Housing Inspector Jobs

Benefits: Forty-hour work week; twelve days of paid vacation per year for the first five years, sick leave, and twelve paid holidays. The City offers an employee group health insurance which includes major medical for individual or Family plan; Cash Pension Program, plus Social Security. See our website at www.cityofomaha.org (under the Employment section, Benefits link) for detailed information.

Who Can Apply: Any person who meets the qualifications and other requirements described in this posting.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to detect structural faults and code violations and to appraise the quality of construction and materials used
• Ability to use up to twenty (20) pounds of force to move objects up to 33% of the time, to use up to ten (10) pounds of force to move objects from 34 to 66% of the time, and to use lesser amounts of force to move objects from 67 to 100% of the time
• Ability to stand, walk, or sit from 51 to 75% of the time, to climb, balance, bend, stoop, squat, kneel, and crouch from 26 to 50% of the time, and to reach, push, pull, lift and type from up to 25% of the time
• Ability to adhere to safety policies, procedures and guidelines
• Knowledge of building and construction materials and practices
• Ability to write and effectively communicate with City personnel and members of the public
• Ability to understand written or oral instructions
• Ability to read and interpret plans, specifications, and blueprints quickly and accurately, and to compare them with building in progress
• Knowledge of city building and zoning codes and ordinances, along with related planning and community development practices

• Meets with property owners to apprise them of needed changes to bring their properties into compliance with codes
• Interviews occupants of the properties in order to determine responsible party for notice of any violations
• Gathers information on and takes photographs of violations and maintains files of properties inspected
• Also originates required communications regarding inspections
• Completes forms with information to support court petitions when voluntary code compliance efforts are not performed, and gives subpoenas or testifies in court in such cases
• Confers with representatives of other city departments, as well as the utilities and concerned financial institutions, to disseminate information and to coordinate actions to be taken
• Inspects and conducts follow-up inspections of vacant and developed lots to determine compliance with ordinance requirements
• Inspects single and multiple family dwellings for compliance with plumbing, electrical, mechanical, structural, and other related ordinances
• Submits work orders to demolish condemned structures
• Performs other related duties as assigned or as the situation dictates within the scope of this classification
• Investigates and reports on complaints received from the public and/or government officials
• Checks records to obtain descriptions and ownership of the properties
• Inspects buildings during modification work to ensure that required changes are being made, and prepares reports detailing inspection results

Contact Points:
City of Omaha Human Resources Department
1819 Farnam St, Suite 506
Omaha, NE 68183

Phone: (402) 444-5300
Fax: (402) 444-5314

Website: hr.cityofomaha.org

Email: [email protected]

The City of Omaha is an Equal Opportunity Employer.