Assistant Building Inspector

City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Bridgeport (CT); On-site; USD 93,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unionized position

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The City of Bridgeport invites applications for the Building Department position. The role inspects buildings under construction and enforces relevant codes, ensuring public safety and compliance throughout permit processes.

Responsibilities include reviewing plans, issuing permits, guiding contractors, and maintaining records. A high school diploma and relevant experience, plus state licensure, are required for this municipal, unionized role with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Inspects buildings during construction to ensure code compliance.
• Enforces corrections to defects or deviations from building codes.
• Reviews plans, sketches, and specifications to issue permits.
• Keeps records and enforces safety requirements for occupants.

Responsibilities

• Inspects buildings in the process of construction, alterations, or repair to assure compliance with relevant codes.
• Enforces correction of defects or deviations from building codes.
• Discusses pertinent problems with builders, architects, engineers, contractors, and owners, advising and assisting.
• Examines plans, sketches, and specifications as a preliminary to issuing permits and for adherence to requirements.
• Investigates possible violations and enforces correction of defects, keeps records.

Skills

Building code knowledge

Plan reading & interpretation

Communication

Enforcement & decision making

Education

High School graduate

Vocational school or equivalent

Tools

Driver's License (CT)

Public Safety Licensing prep

Job description

CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT

The City of Bridgeport is now accepting submissions for the position of

Building Department

The Building Department issues permits and inspects work done to all buildings and other structures. Permits include building, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, fire protection sprinklers and extinguishing systems, refrigeration, demolition, and signs. Applications for permits are reviewed for conformance to all applicable laws, codes, and ordinances. A permit constitutes permission to proceed with the approved work. The purpose of permits and inspections is to ensure public safety, health, and welfare insofar as they are affected by building construction, through structural strength, adequate exit facilities, fire safety, light and ventilation, and sanitary equipment. The Building Department's function is to secure the safety of life and property from hazards incident to the design, erection, repair, removal, demolition, or planned occupancy of buildings, structures, or premises.

For more information visit: www.bridgeportct.gov/government/departments/building-department

Salary and Benefits: $102,973.00 per year. This position includes a comprehensive benefits package. This summary provides a brief overview of the benefits available to regular full-time municipal employees; depending on the employee group some of these benefits may include retirement pension administered by CMERS (Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement System), health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription), life, disability, paid leave, paid holidays, 457(b) deferred compensation plan (employee paid), and other voluntary employee-paid benefits. This is a unionized position.

The City of Bridgeport is in Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound. It is bordered by the towns of Trumbull to the north, Fairfield to the west, and Stratford to the east. The most populous city in Connecticut, it has an approximate population of 147,000, consisting of 50,367 households, with a population density of 9,226 residents per square mile. Nicknamed the Park City for its over 40 public parks, including the Olmsted-designed Seaside Park and Beardsley Park, Bridgeport is a vibrant community, and was recently cited as the 11th most diverse city in the country (with some 85 languages spoken here). NBC Today also labeled Bridgeport one of the top 5 booming cities in the nation. The city is also home to numerous attractions, such as the Barnum Museum, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater, the Total Mortgage Arena, and the Soundside Music Festival, all of which bring thousands of visitors to the city each year for a myriad of events. A center of learning, Bridgeport is home to Sacred Heart University’s Center for Healthcare Education, the University of Bridgeport, and Fairfield University’s Bellarmine Campus, as well as the campus of the Paier College of Art and the Housatonic Community College. The city also hosts two major medical centers which serve the region and are the city’s largest employers: Bridgeport Hospital, which is part of the Yale New Haven Health Care System, and Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, which is part of Hartford Healthcare.

Governing Structure

The City has a Mayor-City Council form of government. Bridgeport has an elected mayor who serves as the chief executive officer of the municipal government and serves a four-year term. The current mayor is Joseph P. Ganim, who is currently serving his eighth term as mayor. The City Council is the twenty-member legislative body whose two major responsibilities are enacting ordinances necessary to ensure the welfare and good order of the City and adopting the City’s annual budget. Councilmembers are elected by the residents of the ten council districts to represent the concerns, needs, and issues of their constituents, and work to improve the City’s neighborhoods. All Councilmembers serve a two-year term in office.

General Statement Of Duties

• Inspects buildings in the process of construction, alterations, or repair to assure compliance with relevant codes.
• Enforces correction of defects or deviations from building codes.
• Discusses pertinent problems with builders, architects, engineers, contractors, and owners, advising and assisting.
• Examines plans, sketches, and specifications as a preliminary to issuing permits and for adherence to requirements.
• Investigates possible violations and enforces correction of defects, keeps records.

Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements

• High School graduate.
• Three (3) years’ experience as a journeyman craftsman in the specialized field, or in an equivalent supervisory capacity.
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A thorough knowledge of the Connecticut State Building Code, the methods, materials, and techniques of the general construction trades.
• Knowledge of the Connecticut Fire Safety Code, Connecticut General Statutes, and related regulations.
• A working knowledge of the qualities and strengths of building materials, fire safety regulations, and other items of equipment essential for the safety, comfort, and convenience of building occupants.
• Ability to read and interpret plans and specifications; ability to enforce regulations with firmness, tact, and impartiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with contractors, property owners, and the general public.
• The ability to express oneself clearly and concisely orally and in writing.

Licenses and Certifications

• Valid Connecticut Driver’s License – This job requires daily driving.
• Completion of high school, vocational school, or the equivalent.
• Three (3) years experience in the construction, design, or supervision of construction of buildings on a full-time basis.
• Licensure by the Connecticut Department of Public Safety as an Assistant Building Inspector within ninety (90) days of hire.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, or hear. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift weights up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts or in outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, toxic or caustic chemicals or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.

This job description is not, nor is to be intended to be, a complete statement of all duties, functions, responsibilities, and qualifications which comprise this position. The above is intended as a general summary only. You should not rely on it as a complete or binding explanation. This summary is subject to the reasonable discretion of city management. This summary does not constitute a contract of employment, express or implied, between the employee and the City of Bridgeport. This is an informational guide and is subject to correction of any information which may have been inadvertently misstated. The City of Bridgeport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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