenditures.
• Controls design-build plan review performed by contract engineers; effects routing and issuance of sequential permits.
• Reviews plan review items in dispute; interprets codes and makes decisions for plan checkers and consultants; makes code decisions for inspectors versus contractors on what constitutes compliance in field inspection issues.
• Calculates fees and issue permits.
• Serves as a combination inspector for all California State Codes (Title 24), national codes, City ordinances, and zoning regulations.
• Contacts owners, architects, engineers, developers, contractors, workers, and other public officials to explain and interpret requirements and restrictions; responds to and resolves inquiries and complaints; investigates and resolves problems with process as requested; researches equivalent solutions for difficult problems.
• Reads and interprets blueprints and specifications to ensure conformity to plans; performs inspections for each step of a project from ground breaking to the release for occupancy to ensure the integrity and compliance of the structure from foundation laying, framing, rough and final plumbing, electrical wiring, heating, air conditioning, roofing, lathing, and siding to the finished product.
• Uses independent judgment in interpreting legal requirements, standards of methods, materials, and workmanship; ensures effective corrective measures.
• Supervises and executes stop work orders, correction notices, and citations.
• Reviews and authorizes some changes in the field either within the authority of the applicable codes or by contacting the appropriate design engineer for engineered plan changes.
• Oversees all activity records and reports; maintains inspection logs; prepares and presents reports to the City Council and Planning Commission; prepares correspondence; maintains permanent records of building permits, drawings, inspections, Board of Appeals minutes of actions, hazardous materials forms, and files of plan review, Housing and Dangerous Building Codes, notice, order, and disposition files, and files of correspondence.
• Serves as jurisdiction code expert; resolves and makes decisions in complex code areas with designers and engineers; testifies in court as City's code expert when litigation is initiated.
• Supervises Housing Code and Dangerous Building code compliance; enforces compliance and mitigates complaints through inspection and notices of correction.
• Investigates complex situations involving structural damage to buildings and make decisions to vacate for public safety.
• Serves as ex officio member, secretary, and code advisor to the Board of Appeals.
• Reviews new additions of California Codes with contractors, developers, and designers; prepares and delivers presentations for recommended adoption, as amended, to the City Council; prepares and delivers presentations for professional and service groups to further understanding of the Building Division's role and purpose.
• Makes decisions on occupancy use in special situations under the California Codes involving the extent of strengthening required in an unreinforced or old building for higher danger of occupancy uses.
• Participates on a variety of boards, committees, and commissions; attends and participates in professional group meetings; stays abreast of new trends and innovations in the field of building inspection and code enforcement.

• Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Operations, services, and activities of a comprehensive building inspection program.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Modern and complex principles and techniques of building inspection, plans examining work, and structural design.
• Basic engineering mathematics and structural design including how loads are transferred through structures and how the manner in which holes, cuts, and connections are made affects the strength of the building and its components.
• Accepted safety standards and methods used in building construction for commercial, industrial, and residential buildings.
• Major types of building construction materials and methods.
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations including various residential and commercial building codes, State Handicap Accessibility Code, State Energy Conservation Code, Hazardous Materials regulations, and Health Department rules and local ordinances.
• Modern office practices, methods, and computer equipment.
• Principles and practices of record keeping.
• Principles and practices used in dealing with the public.
• Safe driving principles and practices.

Skill to:

• Operate modern office equipment including computer equipment.
• Operate a motor vehicle safely.
• Use various tools and inspection equipment, including setting up ladders, in performance of inspections.

• Supervise, organize, and review the work of technical and clerical personnel.
• Select, supervise, train, and evaluate staff.
• Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implement recommendations in support of goals.
• Interpret and apply the policies, procedures, laws, codes, and regulations pertaining to assigned programs and functions including California Building Codes (Title 24), land use regulations, zoning ordinances, and State and County health codes.
• Enforce necessary regulations with firmness and tact.
• Research and develop alternative solutions to difficult code problems.
• Interpret legal matters and reduce the jurisdiction exposure to litigation.
• Gain cooperation through discussion and persuasion.
• Read, interpret, and apply a variety of technical information from reports, maps, plans, specifications, drawings, layouts, blueprints, schematics, and legal descriptions.
• Read, interpret, and understand building permit plans, specifications, codes, and regulations.
• Weigh costs, time, and relative risk to life and property within the provisions of the model codes.
• Determine if construction systems conform to California Building Codes (Title 24) and City Code requirements.
• Apply technical knowledge and follow proper inspection techniques to examine workmanship and materials and detect deviations from plans, regulations and standard construction practices.
• Advise on standard construction methods and requirements for residential, commercial and industrial buildings.
• Prepare and maintain accurate and complete records.
• Prepare clear and concise reports.
• Respond to requests and inquiries from the general public.
• Meet and deal tactfully with the public.
• Make mathematical computations rapidly and accurately.
• Exercise good judgment, flexibility, creativity, and sensitivity in response to changing situations and needs.
• Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

• Five years of increasingly responsible building inspection experience.

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade supplemented by college level courses in engineering, architecture or construction.

License or Certificate:

• Possession of, or ability to obtain, an appropriate, valid driver's license.
• Possession of ICC Certifications as a Commercial Building Inspector and Residential Building Inspector.
• Possession of or ability to obtain certification as a Certified Access Specialist (CASp).

• Continuous: walking, standing.
• Frequent: sitting, standing, walking on uneven dirt surfaces and sloping roof surfaces, reaching with arms and hands, crawling, crouching, smelling, kneeling, stooping, talking, handling, fingering, data entry, keyboarding, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting, carrying, bending, crawling and squatting.
• Occasional: pushing and pulling, twisting at waist, upward and downward flexion of neck, side-to-side turning of neck; lifting of objects weighing up to 35 lbs. with or without assistance; hand strength and manual dexterity to grasp and manipulate tools; fine finger dexterity to operate computer and inspection (testing) equipment.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens, printed documents, meter-reading equipment, dials, and gauges and to operate vehicles; color vision acuity.
Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.
Environment: Travel to different sites and locations to perform inspections, inside and outside of buildings. Occasional exposure to noise, heat, cold, all types of weather and temperature conditions and vibration of construction equipment; mechanical and electrical hazards of operating equipment; fumes and odors of sewage, chemicals, and gases; explosive materials/environments; confined spaces; toxic substances such as chemicals, cleaners, solvents, and gases; health hazards such as bacteria and viruses; traffic hazards. Walk on various types of surfaces including slippery or uneven surfaces and rough terrain.Employment Type: Full-Time