Building Inspection Manager

Building Inspection Manager

The City of Milpitas is home to family-centered communities that embrace cultural diversity, quality schooling, and conveniently located neighborhood parks and shopping centers. Milpitas is a jobs rich community and is often called the "Crossroads of Silicon Valley". Once a small agricultural town and later a stopover point for travelers between Oakland and San Jose, Milpitas has blossomed into one of the world's premier computer and semiconductor producers.

The Building Inspection Manager will supervise, schedule, and coordinate inspectors' activities for the Office of Building Safety. They are responsible for inspecting building systems at various stages of construction, alteration, and repair to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications, codes, ordinances, and laws. They must possess the ability to review, check, and approve building and site plans for conformance with local, state, and federal regulations.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in all aspects of inspections and demonstrate strong leadership, communication, and collaborative skills. The ideal candidate has a passion for excellence, an unwavering commitment to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and the emotional intelligence to lead with both authority and tact. Extensive experience with accessibility and energy codes is highly desired as well as a steadfast dedication to public safety.

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Examples of Duties

• Supervise and direct the activities of staff including work assignments, performance evaluations, employee development, disciplinary action, and complaint resolution.
• Direct and assist staff in daily operations, resolving difficult problems with both internal and external customers.
• Participate in the development and implementation of departmental goals, objectives, policies, and priorities.
• Monitor, evaluate, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery methods and procedures; assess and monitor workload.
• Prepare budget recommendations; monitor personnel and internal services expenditures; ensure expenditures remain within budgetary limitations.
• Provide ongoing training to building inspection staff as directed; ensure uniform application of the appropriate codes, rules, and regulations.
• Prepare appropriate paperwork, records, and reports.
• Check plans for construction, alteration, or repair of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings to ensure compliance with applicable codes.
• Administer, interpret and enforce the provisions of adopted codes, municipal regulations and other codes as they relate to building systems.
• Perform field inspections to resolve building inspection issues.
• As needed, inspect building systems at various stages of construction, alteration, and repair to ensure compliance with the approved plans, specifications, codes, ordinances, and laws.
• Coordinate division activities with other City departments, divisions, sections, and outside agencies.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

Experience and Education

Experience : Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in the inspection of public, commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, including three years of supervisory experience.

Education : Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade. Preferred : A Bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in business administration, construction inspection, engineering, architecture or a related field.

Please attach all copies of your job-related certifications to your application in the Attachments Section. Failure to submit all required documents will result in disqualification from the hiring process, and your application will be withdrawn. Please contact us at HRRecruitment@milpitas.gov with any questions.

Supplemental Information

The first application review date is November 19, 2025.

Panel Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of December 8, 2025.

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to the Supplemental Questionnaire. Only the candidates whose backgrounds best match the position will be invited to proceed in the selection process. Additional phases of the selection process will consist of one or more interviews.

Please note : The examination process (including dates) may be changed as deemed necessary by the Human Resources Department. Meeting the minimum requirements listed in this job description does not guarantee advancement in subsequent phases of the selection process.

Supervision Received and Exercised

Special Requirements

Conflict of Interest Incumbents in this position are required to file a Conflict of Interest Statement upon assuming office, annually, and upon leaving office, in accordance with Resolution No. 8833.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Milpitas will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the Human Resources Department. The City of Milpitas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.