Join a workforce where innovation and teamwork provide support to the community and citizens of Monroe County.
Compensation:
$59,307.89 - $91,927.23
Job Description:
The primary function of this position is to receive, document, and investigate violations of the Monroe County Code, Standard Building Code, and State and Federal Regulations. Coordinates activities and/or works with other local State and Federal agencies on special projects. Attends education programs or classes to attain certifications. Serves as a resource and provides information relating to unlicensed contractor activities and/or violations of County regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the public, and other County departments and divisions.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
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Investigates, validates, researches, and cites violations of County ordinances, State and Federal Regulations, inter-local agreements or codes and regulations.
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Prepares and presents cases before the Contractors Examining Board or other legal proceedings.
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Performs communication and dissemination of codes to public and other agencies both verbally and in writing.
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Travels as required throughout area of responsibility.
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Performs proactive and reactive response to complaints and violations.
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Maintains case files and progression to compliance status.
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Performs a variety of field and office work in support of the County's local code compliance criteria; enforces compliance with County regulations and ordinances pertaining to unlicensed and licensed contractor activities and other matters of public concern.
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Conducts field investigations, inspects properties for contractor violations, takes photos, places stop work orders, and issues courtesy notices or citations for violations of County Code, Chapter 6.
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Provides research and documentation for Contractor Examining Meetings.
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Interprets and explains Chapter 6 of the municipal codes and ordinances to members of the general public, contractors, business owners, and other interested groups in the field, over the counter, and on the telephone.
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Participates in the development of forms and processes utilized to address various issues.
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Assists Law enforcement, DBPR, and the Florida State Attorney Office cases related to Licensed/Unlicensed Contractor activity.
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Assists Building Official related to enforcement.
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Some weekends are required, as determined by the supervisor or Department Director.
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Performs other related job duties as assigned.
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In the event of special, emergency, or disaster situations, employee may be required to work schedules other than those for which they are regularly scheduled in any capacity deemed appropriate.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Associate degree or equivalent experience. 3 years minimum of prior construction-related work experience preferred.
Special Qualifications:
None.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
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Ability to have guidelines for work assignments but determine the approach for doing the work.
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Ability to perform professional-level work dealing with data, people, and technology that relates to administrative, technical, scientific, engineering, accounting, legal, or managerial skills.
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Ability to work in a responsive environment where co-workers or citizens bring problems for resolution.
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Ability to determine problems and create individual solutions for issues.
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Ability to oversee and manage work involving multiple units, working regularly with others to successfully meet the goals and objectives of the organization.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The work is light and requires exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:
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Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
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Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
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Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature,e or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
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Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
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Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
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Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
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Manual Dexterity: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
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Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
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Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
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Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
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Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
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Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
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Visual Acuity: Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
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Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in a dynamic environment that requires sensitivity and responsiveness to changes that include goals, priorities, and needs of the organization and position.
Monroe County has the right to revise this job description at any time. This description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Monroe County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, or military service in employment or the provision of services.
Empleador de Igualdad de Oportunidades: El Condado de Monroe no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, género, religión, edad, discapacidad o servicio militar en el empleo o la prestación de servicios.
Veterans Preference according to Florida State Statute 295.07: Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of the servicemembers and veterans, receive preference and priority in employment by the state and are encouraged to apply for the positions being filled.
Preferencia de Veteranos de acuerdo con el Estatuto del Estado de Florida 295.07: Ciertos miembros del servicio y veteranos, y los cónyuges y familiares de los miembros del servicio y veteranos, reciben preferencia y prioridad en el empleo por parte del estado y se les alienta a solicitar los puestos que se están llenando.
