Senior Building Inspector

About the role

The Senior Building Inspector plays a key leadership role in supporting safe, high-quality development throughout the City. This position is responsible for leading complex building inspection and plan review activities for residential, commercial, and industrial projects, while ensuring compliance with applicable building, zoning, safety, accessibility, and related codes and standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform complex residential, commercial, and industrial building inspections to verify compliance with applicable codes, approved plans, specifications, and City standards.
• Review building plans and related documents for compliance with structural, life safety, energy, accessibility, and other applicable code requirements.
• Interpret and apply building codes, regulations, policies, and procedures, and provide clear technical guidance to contractors, design professionals, property owners, and City staff.
• Review and process permit applications, assist with fee calculations, and resolve complex or escalated permitting and inspection-related issues.
• Prepare clear and accurate inspection reports, correction notices, compliance documentation, and records of deficiencies or required actions.
• Provide technical direction, training, and mentorship to building inspection staff to support consistency, accuracy, and professional development.
• Cookordination inspection, plan review, and permitting activities with other City departments, outside agencies, consultants, and project stakeholders.
• Respond to public inquiries, complaints, and disputes related to building inspections, plan review, code requirements, and permit conditions.
• Conduct field observations, identify operational or service-level concerns, and recommend improvements to inspection practices and procedures.
• Support departmental goals by contributing to efficient, consistent, customer-focused, and high-quality service delivery.
• Attend and participate in meetings with City staff, developers, contractors, design professionals, outside agencies, and other stakeholders to provide technical input, resolve project issues, and support coordinated project delivery.

Requirements

• Valid California Driver’s License
• Building or Combination Inspector certification from ICBO or ICC
• Plan Examiner certification from ICBO or ICC

Qualifications

• A High School diploma or equivalent supplemented by college level course work in civil engineering, architecture, building inspection, construction technology or a related field.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience as a combination building inspector, performing duties similar to that of a Building Inspector at the City of Menifee.

Skills

• Sound judgment
• Technical expertise
• Professionalism
• Collaborative and solution-oriented approach

Benefits

Details about benefits will be provided in a separate document.

Pay

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Schedule

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