Building Official
City of Spring Hill 401 North Madison Street, Spring Hill, KS, USA
- Location: 401 North Madison Street, Spring Hill, KS, USA
- Categories: Building and Safety, Community and Economic Development
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Sep 12, 2025
Job Description:
Building Official
Description
- Oversee building code compliance, managing inspections and ensuring safety standards in construction projects.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state and local building codes and regulations including reviewing plans, issuing permits and conducting inspections.
- Analyze architectural plans and specifications to ensure they meet safety and regulatory standards.
- Perform field inspections on industrial, commercial and residential buildings.
- Enforce abate building code violations in existing structures.
- Oversees and follows the City’s adopted codes inspection and permit issuance programs.
- Serves as City flood plain manager.
- Participate in City Emergency Operations Plan as assigned and/or designated.
- Serves as plans examiner for all building permit applications.
- Determine, develop and oversee the administration of the City’s building permit process including associated fee schedules.
- Provides information to contractors, developers, homeowners and the general public to assist with understanding building codes and regulations.
- Prepare and present reports on building code issues to various committees and governmental bodies.
- Continually monitor local, city, county, state, national and international building and construction codes to determine the need to create, change or remove building and construction codes for the City.
- Interpret code requirements as requested by City staff, Governing Body, fire department, residents, contractors and the general public.
- Supervise inspectors to ensure building and construction inspections are scheduled and completed in accordance with department policy and procedure.
- Inspect non-routine and specialty building and construction projects.
- Perform other duties as deemed necessary or assigned.
Duties, responsibilities, scheduling, shift assignments and work location, may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
A thorough knowledge of building inspections, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems, federal, state and local building regulations and codes is required. This employee must be able to operate computers, department vehicles, electrical testing equipment, copiers, and other office equipment. The ability to interpret building codes and regulations, to prepare reports, to understand and anticipate problems, and to understand written instructions, reports, proposals, specifications, blueprints, schematics, and code books is required. The ability to handle stress effectively, organize, set priorities and exercise independent judgement. Must be able to facilitate group processes, implement effective problem-solving solutions and build consensus. This employee should possess a strong mechanical aptitude, and effective public relations, organizational, oral and written communication skills.