Building Inspector I/II/Senior
City of West Sacramento West Sacramento, CA, USA
- Location: West Sacramento, CA, USA
- Categories: Building and Safety, Code Enforcement and Inspections, Community and Economic Development
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Feb 07, 2025
Job Description:
Building Inspector I/II/Senior
Description
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Illustrative Only): Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
Building Inspector I/II
- Inspects commercial and residential buildings and structures to determine compliance with the structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and housing codes and approved plans.
- Identifies and enforces a variety of codes, ordinances, and standards violations for conformance with plans and specifications.
- Inspects workmanship and materials in building construction plans for conformance with plans and specifications, and inspects potentially substandard or dangerous buildings.
- Works with diagrams, specifications, plans, and similar documents.
- Reads and interprets building construction and engineering plan specifications and codes.
- Prepares and maintains reports, letters, and correction notices on code violations and variations from approved plans.
- Enters required information into the database for tracking and accessibility.
- Confers with and assists architects, engineers, contractors, builders, homeowners, tenants, and the general public in the field and office regarding the interpretation of requirements and restrictions and keeps records and prepares reports as necessary.
- Identifies illegal construction activity and issues violation notices.
Senior Building Inspector:
- Assigns and monitors the work of lower level staff.
- Provides training to staff regarding building codes and other related requirements.
- Inspects commercial and residential buildings and structures to determine compliance with the fire, life safety, disabled access, structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and International Property Maintenance code and approved plans.
- Identifies and enforces a variety of codes, ordinances, and standards violations for conformance with plans and specifications.
- Inspects workmanship and materials in building construction projects for conformance with plans and specifications, and inspects potentially substandard damaged, illegally constructed and poorly maintained dangerous buildings.
- Prepares and maintains reports, letters, and correction notices on code violations and variations from approved plans.
- Enters required information into the database for tracking and accessibility.
- Confers, collaborates and assists with architects, engineers, contractors, builders, homeowners, tenants, and the general public in the field and office regarding the interpretation of building code requirements and restrictions and keeps records and prepares reports as necessary.
- Identifies illegal construction activity and issues violation notices.
- May act as Building Official in his/her absence.