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Subcode Official

State of New Jersey
Jersey, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 5/13/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2026

  Civil Service Commission

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 S0473H
 SUBCODE OFFICIAL
05/01/2026
05/21/2026
STATEWIDE
$77,143.55 ~ $113,263.75 Per Year
8
40 Hours per Week
$35.00

(1) New Jersey

LICENSES: 
Administrative License:Applicants must possess a valid Subcode Official license in building, electrical, fire protection, plumbing, elevator, amusement rides, or boiler/pressure vessel and refrigeration, issued by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, appropriate to the position. Please ensure to provide details of your license on your application. Failure to indicate possession of a current license as of the closing date will result in ineligibility. You may be required to provide a copy of a valid license upon appointment.

NOTE: Appointees must continue to complete the continuing education requirements to maintain their Subcode Official license.

Technical License: Applicants must possess a valid High Rise and Hazardous Specialist (HHS) construction code enforcement license in building, fire protection, electrical, plumbing, elevator, amusement rides, or boiler/pressure vessel and refrigeration, issued by the Department of Community Affairs, appropriate to the position.

Please ensure to provide details of your license on your application. Failure to indicate possession of a current license as of the closing date will result in ineligibility. You may be required to provide a copy of a valid license upon appointment. 

NOTE: Appointees must continue to complete the continuing education requirements to maintain their HHS license.

SPECIAL NOTE: Appointees to the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Unit will be required to complete specialized training.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

The responsibility for ensuring that employees possess the required motor vehicle license, commensurate with the class and type of vehicles they operate, rests with the Appointing Authority.

Customer Care and Technical Support: If you are having difficulty submitting your application online, customer care and technical support are available during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and emergency closings. Please email: OAS.support@csc.nj.gov or call (609) 292-4144. Please note that application support requests received outside regular business hours on the closing date will not change the application filing deadline so PLEASE FILE EARLY.

The current vacancies are in Mercer County. However, the resulting list will be used in all counties for future vacancies.

  1. NJAC 4A:4-2.3(b) states that all requirements must be met as of the closing date.
  2. Online applications must be completed and submitted by 4:00 pm on the closing date.
  3. You must complete your application in detail. Your score may be based on a comparison of your background with the job requirements. Failure to complete your application properly may lower your score or cause you to fail. NOTE: Auto-fill may cause incomplete information on your application. Please confirm your name, address and phone number prior to submitting your application.
  4. If an employment list results from this announcement, it may be certified to fill full-time and part-time positions.
  5. Effective September 1, 2011, the New Jersey First residency law was enacted. Please click here for additional information. In accordance with Public Law 2010 c. 26, Veterans pay a reduced application fee of $15.00 if they have previously established Veteran's Preference with the DMAVA (as defined by NJSA 11A:5-1 et seq). Those claiming Veteran’s Preference but have not yet received approval from DMAVA must pay the full application fee and may request a refund if the claim is approved at least 8 days prior to the issuance of the eligibility list. Please note this reduced fee does not apply to Public Safety titles.
  6. Application fees submitted via personal check or money order must be postmarked within five (5) business days of submitting your application. If your fee is postmarked after five (5) business days, or is returned as invalid, you will be declared ineligible and denied admittance to the examination process.
  7. The Civil Service Commission is increasing its use of emails as a communication tool. Please ensure that your email is always up-to-date so that important information about the testing process is not missed. Please remember to check your junk mail, spam, and clutter for these important messages.

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