Join our team in a pivotal role ensuring community standards and safety as a Code Enforcement Officer. This position involves performing skilled technical work, including enforcing zoning ordinances, inspecting properties for compliance with environmental codes, maintaining accurate records, and preparing detailed reports.

We are seeking a candidate with a solid foundation in one or more of the four major trades: Building, Electrical, Plumbing, or Mechanical. The selected individual will be expected to achieve proficiency across all trade levels within the designated timeframe. Join us in fostering a safe, well-maintained, and thriving community!

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Performs field inspections and re-inspections of residential, commercial, industrial and public facilities, for safety purposes and to ensure compliance with state codes and local ordinances with building, plumbing, electrical or mechanical codes; and enters inspection results into system.
Enforces state codes for construction in four trade areas that are building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing and advises contractors in interpreting and applying code regulations.
Notifies responsible parties of defects and inspects property again, to determine if corrective actions have been taken.
Issues warnings and stop-work order if necessary, when items do not meet minimum code.
Receives inspection requests and enters information into system.
Reviews plans and specifications to ensure compliance with applicable standards; and issues approval on acceptable plans and specifications.
Review projects with co-workers to set a basis for consistency.
Prepares correspondence advising property owners of violations.
Interprets and explains North Carolina code requirements.
Receives applications for permits and issues building permits.
Maintains records and prepares reports for use by administrative and judicial authorities.
Provides assistance to customers by telephone, email and in person, educating them on code requirements.
Participates in continuing education and certification courses; and stays abreast of changes in applicable codes and ordinances.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of the zoning ordinances and various codes.
Knowledge of legal procedures related to the enforcement of ordinances and codes.
Ability to read and interpret permits, site plans and designs and to ensure compliance with appropriate ordinances and codes.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Ability to enforce ordinances and regulations with firmness, tact and impartiality.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with property owners, contractors, associates and the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires standing, walking, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and reaching with hands and arms and occasionally requires sitting, tasting or smelling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using measuring devices, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions, frequently working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to the risk of electrical shock and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a loud noise location (e.g. grounds maintenance, heavy traffic).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Employees will receive a $625 raise each time they progress in their level of certification for each trade.

Minimum Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or its equivalent, and three (3) years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Licenses or Certifications:

Ability to obtain North Carolina Level 3 Standard building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical certifications
North Carolina Code Officials Standard Certificate
Driver's License valid in the State of North Carolina

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