Description

Looking for a rewarding opportunity to serve a growing community? The City of Ontario's Building Department has an exciting opportunity to join the City's team. The successful candidate will be hired as a Building Inspector, Combination Building Inspector or Senior Combination Building Inspector depending on the candidate's qualifications and needs of the department. Incumbents will have the opportunity to promote to the Combination or Senior Combination Building Inspector classifications upon the department's recommendation and meeting all requirements.
 
This classification plays a pivotal role in the daily operation of the Building Department's field inspection activities. The ideal candidate for this classification will have the ability to provide excellent service to our community through teamwork, solid communication, and responsiveness. Additionally, the ideal candidate will be a strong resource to our community, developers, and internal staff. Even more, the successful candidate will embody the Department's mission and vision as well as the qualities of a "Five Tool Player"- Leader, Thinker, Communicator, Operator and Public Servant - and the principles of the City's Customer Service Philosophy– Empathy, Respect, and Problem Solving.

Requirements

The following essential functions are typically performed by the Building Inspector classification:

Reviews and conducts field inspections on various phases of residential and commercial building activity and ensures compliance with city and state building codes and ordinances.
Inspects, detects, and locates inadequate and deficient work and materials, determines stage of construction, alteration or repair, records information and informs permit applicant and appropriate staff of findings.
Receives and responds to complaints or questions, interprets, and explains building codes and ordinances to builders, contractors, homeowners, and interested parties and provides recommendations.
Re-examines and re-inspects completed installation of work and use of proper materials when construction, alterations, repairs or required corrections are made.
Communicates and confers with various agencies and departmental staff, verifies and confirms field sites have obtained building plan, specification and construction approval and possession of appropriate permits.
Analyzes, reviews, and checks plans in the field, advises contractors and makes recommendations, and assists with code enforcement duties as necessary.
Prepares and maintains inspection records and related documentation, notes violations and recommends corrective action; enters data into computer and informs supervisor of findings.
Complies and researches building and code documentation and relates technical information and assists supervision with various special projects and assignments necessary.
Performs related duties as assigned.