Job Description

Building Inspector Positions

The City of Leesburg is seeking qualified candidates for Building Inspector positions. The salary range is $36.60 - $60.29 per hour depending on the level of the position. This is a full-time position located in Leesburg, Florida.

Nature of Work

The purpose of the class is to review plans and inspect structures and facilities for compliance with building codes. The class is responsible for providing information, inspecting structures, enforcing codes, and reporting. The class works within a general outline of work to be performed, and develops work methods and sequences under general supervision.

Essential Job Functions

Building Inspector I

• Researches and maintains currency in all applicable building codes; advises citizens and building professionals on construction requirements.
• Reviews plans and specifications; advises citizens and building professionals on needed changes or corrections to meet codes; issues building permits and inspection certificates.
• Performs on-site inspections to ensure compliance with all applicable building codes; issues written warnings, citations, and violation notices.
• Responds to citizen complaints of code violations; inspects and verifies compliance or non-compliance with applicable codes.
• Resolves disputes over provisions of codes when required.
• Prepares logs, forms, and reports documenting results of inspections and other events or activities; maintains building permit and plans records; testifies in court as required.
• Attends staff meetings to exchange information; attends classes or seminars to improve knowledge and skills.
• Performs routine office tasks, such as typing, filing, faxing, phoning, and copying.
• Guides others, making frequent decisions affecting the individual, citizens, professionals, coworkers, and others that depend on the service or product.
• Summarizes, tabulates, or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed schematic or plan.
• Persuades or influences others in favor of a service, point of view, or course of action; may enforce laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances.
• Responsible for working safety and following all applicable safety health rules. Worker is responsible for reporting any unsafe condition to the supervisor. Workers are expected to stop work when conditions are unsafe and could lead to significant property damage, serious injury, or death.

Building Inspector II

• Researches and maintains currency in all applicable building codes; advises citizens and building professionals on construction requirements.
• Advises citizens and building professionals on needed changes or corrections to meet codes; issues building permits and inspection certificates.
• Performs on-site inspections to ensure compliance with all applicable building codes; issues written warnings, citations, and violation notices.
• Responds to citizen complaints of code violations; inspects and verifies compliance or non-compliance with applicable codes.
• Resolves disputes over provisions of codes when required.
• Prepares logs, forms, and reports documenting results of inspections and other events or activities; maintains building permit and plans records; testifies in court as required.
• Attends staff meetings to exchange information; attends classes or seminars to improve knowledge and skills.
• Performs routine office tasks, such as typing, filing, faxing phoning, and copying.
• Guides others, making frequent decisions affecting the individual, citizens, professionals, coworkers, and others that depend on the service or product.
• Summarizes, tabulates, or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed scheme or plan.
• Persuades or influences others in favor of a service, point of view, or course of action; may enforce laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances.
• Mentors fellow inspectors to increase knowledge and provide inspection continuity.
• Performs professional level work requiring the application of principles and practices of a wide range of administrative, technical, or managerial methods in the solution of administrative or technical problems; applies general understanding of operating policies and procedures to solve complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure.
• Makes decisions as a significant part of the job, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; assists in developing policies and practices. This work requires independent decision making, establish and maintain working relationship with contractors, developers, architects, employees and public.
• Responsible for working safety and following all applicable safety health rules. Worker is responsible for reporting any unsafe condition to the supervisor. Workers are expected to stop work when conditions are unsafe and could lead to significant property damage, serious injury, or death.

Building Inspector III

• Researches and maintains currency in all applicable building codes; advises citizens and building professionals on construction requirements.
• Reviews plans and specifications; advises citizens and building professionals on needed changes or corrections to meet codes; issues building permits and inspection certificates.
• Performs on-site inspections to ensure compliance with all applicable building codes; issues written warnings, citations, and violation notices.
• Mentors fellow inspectors to increase knowledge and provide inspection continuity.
• Serves as a Trainer, as needed, for Internship and Cross-Training classes.
• Responds to citizen complaints of code violations; inspects and verifies compliance or non-compliance with applicable codes.
• Resolves disputes over provisions of codes when required.
• Prepares logs, forms, and reports documenting results of inspections and other events or activities; maintains building permit and plans records; testifies in court as required.
• Attends staff meetings to exchange information; attends classes or seminars to improve knowledge and skills.
• Performs routine office tasks, such as typing, filing, faxing, phoning, and copying.
• Gathers, organizes, analyzes, examines, or evaluates data or information and may prescribe action based on such data or information.
• Persuades or influences others in favor of a service, point of view, or course of action; may enforce laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances.
• Performs coordinating work involving guidelines and rules but solves problems constantly.
• Mentors fellow reviewers to increase knowledge and provide inspection continuity.
• Uses mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions or measurements, logarithmic, or geometric construction, algebraic solutions of equations and inequalities, descriptive statistics, geometry, plane and solid, rectangular coordinates, and mathematical classifications or schemes.
• Reads journals, manuals, and professional publications; speaks informally to groups of coworkers, staff in other organizational agencies, the general public, and people in other organizations; composes original reports, training and other written materials using proper language, punctuation, grammar, and style.
• Performs professional level work requiring the application of principles and practices of a wide range of administrative, technical, or managerial methods in the solution of administrative or technical problems; applies general understanding of operating policies and procedures to solve complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure.
• Makes decisions as a significant part of the job, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; assists in developing policies and practices. This work requires independent decision making, establish and maintain working relationship with contractors, developers, architects, employees and public.
• Responsible for working safety and following all applicable safety health rules. Worker is responsible for reporting any unsafe condition to the supervisor. Workers are expected to stop work when conditions are unsafe and could lead to significant property damage, serious injury, or death.

Minimum Requirements

Building Inspector I

Requires a high school diploma or GED and formal training, special courses, or self-education equivalent to satisfactory completion of one year of college education or specialized advanced training in engineering, construction, or a closely related field. Requires minimum 4 years of construction or closely related field, engineering, drafting, or trade related experience or formal education in the construction/engineering field or a combination of these to meet eligibility requirements for licensure. Requires 1-3 of the Florida licenses listed in Florida Statue 468. Requires 1-3 of the Florida licenses listed in Florida Statue 468 for building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical or one- and two-family dwelling. 1 and 2 family licenses will count as 2 licenses. A Fire Inspector license may count as a license. Requires a valid State of Florida driver license and satisfactory driving record as a condition of initial and continued employment.

The levels below require a high school diploma, GED, and formal

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