Description / Position Overview
Code Enforcement Officer - Neighborhood Services
The City of Colorado Springs is ready to welcome a Code Enforcement Officer to join its Neighborhood Services team. As a Code Enforcement Officer, you will conduct field inspections, investigate complaints, and enforce property maintenance, housing, and environmental safety ordinances. This role also manages a large caseload, maintains extensive public contact, and documents activities in logs and digital case systems. Key responsibilities include issuing summonses, providing court testimony, removing unpermitted signs, interpreting and applying codes, and communicating effectively across multiple channels.
- This position is subject to budget required furloughs to be implemented in the 2026 calendar year, and any furloughs subsequently approved.**
Benefits Offered
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- PERA Retirement
- Paid Time Off: Vacation, Sick, and Holidays
- Employee Medical Clinic and Pharmacy
- Wellness Programs, Fitness Classes and Gym Discounts
- Medical Management Programs
- Basic & Voluntary Life Insurance
- Short & Long Term Disability
- Long Term Care
- HRA and Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care
- Read more about our many benefits at this link: https://coloradosprings.gov/totalrewards
Pre-Employment Requirements: The background check process for this position includes being fingerprinted. Fingerprints will be used to check the FBI's criminal history records.
Job Type: Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Work Schedule: This is primarily a day shift position; Monday - Friday, with hours between 7:00AM - 5:30PM. This is position requires that you are available for emergency call-out with needed.
Hourly Salary: 26.19 - $31.44
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As a Code Enforcement Officer, You Will
- Investigate complaints, meet with citizens, and enforce codes related to housing standards, environmental health, vehicle and vegetation abatement, and zoning ordinances
- Issue condemnation orders
- Intervene and mediate to resolve potential conflicts regarding citations or code violations
- Inspect homes, apartment buildings, businesses, vacant lots, and other properties to ensure compliance with housing standards, zoning and environmental health codes, ordinances, and regulations; determine whether properties are in compliance
- Issue notices of violation and perform follow-up inspections
- Document all actions and notices
- Testify in court and at administrative proceedings
- Respond in a courteous manner to public inquiries and complaints about code violations such as minimum housing standards, sanitation, weeds, junk vehicles, litter, land use/zoning, and graffiti
- Interview complainants and witnesses
- Take photographs of violations and document activities using a computer; effectively and accurately convey observations
- Perform research to determine ownership and approved uses of property
- Work within neighborhoods to interdict signs of neighborhood decline and blight
- Foster community involvement with neighborhoods and organizations
- Learn more about this job by reviewing the class specification on the City of Colorado Springs Class Specifications page
Knowledge Of
We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:
- Operations, services, and activities of a code enforcement program
- Principles, practices, methods, and techniques of technical inspection and code enforcement
- Methods and techniques of investigating property ownership
- Pertinent state and local ordinances, regulations, and health codes
Ability To
- Interpret and apply pertinent state and local ordinances, regulations, and health codes
- Make independent judgements
- Use noise and light meters, police radios, and mobile field reporting equipment
- Communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships
- Proficiency use Microsoft Office Suite and case management software
Minimum Qualifications
- Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade (high school diploma or GED)
- One year of full-time, professional experience in a related field
- Possess, or obtain upon hire, and maintain a valid, non-probationary Colorado driver’s license not subject to restrictions
Substitutions: We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education.
We encourage all to apply!
Preferred Qualifications
The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants.
- Experience with investigations, inspections, and enforcement
Additional Information
Please contact Jamie Garcia at Jamie.Garcia@coloradosprings.gov or 719-385-5171 for any questions about this position.
Physical Demands: Exerting up to 50 lbs. occasionally; 20lbs. frequently; or negligible amounts constantly; OR requires walking or standing to a significant degree
Environmental Conditions/Frequency
Primary Work Environment - Office/field environment with travel from site to site
Extreme Temperature - Seasonally
Wetness and Humidity - Several times per month
Respiratory Hazards - Several times per month
Noise and Vibrations - Several times per month
Physical Hazards - Several times per month
Mechanical and/or Electrical Hazards - Occasionally
Exposure to Communicable Diseases - Frequent contact with the public
Equal Opportunity Employer
The City of Colorado Springs is committed to a culture that values our employees’ unique individual qualities and fosters an inclusive environment where people want to be.
The City of Colorado Springs offers additional compensation depending on the position, area of assignment, and specific job assignments, including shift differential, pay differential, acting or lead, special assignment, hazard pay, longevity, cell phone allowance, uniform allowance, relocation, awards, standby, call out, compensatory time off, tuition, overtime, extra duty, incentive, holiday premium, proficiency, and vacation sell back.
NOTE: This job announcement is not intended to include a complete listing of all responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with the position.
The City does not sponsor applicants for work visas of any kind (including but not limited to F-1, H-1B or TN visas). Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Apply to Join Our Team
- Please visit the City of Colorado Springs Careers page and review our opportunities. Click on Apply button to complete an online application for any position of interest. All job applicants will need to create a new login and online application (unless you already have a Government Jobs user ID and password).
- Completing your application in full, including the entire work experience section, will assist Human Resources in the applicant screening process. Your application may not be considered if all of the information requested for each employer you list is not provided.
- Applicants may redact information from their resumes, certifications, transcripts, or any other additional application materials that identify the applicant’s age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
- We encourage candidates with out-of-state credentials to inquire about expedited processing of Colorado licensing with the Colorado Occupational Credential Portability Program. More information can be found at the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Licensing Portability page
- Our Government Jobs application system does not allow you to edit your application after it has been submitted for a position. If you want to make changes, you may submit another application prior to the position’s closing date and time listed in the job posting. HR will review the last application you submit for a position.
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The City of Colorado Springs is a place where people want to come to work each day. We have a culture of excellence, and we strive to provide our employees with the very best overall career experience and Total Rewards. We are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits program to meet the needs of our employees and their families.
01
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
- Less than high school
- High School diploma or GED
- Associate's Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree or above
02
How many years of investigating, inspecting, code enforcement or relevant experience do you possess?
- Less than one year
- One or more years
- Two or more years
- Three or more years
- Four or more years
- Five or more years
- Six or more years
- Seven or more years
- Eight or more years
- Nine or more years
- Ten or more years
03
Do you possess a valid, or willing to obtain, and maintain upon hire, a non-probationary Colorado driver’s license not subject to restrictions?
04
Please indicate which of the following you have experience with. Check all that apply:
- Independent judgment and decision-making
- Principles, practices, methods, and techniques of technical inspection and code enforcement
- Intervene and mediate to resolve potential conflicts regarding citations or code violations
- Conducting field inspections, investigating complaints, and enforcing property maintenance, housing, and environmental safety ordinances
- Maintaining extensive public contact, communicating effectively across multiple channels, and documenting activities in logs and digital case systems
- Issuing summonses, providing court testimony and removing unpermitted signs
- None
05
Please explain, in written detail, your experience including your role and where you gained your experience.
