General Description

PLEASE NOTE: YOU *MUST* SUBMIT AN EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION. Employment applications may be printed from our website at www.palmettofl.org or picked up at the City of Palmetto Human Resource Dept., 516 8th Ave. W. Palmetto, Fl. 34221.

The purpose of this job within the organization is to perform a variety of routine and complex technical work inspecting residential and commercial buildings to enforce building codes and all city ordinances related to building permits.

This job works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

Duties and Responsibilities

The functions listed below are those that represent most of the time spent working in this job/class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job/class as necessary.

Essential Functions:

Provides excellent customer service to the public and assists contractors with building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical coding issues for new or remodeled construction.

Performs on-site inspections of site, structural, framing, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems in compliance with building codes such as Florida Building Code, FPC, FMC, and National Electrical Code.

Plans daily reviews including residential and commercial with Building Official; corrects inspection violations and stops work orders that started without a permit or are unsafe.

Creates and maintains records and reports of building and inspection activity.

Works closely with Planning and Zoning to assist with site visits, setback issues, and landscape requirements; interprets flood zone maps.

Issues permits as appropriate; assists with application processing and fee assessment and collection for permit issuance.

Additional Duties:

Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the field of construction and applicable codes and ordinances for architects, engineers, contractors, developers, and residential homeowners.

Performs related work as assigned.

Responsibilities, Requirements and Impacts

Data Responsibility:

Data Responsibility refers to information, knowledge, and conceptions obtained by observation, investigation, interpretation, visualization, and mental creation. Data are intangible and include numbers, words, symbols, ideas, concepts, and oral verbalizations.

Collects, classifies or formats data or information in accordance with a prescribed schema or plan to facilitate the identification and extraction of useful information.

People Responsibility:

People include co-workers, workers in other areas or agencies and the public.

Provides information, guidance or assistance to people that directly facilitates task accomplishment; may give instructions or assignments to helpers or assistants.

Asset Responsibility:

Asset’s responsibility refers to the responsibility for achieving economies or preventing loss within the organization.

Requires responsibility and opportunity for achieving moderate economies and/or preventing moderate losses through the management of a small division; handles supply of high value or moderate amounts of money consistent with the operation of a small division.

Mathematical Requirements:

Mathematics requires the use of symbols, numbers, and formulas to solve mathematical problems.

Uses addition and subtraction, multiplication, and division and/or calculates ratios, rates, and percent.

Communications Requirements:

Communications involves the ability to read, write, and speak.

Reads technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, such as assembly instruction for tools, routine office equipment operating instructions, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.

Judgment Requirements:

Judgment requirements refer to the frequency and complexity of judgments and decisions given the stability of the work environments, the nature and type of guidance, and the breadth of impact of the judgments and decisions.

Responsible for the actions of others, requiring almost constant decisions affecting co-workers, crime victims, patients, customers, clients, or others in the general public; works in a moderately fluid environment with guidelines and rules, but frequent variations from the routine.

Complexity of Work:

Complexity addresses the analysis, initiative, ingenuity, concentration, and creativity, required by the job and the presence of any unusual pressures present in the job.

Performs skilled work involving rules/systems with almost constant problem solving; requires normal attention with short periods of concentration for accurate results and occasional exposure to unusual pressure.

Impact of Errors:

Impact of errors refers to consequences such as damage to equipment and property, loss of data, exposure of the organization to legal liability, and injury or death for individuals.

The impact of errors is serious – affects most units in organization and may affect citizens or loss of life and/or damage could occur, and probability is likely.

Physical Demands:

Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

Equipment Usage:

Equipment usage involves responsibility for materials, machines, tools, equipment, work aids, and products.

Handles or uses machines, tools, equipment, or work aids involving little or no latitude for judgment regarding attainment of a standard or in selecting appropriate items.

Unavoidable Hazards:

Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

Involves routine and frequent exposure to electrical shocks, heights.

Safety of Others:

Safety of others refers to the level of responsibility for the safety of others, either inherent in the job or to ensure the safety of the public. (Does not include safety of subordinates).

Requires considerable responsibility for the safety and health of others and/or continuous enforcement of the laws and standards of public health and safety.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires High School graduation or GED equivalent supplemented by specialized courses/training equivalent to completion of one year of college in general construction or a closely related field.

Requires four years of experience in general construction, building maintenance and/or inspection, or closely related experience.

Special Certifications and Licenses:

Valid Florida Driver’s License

Inspector certifications in multiple trades required.

Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance

The City of Palmetto, FL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires City of Palmetto, FL to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with management.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $47,112.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• general construction: 4 years (Required)
• building maintenance: 4 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)
• One or more ICC Certifications and licensed by the DBPR (Required)

Work Location: In person