Building Inspector & Plans Examiner or Senior Building Inspector & Plans Examiner

Seeking a Building Plans Examiner with experience reviewing both residential and commercial building permit types.

Experience with plan review and inspections in a residential setting and ability to assist with permit intake and general phone calls, emails, and walk-in customers is required.

Experience with plan review and inspections in a commercial setting is preferred.

This position is focused on providing building plan review services to many different types of projects within the City of Lafayette and is expected to assist with all types of Building Division duties in the absence of other staff, including the absence of Inspectors, Permit Tech, or the Chief Building Official, as needed.

The City is experiencing a diverse growth in building activity from new single-family dwellings and multi-family to new commercial buildings and tenant finish projects and everything in between which will provide a fantastic challenge to accurately interpret the requirements of the adopted building codes.

The ideal candidate will have an ICC Combination Inspector and multiple Plans Examiner certifications and will have experience in either the public or private sector managing residential and commercial projects at the inspector or plans examiner level or will have equivalent experience with such projects.

The successful candidate will have the desire to train and gain the certifications and experience to complete plan review services for Residential and Commercial Plumbing, Mechanical, and Building projects.

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS:

KNOWLEDGE: Working knowledge of all applicable building codes and related state and local regulations, and the ability to read, interpret and explain such codes, and ability to read, interpret and explain construction drawings.

Considerable knowledge of techniques and materials of the construction trade and of the stages in construction when possible defects in building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical installations may be easily observed and corrected; working knowledge of computers and ability to operate and learn various permitting software programs.

In addition, this position requires general knowledge of the principles and practices of city planning.
SKILL: Demonstrated skill in preparing written reports and projects; demonstrated skill in the operation of equipment necessary to perform functions of the job; reading and interpreting blueprints and other similar drawings; applying knowledge of national uniform building codes, zoning, and land use applications.
ABILITY: Analyze, interpret, and check complex plans, specifications, calculations, laws, and regulations; enforce codes and regulations firmly, tactfully, and impartially; analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine proper courses of action; express ideas clearly and concisely; maintain files and records; follow written and verbal instructions; establish and maintain effective working relationships with supervisors, other employees and public; co...