Job Description

Posting number: 29M00000224

Department: Public Works

Division: Roadway

Job classification: Site Inspector*

Posting type: Open

Categories: Code Enforcement, Environmental Services, Public Works, Investigative

Summary

**The maximum hiring compensation for this position is to not exceed an hourly rate of $36.08/hour**

The City of Richmond Department of Public Works is seeking highly qualified candidates to fill the position of Site Inspector within the Roadways Division. The incumbent is responsible for serving as an enforcement officer, inspecting properties, building, and constructions sites for nuisance and environmental violations, investigating escalated complaints, and ensuring public right-of-ways and other public areas are in compliance with applicable codes, statutes, laws, and regulations.

Examples of duties

• Serving as an enforcement officer, inspecting properties and issuing citations for noncompliance with required property specifications, codes, and regulations
• Administering, coordinating, managing, and maintaining inspection and escalation reports
• Providing professional investigation and analysis of complaints and City responsibilities
• Preparing, writing, and updating various complaint reports, analyses, and other documentation and presenting information as needed to include court testimony
• Supporting and working closely with other divisions within DPW to ensure accuracy of information
• Serving as liaison to external departments and third party claims agency
• Presenting information, responds to requests, and updates supervisor
• Maintaining files in a secure environment and exercises a high degree of confidentiality
• Performing other related duties as assigned

**City of Richmond Public Works employees who work in this class are considered essential personnel and will be required to work during declared emergencies and major weather events. **

Qualifications

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

• Associate’s degree or two-year technical certificate
• Three (3) or more years of related experience performing inspections, implementing abatement and enforcement plans, and demonstrating diplomacy in delivering customer service and public contact
• A high school diploma and five (5) or more years of performing inspections may be considered to meet the minimum qualifications for this position
• An equivalent combination of training and experience (as approved by the department) may be used to meet the minimum qualifications of the classification

LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS, and/or OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid driver's license with a satisfactory driving record and a valid Commonwealth of Virginia driver's license within 30 days of hire
• Must be eligible for Virginia designation as "Conservator of the Peace", if assigned to property maintenance inspections and obtain said designation within one year of employment

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

TYPICAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: These are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.

Knowledge (some combination of the following):

• Applicable state, federal, and local regulatory laws and codes

Skills (some combination of the following):

• Customer service
• Computer proficiency

Abilities (some combination of the following):

• Interpret and apply laws/codes
• Inform citizens of code violations

Supplemental information

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS: Working conditions may include exposure to travel to other locations within the City of Richmond as well as outside of the City of Richmond; exposure to hazardous physical conditions such as mechanical parts, electrical currents, vibrations, etc.; atmospheric conditions such as fumes, odors, dusts, gases, and poor ventilation; inadequate lighting; intense noise; and environmental hazards such as disruptive people, imminent danger, and a threatening environment.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT: Due to the nature of work assignments, incumbents must be able to perform detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks, with frequent interruptions and under time constraint. While performing the essential duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach extending hands and arms in any direction, stand, push, pull, lift, finger (picking, pinching or otherwise working primarily with fingers), grasp applying pressure to an object with fingers or palms, talk, see, and hear. The employee is frequently required to climb, balance, stoop, crouch, crawl, walk, feel and use substantial repetitive motions of the wrists, hands and fingers. In terms of the physical strength to perform the essential duties, this classification is considered to be medium work, exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.