Code Enforcement Manager

About the role

The City of Waco seeks a proactive and experienced leader to oversee the City of Waco’s Code Enforcement Program. The ideal candidate will supervise staff, manage daily operations, and ensure effective enforcement of ordinances that protect public health, safety, and community standards.

Responsibilities

• Manages, organizes and prioritizes the work activities, schedules and assignments of code compliance staff.
• Provides leadership in resident relations, technical support, and safety and problem solving; sets priorities and policy for enforcement goals.
• Assists in developing goals for the City’s Code Enforcement Program that reflects an awareness of private property rights and evaluates effectiveness of work programs to accomplish these goals.
• Makes recommendations to department leadership for updates to existing or enacting new ordinances for the city that address systemic nuisance problems.
• Supervises all code enforcement cases that proceed to court or are presented at public meetings; serves as the City’s representative in court when necessary, supports code enforcement officers in preparing cases, and interprets codes to advise hearing examiners and city attorneys in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Responds to resident(s) for code interpretation, determination of violations, requests for information, and conciliation.
• Recruits, trains, supervises, and evaluates code compliance staff.
• Assists with managing the departmental budget, ensuring spending levels do not exceed the budgeted amounts.
• Authorizes all departmental expenditures with approval from Director.
• Coordinates inspections and investigations, ensuring compliance with local laws to maintain community standards and public welfare.
• Prepares a variety of written reports, letters, memos, and correspondence related to enforcement activities.
• Answers inquiries and educates property owners, business owners, and residents on city ordinances, zoning regulations, property maintenance standards, and other code related issues; organizes and performs code enforcement departmental educational outreach to residents on code awareness.
• Supervises the abatement of public nuisance violations by utilizing private contractors; performs evaluations of contractor services for approval of payments.
• Ensures accurate, complete recordkeeping of complaints, inspections, and violations utilizing the department’s database.
• Attends city council meetings as needed, to assist department leadership in advising council members of code enforcement activities and address resident or staff concerns; maintains a working knowledge of the code of ordinances and recommends new policies and code revisions as circumstances dictate.
• Operates a City vehicle to travel to field locations, inspections, court proceedings, public meetings, training sessions, and community outreach events to supervise code compliance staff, coordinate enforcement and abatement activities, respond to resident concerns, provide code interpretation, and represent the City in enforcement, policy, and legislative matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction or Property Management, Building Inspection, Civil Engineering, Criminal Justice, Business or Public Administration, or related field.
• 5 years of extensive experience in housing, commercial property management, code enforcement, or related field with three years of supervisory experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Valid Texas Driver's License.
• State Code Enforcement Officer License.
• International Property Maintenance Code Certification is required within one year.

Pay

Minimum starting salary is $87,886.50 annually, depending on qualifications.