Assistant Inspector

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR BERKELEY

Berkeley California is a small city with a big reputation. At just ten square miles of land and seven square miles of water Berkeley is famous around the globe as a center for academic achievement scientific exploration free speech and the arts and home to over 50 parks a top-ranked university and the largest public marina in the San Francisco Bay.

As an employer the City of Berkeley offers all the benefits of a career in the public sector while fostering diversity creativity and innovation. Join a team of high-caliber experienced staff with a shared mission of serving the Berkeley community and promoting an accessible safe healthy environmentally-sound and culturally-rich city.

The City of Berkeley is now accepting applications for Assistant Inspector in the Rental Housing Safety Program in the Building & Safety Division of the Planning Department. The Assistant Inspector will learn every aspect of the housing inspection process including housing code enforcement administrative and accounting functions building permit review and issuance gaining and cultivating good customer service skills studying and learning how to enforce the Berkeley Municipal Code and the California Building Standards Codes and refining inspection approval from the Building Official the Assistant Inspector will have the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills by performing housing inspections in the field throughout the City of Berkeley as allowed by State regulations and under the guidance of a Housing Inspector. These inspections will gradually increase in scope and difficulty as new skills and knowledge are acquired and confidence grows.

A typical way of gaining the knowledge skills and abilities for this position is:

Equivalent to graduation from high school and:

1. Two years of full-time paid experience in one of the following:
   1. Building civil or architectural design drafting;
   2. Building housing or home inspection;
   3. Code enforcement;
   4. Permit processing;
   5. Performing carpentry electrical heating and refrigeration plumbing or similar work; OR
2. Three years of full-time experience in support of building inspections housing inspections or code enforcement; OR
3. Completion of two years of education in a recognized college or university with completion of 12 semester or 16 quarter units in any of the following or similar areas: civil or structural engineering construction technology design inspection technology architectural drafting mechanical or electrical engineering.

Other requirements: Must be able to travel to various locations within and outside the City of Berkeley to meet the program needs and to fulfill job responsibilities. When driving on city business the incumbent is required to maintain a valid California drivers license as well as a satisfactory driving record.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS

Candidates under final consideration for employment with the City will undergo an employment background/reference check that may include but is not limited to: employment history confirmation of educational credentials and degrees licenses including drivers license registrations certificates other credentials credit check criminal history check and Live Scan fingerprinting.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER

The City of Berkeley is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All employment actions shall be administered regardless of race color national origin ancestry religion age physical or mental disability or medical condition sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation genetic information marital status pregnancy political affiliation veterans status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.

DISASTER SERVICE WORKER

All City employees are required to provide services as Disaster Service Workers in the event of an emergency/disaster.