Senior Inspector

City of Arlington; Virginia; On-site; USD 62,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Arlington is seeking a Building Inspector to provide technical support and perform code interpretation, permitting, and administration for electrical, plumbing, and mechanical trades. The role focuses on field inspections and ensuring compliance with all relevant codes.

Under limited supervision, you will perform specialty inspections, review plans, and collaborate with supervisors, inspectors, and other departments.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialty inspections, as well investigating and issuing stop work orders if construction is observed to be non-compliant with approved plans/codes or is deemed unsafe.
• Investigate new materials released to the building market to ensure code compliance.
• Examine building plans to ensure code compliance.
• Provide field supervisors with technical support regarding complaints in the field.
• Conduct complex inspections across multiple permits at industrial, commercial, and residential construction sites to ensure compliance with City-adopted codes and ordinances.
• Provides dispute resolution for staff relating to both inside and outside clients of commercial and residential building inspection.
• Meets and consults with contractors relating to the construction of new buildings in Arlington, and interfaces with planners, engineers, architects, inspectors, and other departments.

Job description

DEPARTMENT Planning & Development Services SALARY $61,733.50 - $77,166.85

JOB SUMMARY

Under limited supervision, provides technical support to supervisors, plans examiners, and inspectors in electrical/plumbing/mechanical trade-specific code interpretation, permitting and administration, and electrical/plumbing/mechanical field inspection practices; performs related work as required.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Perform specialty inspections, as well investigating and issuing stop work orders if construction is observed to be non-compliant with approved plans/codes or is deemed unsafe.
• Investigate new materials released to the building market to ensure code compliance.
• Examine building plans to ensure code compliance.
• Provide field supervisors with technical support regarding complaints in the field.
• Conduct complex inspections across multiple permits at industrial, commercial, and residential construction sites to ensure compliance with City-adopted codes and ordinances.
• Provides dispute resolution for staff relating to both inside and outside clients of commercial and residential building inspection.
• Meets and consults with contractors relating to the construction of new buildings in Arlington, and interfaces with planners, engineers, architects, inspectors, and other departments.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS

• Prepare and administer examinations to applicants as required by local and state law.
• Ability to investigate and resolve complaints pertaining to commercial construction.
• Serve as code expert; department representative to appeal boards.
• Ability to investigate certificate of occupancy inspections for compliance of various codes.
• Give written or oral presentations to civic groups and professional and nonprofessional organizations concerning code requirements.
• Train field personnel as necessary to maintain proper code enforcement.
• Ability to operate a PC to enter data and retrieve information.

City of Arlington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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City of Arlington is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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