Field Inspection Supervisor
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Pay: salary range given. So we need a Pay section. Benefits: there is a link to benefits summary; we can include Benefits section with description? The posting includes a link to benefits and mention of Disaster Services Workers etc. That's benefits info. So we can include Benefits section with that info.
Schedule: Not mentioned (full time). It says Job Type: Full Time. That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with "Full Time". However we need to avoid filler like "not specified". Full time is specific. So include Schedule.
Responsibilities: We have description of duties in "About The Position" paragraph. Could split into Responsibilities section. Also there is "Example of Duties" link but no list. We'll use the paragraph.
Requirements/Qualifications: Education And Experience section includes requirements. Could combine into Qualifications.
Skills: Not explicitly listed but we could infer from description: technical guidance, communication, etc. But better not to invent. If no explicit skills list, we should not create Skills section.
Thus sections: About the role (maybe we use About the role heading for the description about position). Responsibilities (maybe we can combine with About the role? But we need to avoid duplication. The instruction: use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. But we must not repeat job title as heading. That's fine.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract:
- Salary: $122,179.20 - $146,348.80 Annually.
- Job Type: Full Time.
- Location: County Administration – 1195 Third Street, Napa, CA.
- Department: Planning, Building & Environmental Services.
- Closing: 10/5/2026 5:00 PM Pacific.
- Position description: Field Inspection Supervisor plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, coordinates work of staff responsible for inspecting residential and non-residential buildings for compliance with applicable State and County codes, ordinances, and regulations. This working supervisor provides technical guidance to inspectors, performs inspections of major and technically complex projects, interprets building codes and regulations, resolves inspection-related issues and conflicts, coordinates inspection activities with other agencies, contractors, architects, engineers, and the public. Also plays key role in staff development and unit operations by conducting training, evaluating performance, assisting with personnel actions, monitoring workflow, recommending improvements to policies and procedures. Exercises considerable independent judgment in addressing complex code and compliance matters and serves as resource to Chief Building Official, including assuming building inspection and compliance responsibilities in their absence. Ideal candidate collaborative, solutions-oriented leader committed to developing high-performing team and delivering exceptional customer service. Lead by example, foster culture of accountability, consistency, professionalism, continuous improvement, actively seek opportunities to make inspection processes more efficient, effective, accessible. Open to new ideas and technologies, identify opportunities to modernize workflows and leverage technology, challenge status quo when better ways to serve community and support staff. Bring sound judgment, strong communication skills, practical solutions-focused approach to complex issues, while building positive working relationships with employees, customers, contractors, design professionals, other agencies, public. Proactive and innovative, able to translate challenges into opportunities for improvement, committed to creating consistent, customer-focused, forward-thinking inspection operation.
- Education And Experience: To qualify, any combination of experience and education that would likely produce required knowledge and abilities. Desirable combination: Experience: Four years of experience as a government agency building inspector preferably to include one year in a lead supervisory capacity. (Four years of paid experience as a superintendent of building construction projects, which involved supervision of several building trades, may be substituted for one year of required experience.) Education: Equivalent to completion of twelfth grade. Course work in building or construction inspection as accredited college or university highly desired. License or Certificate: Must be certified as a Building Inspector per California State law. Legacy, or residential and commercial certifications in building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing from ICC. Plans Examiner and/or DSA CASp certification desirable. Possession of valid California Driver’s License. Any license, certification, or registration required must be maintained active and in good standing at all times during employment. For continued employment, must maintain such license, certification, or registration to meet minimum qualifications.
- Recruitment Process: Online Application Deadline Monday October 5, 2026, at 5:00 pm (PST). Supplemental Question Scoring tentatively scheduled week of Oct 13, 2026. Oral Panel Interview tentatively scheduled week of Nov 2, 2026. Only most qualified candidates placed on eligibility list and may be considered to fill positions for up to one year. HR reserves right to change process.
- Benefits: link to benefits summary. Also Disaster Services Workers: Napa County employees automatically become Disaster Service Workers. This means that when Napa County experiences emergencies (earthquakes, wildfire, power outage, etc.) you may be asked to pivot from regular duties to provide critical services to those affected (Cal. Gov. Code 3101.) ADA Accommodation: Applicants requiring accommodation during application and/or selection process pursuant to ADA Act should contact County of Napa Human Resources at (707) 253-4303. Napa County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We should exclude boilerplate like EEO, scam warning, navigation, cookie, legal, duplicated lines. The EEO line is boilerplate; we should drop it. The ADA accommodation is specific info, keep. The Disaster Services Workers is specific, keep. The link to benefits is specific.
We should not include application instructions like "To apply, please visit ..." That's application instruction, remove. Also remove the link to application.
We should not include the "Example of Duties" link alone; we have no list.
We should not include the "https://www.governmentjobs.com..." link.
We should not include the "https://www.napacounty.gov/750/Benefit-Plan-Summaries#docaccess-..." maybe we can keep as part of Benefits section but not as a heading; we can include the URL as part of description? The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep the link as part of Benefits section.
Similarly, we might keep the link to Working for Napa County? That's in the earlier part: "https://www.countyofnapa.org/721/Working-for-Napa-County". That's maybe boilerplate? It's a link to more info; could be considered substantive? It's not essential but it's a link. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; not sure if we should keep that. It's not boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO. It's a link to working for Napa County. Might be considered supplementary. I'd keep it maybe in a short paragraph? But we have no section for "About the County". Could include in About the role? Might be extra. Safer to keep it as part of a brief paragraph under About the role? But we already have About the role description. Might be okay to include as a separate short paragraph after the description? However we should avoid creating sections with filler. Could just include it as a
after the About the role heading? But we need to follow the rule: use
for section headings, - for any list,
for prose. So we can have multiple
under a heading.
Thus structure:
About the role
[description of position]
Responsibilities
[maybe we can pull out bullet list? Not present. Could just repeat same? Might be redundant. Better to not have Responsibilities if it's just same as About the role. But we need to avoid filler. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine About the role and Responsibilities into one section? But they gave examples of headings; we can choose which to include. We could include About the role and Responsibilities as separate if we have distinct content. We have duties description; we could treat that as Responsibilities. And About the role could be a brief summary of the role (maybe the first paragraph). But we don't have a separate summary. So maybe we just have one section: Responsibilities. But they said use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). Not mandatory to use all. So we can pick Responsibilities as heading.
Similarly, Requirements and Qualifications could be combined into Qualifications.
We have Education And Experience (requirements) and License/Certificate (qualifications). Could make a Qualifications section containing both.
We have Benefits section.
We have Pay section.
We have Schedule section (Full Time).
We might also include Location? Not a heading but could be in a short paragraph under About the role? Not required.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
Let's craft:
Responsibilities
The Field Inspection Supervisor plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, and coordinates the work of staff responsible for inspecting residential and non-residential buildings for compliance with applicable State and County codes, ordinances, and regulations. This working supervisor provides technical guidance to inspectors, performs inspections of major and technically complex projects, interprets building codes and regulations, resolves inspection-related issues and conflicts, and coordinates inspection activities with other agencies, contractors, architects, engineers, and the public. The position also plays a key role in staff development and unit operations by conducting training, evaluating performance, assisting with personnel actions, monitoring workflow, and recommending improvements to policies and procedures. The Field Inspection Supervisor exercises considerable independent judgment in addressing complex code and compliance matters and serves as a resource to the Chief Building Official, including assuming building inspection and compliance responsibilities in their absence.
Qualifications
To qualify, an individual must possess any combination of experience and education that would likely produce the required knowledge and abilities. A desirable combination is:
- Experience: Four years of experience as a government agency building inspector preferably to include one year in a lead supervisory capacity. (Four years of paid experience as a superintendent of building construction projects, which involved the supervision of several of the building trades, may be substituted for one year of the required experience.)
- Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Course work in building or construction inspection as an accredited college or university is highly desired.
- License or Certificate: Must be certified as a Building Inspector per California State law. Legacy, or residential and commercial certifications in building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing from the International Code Council (ICC). Plans Examiner and/or DSA CASp certification is desirable. Possession of a valid California Driver’s License. Any license, certification, or registration required for this position shall be maintained (i.e., active and in good standing) at all times during employment with Napa County. For continued employment, you must maintain such license, certification, or registration to meet the minimum qualifications of this position.
Benefits
Napa County employees automatically become Disaster Service Workers. This means that when Napa County experiences emergencies (earthquakes, wildfire, power outage, etc.) you may be asked to pivot from your regular duties to provide critical services to those affected (Cal. Gov. Code 3101.). Applicants requiring accommodation during the application and/or selection process pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act should contact County of Napa Human Resources at
for prose. So we can have multiple
under a heading. Thus structure:
About the role
[description of position]
Responsibilities
[maybe we can pull out bullet list? Not present. Could just repeat same? Might be redundant. Better to not have Responsibilities if it's just same as About the role. But we need to avoid filler. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine About the role and Responsibilities into one section? But they gave examples of headings; we can choose which to include. We could include About the role and Responsibilities as separate if we have distinct content. We have duties description; we could treat that as Responsibilities. And About the role could be a brief summary of the role (maybe the first paragraph). But we don't have a separate summary. So maybe we just have one section: Responsibilities. But they said use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). Not mandatory to use all. So we can pick Responsibilities as heading.
Similarly, Requirements and Qualifications could be combined into Qualifications.
We have Education And Experience (requirements) and License/Certificate (qualifications). Could make a Qualifications section containing both.
We have Benefits section.
We have Pay section.
We have Schedule section (Full Time).
We might also include Location? Not a heading but could be in a short paragraph under About the role? Not required.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
Let's craft:
Responsibilities
The Field Inspection Supervisor plans, organizes, assigns, supervises, and coordinates the work of staff responsible for inspecting residential and non-residential buildings for compliance with applicable State and County codes, ordinances, and regulations. This working supervisor provides technical guidance to inspectors, performs inspections of major and technically complex projects, interprets building codes and regulations, resolves inspection-related issues and conflicts, and coordinates inspection activities with other agencies, contractors, architects, engineers, and the public. The position also plays a key role in staff development and unit operations by conducting training, evaluating performance, assisting with personnel actions, monitoring workflow, and recommending improvements to policies and procedures. The Field Inspection Supervisor exercises considerable independent judgment in addressing complex code and compliance matters and serves as a resource to the Chief Building Official, including assuming building inspection and compliance responsibilities in their absence.
Qualifications
To qualify, an individual must possess any combination of experience and education that would likely produce the required knowledge and abilities. A desirable combination is:
- Experience: Four years of experience as a government agency building inspector preferably to include one year in a lead supervisory capacity. (Four years of paid experience as a superintendent of building construction projects, which involved the supervision of several of the building trades, may be substituted for one year of the required experience.)
- Education: Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Course work in building or construction inspection as an accredited college or university is highly desired.
- License or Certificate: Must be certified as a Building Inspector per California State law. Legacy, or residential and commercial certifications in building, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing from the International Code Council (ICC). Plans Examiner and/or DSA CASp certification is desirable. Possession of a valid California Driver’s License. Any license, certification, or registration required for this position shall be maintained (i.e., active and in good standing) at all times during employment with Napa County. For continued employment, you must maintain such license, certification, or registration to meet the minimum qualifications of this position.
Benefits
Napa County employees automatically become Disaster Service Workers. This means that when Napa County experiences emergencies (earthquakes, wildfire, power outage, etc.) you may be asked to pivot from your regular duties to provide critical services to those affected (Cal. Gov. Code 3101.). Applicants requiring accommodation during the application and/or selection process pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act should contact County of Napa Human Resources at