Code Enforcement Officer I

DESCRIPTION

Code enforcement officers perform a variety of field and office work to ensure compliance with property maintenance, minimum housing standards, ordinances, and land use regulations. The position works closely with zoning and building staff to safeguard existing and new developments throughout the county against the impact of deferred property maintenance and inappropriate land use.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for enforcement of minimum housing standards, minimum maintenance standards for commercial buildings, environmental codes, abandoned or derelict properties, land development regulations, occupational licensing, and related codes and ordinances.

• Knowledge of the various codes and inspection procedures and exercise of initiative and judgement to identify violations to codes, ordinances, and regulations.

• Effectively correspond with citizens, HOAs, and business and property owners in a tactful manner. Possess ahigh level of attention to detail. Routinely use office equipment such as computers for various applications, phones, cameras, photocopiers, filing systems and fax machines to engage the public and collaborate with other departments.

• Maintains records of enforcement activities; enters data regarding work activities and violations into computer system; maintains comprehensive case files; and conducts records maintenance activities in compliance with guidelines governing record retention.

• Ability to receive, investigate, and process complaints; enforce city codes and ordinances; and prepare cases for code enforcement hearings in civil court.

• Maintains a comprehensive and current knowledge of applicable codes, ordinance, regulations, and standards; maintains an awareness of code enforcement methods, practices, trends, and advances in the profession; reads professional literature; maintains professional affiliations; and attends workshops and training sessions as appropriate.

• As Required Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education High School diploma/G.E.D

Experience: Three (3) years of work experience to include at least one (1) year of experience in one of the following disciplines: code enforcement, zoning, blight remediation, real estate, property maintenance, building inspections, law enforcement, or plan review.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Considerable knowledge of county codes, legal processes, construction or trade codes, zoning, and other related codes.

• Familiarity with geography of Augusta-Richmond County.

• Proficiency in tracing ownership of buildings and/or land, performing inspections and extensive investigative work related to all ordinances and codes, reading maps, charts, and computerized databases.

• Masteryofoperatingcomputer,andstandardofficeequipment.

• Goodcommunicationskills,bothoralandwritten,withtheabilitytospeakatpublicmeetingswhennecessary.

• Demonstratedabilitytoindependentlyperformafullrangeofmunicipal codeenforcementandcomplianceduties.

• Read,understand, interpret,apply, andexplain applicable codes,ordinances,regulations, policies, and procedures related to assigned area.

• Inspectandidentifyviolations ofapplicablecodesandordinances.

• Enforcepertinentcodes,ordinances,laws,andregulationswithimpartialityandefficiency.

• Respondtoinquiries,complaints,andrequestsforserviceinatimelyandtactfulmanner.

• Workinpotentiallyconfrontationalsettingsanduseacceptedandappropriatetechniquestoensuresafety.

• Represent the

City inaprofessional manner anddealeffectively withthepublic togain theircooperation inresolving problems and concerns.

• Research,compile,andcollectdata.

• Prepareaccurateanddetaileddocumentationofinvestigationfindings.

• Prepareandmaintainavarietyofcorrespondence,logs,records,and files.

• Prepareclearandconcisetechnicalreports.

• Ability to travel from office to other locations on a regular basis.

Certification: Must possess ICC International Property Maintenance Certification within 12 Months of hire and. Must maintain certification from the International Code Council for duration of employment in the position

License: Possession of a valid driver's license with good driving history. If State license is other than Georgia or South Carolina, applicant must obtain a license in Georgia or South Carolina within 30 days of employment.

OTHER

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

• Human Interaction:Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.

• Equipment:Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

• Verbal:Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.

• Math:Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.

• Functional Reasoning:Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.

• Situational Reasoning:Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable

• Physical Abilities:Tasks require the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).

• Sensory Requirements:Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

• Environmental Factors:Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, unsafe structures, heights, confined spaces, or rude/irate customers.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.