Posting number: 202601819
Department: Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
Job classification: Building Inspection Manager
Posting type: Open
Categories: Building & Safety, Planning and Development, Community Development, Economic Development
The City of San Jose’s Department of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement serves to ensure the orderly and safe development of private properties, compliance with all applicable building, zoning, and quality of life ordinances and regulations, and to promote healthy and safe community standards. This is accomplished by departmental staff in service to customers by:
About the Division
The City’s Building Division provides oversight and assistance towards the City's growth and development in relation to construction activity on private property within the City. The goal is to ensure the safety of buildings and to support the health and wellbeing of all persons living and working in San Jose through the implementation of the State of California’s current building codes and laws.
The Building Division is divided into the following four sections:
What We Do
The Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department’s Building Division ensures compliance with the all the above-mentioned obligations by annually reviewing, analyzing, conducting, researching, processing, issuing, inspecting, and providing:
The Division is seeking applicants who are committed to understanding, executing, and improving the customer experience to best achieve the goals and objectives. This includes providing excellent service and guidance to residents, property and business owners, developers, and other stakeholders throughout the planning, building, and code enforcement processes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as the department values building positive relationships and fostering collaboration with other departments, agencies, and the community goals.
The Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department is currently seeking to fill one full-time Building Inspection Manager vacancy in the Building Division.
The salary range for the Building Inspection Manager classification is $166,573.68 - $213,049.20 annually. This salary range includes an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing non-pensionable compensation. Actual salary shall be determined by the final candidates’ qualifications and experience.
Reporting to a Division Manager, the Building Inspection Manager position is a full-time position responsible for the overall administration of one or more inspection programs and technical code requirements relating to inspections. Building Inspection Managers have extensive involvement in the direct oversight of the construction and inspection processes related to the structural, architectural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, energy, and accessibility requirements of the California Building Codes. Building Inspection Managers also supervise Building Inspector Supervisors, who are directly responsible for a variety of inspections and plan review projects.
Currently, the vacant position oversees inspectors specializing in mechanical/plumbing and electrical trades.
High school education or G.E.D.
Five (5) years of increasingly responsible and directly related experience in building inspection within the associated trade discipline, including two (2) years performing work of a similar nature and level as a Building Inspector Supervisor with the City of San Jose.
College education may be substituted for up to two years of experience on a year-for-year basis; however, there is no substitution for the two years of supervisory experience.
Required Licensing (such as driver’s license, certifications, etc.):
Form 700: This position is designated under the City’s Conflict of Interest Code and/or California Government Code Section 87200 and requires disclosure of certain financial interests through the Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700). Upon hire and annually each spring, the incumbent must also file the Family Gift Reporting Form with Form 700, as required by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC).
The ideal candidate will possess the following competencies, as demonstrated in past and current employment history. Desirable competencies for this position include:
Job Expertise - Demonstrates knowledge of and experience with applicable professional/technical principles and practices, Citywide and departmental procedures/policies and federal and state rules and regulations. Any additional certifications in addition to the required valid commercial certification in the inspection trade discipline(s) being managed are highly desirable.
Communication Skills - Effectively conveys information and expresses thoughts and facts clearly, orally and in writing; demonstrates effective use of listening skills; displays openness to other people’s ideas and thoughts.
Conflict Management - Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people, by presenting the facts, analysis, and conclusions or solutions that show command of content and perspective and interests of the audience.
Leadership - Leads by example; demonstrates high ethical standards; remains visible and approachable and interacts with others on a regular basis; promotes a cooperative work environment, allowing others to learn from mistakes; provides motivational support and direction.
Supervision – Sets effective long and short-term goals based on a good understanding of management practices; establishes realistic priorities within available resources; provides motivational support; empowers others; assigns decision-making and work functions to others in an appropriate manner to maximize organizational and individual effectiveness.
Problem Solving - Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue; determines the significance of the problem; collects information; uses logic and intuition to arrive at decisions or solutions to problems that achieve the desired outcome.
Initiative - Exhibits resourceful behaviors toward meeting job objectives; anticipates problems, is proactive, and avoids difficulties by planning ahead; displays willingness to assume extra responsibility and challenges; pursues continuing education opportunities that promote job performance.
Customer Service - Demonstrates the ability to anticipate customers' needs and deliver services effectively and efficiently using professional demeanor.
The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all questions to be considered, or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Only those candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.
If you have questions about the duties of the position, the selection or hiring processes, please contact Zoe McChesney at zoe.mcchesney@sanjoseca.gov.
From its founding in 1777 as California's first city, San José has been a leader driven by its spirit of innovation. Today, San José stands as the largest city in Northern California and the Capital of Silicon Valley—the world's leading center of technology innovation. San José is the 10th largest in the U.S., and is committed to remaining a top-ranked place to do business, work, live, play and learn.
San José is located in Santa Clara County at the southern edge of the San Francisco Bay, about 50 miles south of San Francisco, 390 miles north of Los Angeles. The local weather is hard to beat with moderate year-round temperatures. Residents enjoy 300 days of sunshine each year and an average annual temperature of 70 degrees.
The City of San José operates under the council-manager form of government, a system that combines the policy leadership of elected officials in the form of a city council, with the managerial expertise of an appointed city manager.
