Assistant Building Official
Assistant Building Official
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$ 85910 - 123705
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Job Description
Overview
The City of Gresham is excited to announce an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned and dedicated professional to serve as the Assistant Building Official (Supervisor Senior) within the Building Division of Community Services. We are seeking a proactive leader with strong technical knowledge of building codes and inspections a passion for public service and a collaborative leadership style to join our high-performing team.
This job announcement will remain posted until the position is filled. First review of applications will take place the week of September 8 2025
As Oregons fourth-largest city Gresham is a welcoming community of hard-working people where tradition and heritage meet innovation and opportunity. Gresham is a dynamic and rapidly growing city where families and businesses have a mutual desire and drive to thrive. City of Gresham employees care deeply about the community they serve and go one step beyond to deliver services in collaborative inventive practical and nimble ways. Our work is challenging fast-paced and rewarding.We believe that to deliver the highest level of service to all Gresham community members it is crucial we employ a diverse workforce foster an inclusive working environment and ensure our policies and systems result in equitable outcomes. The City seeks candidates who will support these values by continuously incorporating equity in their daily work and actively contributing to a workplace culture that respects unique viewpoints life experiences and cultural perspectives. Come build the future with us.
Position Description
The Assistant Building Official provides supervision and leadership to the building inspection staff and assists the Building Official in applying and enforcing City and State Building Codes. This position will support the Citys mission by ensuring safety code compliance and delivering excellent customer service to our residents developers and contractors.
What you will get to do:- Provide daily leadership to building inspectors ensuring teams are meeting high levels of customer service to the public
- Daily supervision of the building inspectors including developing work processes establishing work schedules;
- Manage performance and manage work to meet agreed upon goals and objectives
- Serve as the authority on State and City Codes and inspection processes lead code and program updates
- Collaborate with staff to make inspection decisions in cases
- Manage information and training to the building inspectors concerning permits alternate methods and materials and code interpretations
- Analyze and review pertinent laws statues regulations ordinances policies and procedures to ensure compliance
- Assure appropriate information and training is provided to the building inspectors concerning permits alternate methods and materials and code interpretations
- Main point of contact for external customers regarding escalated concerns/requests
- Develop and administer inspection training programs needed to maintain staff certification requirements
- Work with Building Official to monitor budget
- Serve as acting Building Official in their absence
- Adaptability to navigate changing intensive timelines
- Outstanding problem solving and analysis skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Solid customer service skills to interact with a variety of internal and external customers
- Demonstrated experience directing or supervising others
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to conflict resolution
- Highly organized with ability to effectively manage time resources and prioritize
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Associates degree or Trade School certification
Five (5) to Eight (8) years of supervisory experience in building inspections or code enforcement
Strong knowledge of Oregon State Building Codes and City code enforcement practices
Any combination of qualifying education training and/or experience equivalent to 7-10 years will be considered.
Required Certifications at time of hire:
Oregon Inspector Certification (OIC)
Oregon Building Official or ICC Certified Building Official (CBO)
Oregon Commercial Inspector (SIA) or ICC B2 Certification
Oregon Residential Inspector (CAS) or ICC B1 Certification
Preferred Certifications:
- Oregon Mechanical Inspector (MIA) or ICC M2 Certification
Selection Process
To apply for this position click Apply at the top of this job posting.
Required application materials:
- Complete online application (Do not type see resume in any fields or leave work experience fields blank in the application template.)
- Answers to supplemental questions
The City of Gresham offers a comprehensive and equitable base salary within the listed range based on your experience skills and education verified in your application. We encourage you to clearly describe how you meet the minimum and preferred qualifications and essential attributes in your application materials. Learn more about Oregon Equal Pay.
If you desire a modification of this process to accommodate a disability please provide your request in writing to or by phone to upon submitting the required application documents.
A review of application materials including your response to supplemental questions submitted will determine which candidates will be invited to an interview.
Communication with candidates will be done primarily through e-mail. Sometimes these messages may land in a spam or junk mail folder. We encourage you to monitor your inbox as well as the inbox within the portal for important updates related to this process.
Veterans Preference
The City of Gresham provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment in accordance with state law. Any candidate wishing to have their qualifying veterans preference applied to the process must submit a qualifying document (DD Form 214 or 215) at the time of application providing proof of eligibility that includes discharge status. Disabled veterans must also submit a copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the US Department of Veteran Affairs at the time of application unless the information is included in the DD Form 214 or 215.
Our Commitment
The City of Gresham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants without unlawful regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity national origin age mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status marital status familial status or any other status protected by applicable federal Oregon or local direct questions about this position to or
If you need assistance with the online application please contact NEOGOV directly at 1-.
Any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.
Employment Type
Full-Time
