Building Official (Deputy Planning And Development Director)

ABOUT THIS POSITION

The Planning & Development Department within the City of Phoenix is instrumental in guiding the physical development of the city by preserving our historic sites, planning what can be built where, and ensuring safe construction of buildings and infrastructure. The department processes are governed through development and enforcement of city codes and ordinances.

The City of Phoenix Planning and Development Department is seeking a Building Official (Deputy Director) to oversee discipline specific technical leads, the Self-Certification Program, perform all duties as the City's Building Official and ensure technical training for staff.

The incumbent will review and make decisions on formal building code interpretation and modification requests. Duties include providing recommendations to changes to the Phoenix Building Construction Code to resolve design issues and to accommodate and control new materials and new design concepts. Serve as the subject matter expert to review and approve alternate methods or materials for code compliance. Provides technical advice and assistance to design professionals and city staff regarding the interpretation of construction plans, design problems, and construction code. Will provide leadership and direction to all department technical leads for structural, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, and fire life safety disciplines as well as oversee the Technical Review Team that manages all PDD development policy, process, forms, and handouts.

Technical advice and assistance is given to architects, engineers, and contractors on code conformance challenges and to field inspectors in the interpretation of construction plans and in the resolution of unusually difficult construction code interpretation problems. This position will work closely with the Fire Marshal and other key Fire Department Staff involved in construction code and fire life safety issues. The Building Official functions as a key member of the Imminent Hazard team that consists of representatives from multiple city departments as well as Maricopa County.

The Building Official is assigned to the Plan Review Division and reports directly to an Assistant Planning & Development Director. This position may be eligible for telework one day per week at the discretion of the Assistant Director.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate should be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization; excellent oral, written, presentation and listening skills will be essential. This person needs to be an innovative leader with the ability to solve problems, think strategically, identify alternative courses of action, and provide recommendations. Analytical skills and the ability to effectively use data to make decisions and relay information are essential.

SALARY

Pay Range: $117,000.00 to $168,201.60 annually.

Hiring Range: $117,000.00 to $146,640.00 annually.

Pay Range Explanation:

• Pay range is the entire compensation range for the position classification.

• Hiring range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

• The City contributes 9% of salary into 457/401(a) plans with no matching required. $4,200/annual car allowance and $1,440/annual cell phone allowance.

BENEFITS

A comprehensive Middle Manager benefits package is offered which includes:

• Traditional pension with employer and employee contributions, click here for more details: Pension Information

• 401(a) and 457 plans with employer contributions

• Choice of generous medical HMO, PPO, or HSA/HDHP plans

• Medical enrollment includes a monthly $150 City contribution to a Post-Employment Health Plan

• Wellness incentive of up to $720 annually

• Dental, vision, and life insurance options

• Employer paid long-term disability

• Free Bus/light rail pass

• Tuition reimbursement program up to $6,500 per year

• Paid time off includes 13.5 paid holidays, 12 vacation days, and 15 sick days and personal leave days

• Paid Parental Leave for eligible employees up to 480 hours (12 weeks) of paid leave for the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child during a 12-month period

• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness offered through Savi

For more details, visit: Middle Manager Benefits.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five years of professional planning or engineering experience.

• One year in code administration.

• Bachelor's degree in urban planning, architecture, engineering or a related field.

• Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.

• The City job description can be found here.

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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

The minimum qualifications listed above, plus:

• Experience working on special projects with extensive community involvement and include multiple agencies.

• Experience working with senior management, elected officials or community groups.

• Master's degree in engineering, public or business administration, government management, urban planning or a related field is preferred.

• Must obtain the following certifications within 12 months of hire date: ICC Certified Building Official.

RECRUITMENT DATES

Recruitment will be reviewed regularly and will close on or before July 16th, 2024 or when we have received a sufficient number of qualified applications.

This is a position-based recruitment and will not result in any ongoing eligibility list. This recruitment and any selection processes resulting from this recruitment may be used to fill other related vacancies within the organization now or in the near future.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online by completing the required information and attaching, as one document, your cover letter and resume. Please include your experience as it relates to the qualifications stated above. Only the highest qualified may be posted to the eligible to hire list. The results of the resume screening process will be sent to your primary email address.

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REFERENCE

Deputy Planning & Dev Dir, JC:60930, ID# 54581, 06/10/2024, USM, MA, Benefits: Middle Manager

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