Senior Building Inspector

City of Corona; Corona (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Corona is seeking a Senior Building Inspector to lead building safety and code-compliance efforts, ensuring development meets city standards across residential, commercial, and industrial projects. This role emphasizes leadership in inspections, interpretation of codes, and coordination with project stakeholders.

Qualified candidates will have education in construction/inspection practices, ICC Building Inspector credentials, and a track record of performing varied inspections while

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, with college coursework or cert in construction/inspection practices.
• Knowledge of building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, energy, accessibility, housing codes.
• Experience with field inspection methods and safety standards.
• Ability to read blueprints, plans, specs, and maps for conformance with standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections across residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, including resales.
• Review and interpret drawings and maps to ensure compliance with city codes.
• Identify faulty materials or workmanship and determine corrective actions.
• Coordinate with contractors, engineers, and property owners to address issues.

Skills

Inspection interpretation

Blueprint understanding

Materials quality detection

Contractor coordination

Education

High school plus college coursework or technical certificate

Job description

Senior Building Inspector

The City of Corona is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable building and construction professional to serve as its next Senior Building Inspector. This is an important leadership role responsible for supporting the City’s building safety and code-compliance functions while helping ensure that construction and development activities meet applicable building codes, regulations, and community standards.

Knowledge & Education

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade, supplemented by college-level coursework or technical certification in construction technology and/or inspection practices.
• Principles, practices, methods, materials, techniques, and safety standards of building construction, building inspection, resale inspection, and structural design for commercial, industrial, and residential buildings.
• Building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, energy, accessibility, housing, and related codes.
• Proper field inspection methods and procedures.

Skills & Abilities

• Perform the full range of assigned inspections in residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, including those related to property resales.
• Review, understand, interpret, and analyze construction blueprints, plans, specifications, architect and engineering drawings, and maps for conformance with City standards and policies.
• Detect faulty materials and workmanship and identify measures needed to remedy them.
• Coordinate and deal with contractors, engineers, and property owners effectively.

Experience

• Three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience performing residential, commercial, and industrial building inspections.

Licenses and Certifications

• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Possession of a valid International Code Council (ICC) Building Inspector Certificate, in addition to one or more certifications in other disciplines such as Mechanical, Plumbing or Electrical, to be maintained throughout employment.

COMMUNITY

A City whose heritage spans more than 125 years, the City of Corona, located in Riverside County, California, encompasses approximately 40 square miles and has a vibrant, culturally diverse population of approximately 170,000 residents. Residents of Corona enjoy a variety of cultural, recreational, and educational opportunities that provide a first-rate quality of life for its residents and visitors and visitors. Within an hour's travel time, outdoor enthusiasts can enjoy winter activities such as snowboarding and skiing and summer activities including surfing, boating, or simply relaxing on world class beaches. Corona's economy is strong and getting stronger; more than 84,000 people work here. Our retail, commercial, and housing areas are expanding, and office development continues to be strong.

THE ORGANIZATION

The City of Corona is a General Law city operating under a Council-Manager form of government. Policy making and legislative authority is vested in the City Council, consisting of a Mayor and four Council Members. Members of the City Council are elected by District to a four-year term. The Mayor is selected by the Council and serves as the presiding officer for one year.

The City is organized into the following departments/organizational units: Community Services, City Manager’s Office, Economic Development, Finance, Fire, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal and Risk Management, Police, Planning & Development, Public Works, and Utilities. Oversight of these departments is divided between the City Manager and an Assistant City Manager.

The City’s total operating budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is $422.7 million with a General Fund operating budget of $231.3 million. Corona enjoys a workforce of 935 dedicated employees who provide high-quality services to its residents and visitors each day.

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