Building Inspector

About the role

This is inspection work in enforcement of municipal building and related codes and ordinances covering building construction, alteration, and repair. Work also includes checking plans and specifications for ordinance compliance, enforcing zoning ordinances on all properties, issuing permits for signs and awnings, and inspecting signs and awnings for code compliance.

Responsibilities

• Performs on site inspections of footings, foundations, sub-drains, framing, and insulation, and final inspections of residential, commercial, school, and hospital properties, and issues oral or written notices of violations of building and zoning codes and ordinances
• Maintains records of inspections, mileage reports, complaint investigations, completed reports, and written documentation of recommended corrective actions submitted to the Chief Building Inspector
• Reviews plans and specifications with engineers, architects, contractors, and superiors for code compliance, and recommends changes to bring planned structures or property developments into compliance
• Inspects signs, canopies, clocks, and awnings, and checks to see that they are properly licensed or permitted
• Investigates and reports on zoning or building code complaints received from the public
• Communicates with superiors, contractors, local and state regulatory agencies, and other governmental entities to transmit information, clarify regulations, and correct violations
• Affords assistance in training new inspectors
• Performs other related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates within the scope of this classification

Requirements

• High school diploma or its equivalent AND Five years of experience in building construction work
• Must possess and maintain an International Conference of Building Officials (I.C.B.O.) or equivalent certificate as a building inspector by the end of the probationary period if the work to be performed is in the area of actual building inspection
• Must be able to drive or coordinate transportation to work sites throughout the city during the course of the work day

Special Qualifications

• Must possess and maintain an International Conference of Building Officials (I.C.B.O.) or equivalent certificate as a building inspector by the end of the probationary period if the work to be performed is in the area of actual building inspection
• Must be able to drive or coordinate transportation to work sites throughout the city during the course of the work day

Benefits

• Forty-hour work week
• Paid leave per year: twelve days vacation; eighteen days sick; and fourteen holidays
• Employee’s group health insurance, including major medical, vision, and dental, for individual or family
• Defined benefit pension plan, plus Social Security, and more

Pay

$26.72 with step increases to $38.66 hourly

Schedule

Forty-hour work week

Qualifications

The knowledge, skills, and abilities may be acquired through, but are not limited to, the following combination of education and/or experience. High school diploma or its equivalent AND Five years of experience in building construction work.

Skills

Knowledge of building and construction practices and materials
Knowledge of City building and zoning codes and ordinances
Ability to detect structural faults and code violations and to appraise the quality of construction
Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, and blueprints quickly and accurately, and to compare them with building in progress
Ability to understand written or oral instructions
Ability to stand and walk from 51 to 75% of the time, to sit from 26 to 50% of the time, and to climb, reach, balance, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift from 0 to 25% of the time
Ability to use up to fifty (50) pounds of force up to 33% of the time to lift and move objects such as extension ladders, up to twenty (20) pounds of force from 34 to 66% of the time, and up to ten (10) pounds of force from 67 to 100% of the time to move objects

Conditions of Employment

• Candidates must provide proof of U.S. citizenship, permanent residence, or authorization to work without sponsorship
• The City of Omaha reserves the right to conduct pre-employment inquiries or evaluations of candidates for employment as it deems appropriate for the particular position

Contact Points

• City of Omaha Human Resources Department
• 1819 Farnam St, Suite 506 Omaha, NE 68183
• Phone: (402) 444-5300
• Fax: (402) 444-5314
• Website: hr.cityofomaha.org
• Email: employment@cityofomaha.org