Housing Rehabilitation Inspector

Housing Rehabilitation Inspector

This position performs a wide variety of paraprofessional administrative tasks in the Housing Department, including inspections, evaluations, compliance processes, and enforcement of HUD Section 8 Housing Quality Standards and the Culver City Municipal Code.

The following tasks are essential for this position. Incumbents may not perform all of these tasks or may perform similar related tasks not listed here.

• Interviews applicants for Housing Programs. Determines program and income eligibility.
• Works with residential owners and merchants. Provides City contact to assist clients work through process and help owners and merchants put together a successful project.
• Negotiates rehabilitation and property maintenance contracts.
• Prepares and sends notices inviting bids and / or proposals; evaluates bids / proposals which have been received; assists the owner or merchant in selection of contractor; prepares contracts and agreements. Schedules work phases of the contract.
• Inspects contractual work in progress to assure completeness and conformance with building codes and City policy. Orders job corrections when necessary, and conducts follow up compliance inspections. Works with other city departments to ensure properties are properly permitted and inspected for the type of construction
• Monitors the timely progress and effective completion of contractual rehabilitation and / or City property maintenance work, processes progress payments, and certifies completion allowing final payment.
• Inspects residential housing and commercial property for various housing and economic development programs. Determines the extent of rehabilitation / maintenance required to conform to building codes and / or design guidelines. Correctly interprets and applies the building codes or design guidelines in the identification of modifications required to conform to such codes or guidelines. Provides technical assistance to owners in evaluating residential structures and commercial property in regard to correcting code violations and installing other property improvements as allowed by the City, and / or HUD guidelines.
• Design types of outreaches and marketing of programs. Markets programs and conducts ongoing research about programs and services available
• Provides mediation between participants in residential and commercial rehabilitation programs and contractors to reach settlement over disputes involving work specifications and / or architectural building plans.
• Provides useful and helpful information to contractors regarding State and local construction requirements and land use / zoning requirements so that questions and concerns are resolved as soon as possible.
• Prepares reports and keeps accurate logs, records, and files which are legible, complete, up to date, and descriptive of problems encountered and how they were resolved.
• Participates in Hearing and Court activities related to compliance and enforcement.
• Understands and applies design guidelines to residential and commercial projects.
• Studies new materials and methods of building construction and maintenance to keep abreast of modern developments. Maintains a current and thorough working knowledge of relevant building codes, standards and property maintenance, and is able to correctly interpret and apply them.
• Writes deficiency letters, monitors compliance, schedules appointments, and communicates with owners and tenants.

Minimum Requirements Education and Experience :

Any combination equivalent to training and experience that could likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills, and abilities would be two years of experience in government rehabilitation programs or in the construction field or Two years of experience and training in housing inspections, code interpretation and enforcement, Knowledge of the building construction and permitting requirements.

Licenses and Certificates : Possession of a valid California Class C driver's license.

The provisions of this job posting do not constitute a contract, express or implied, and any provisions in this posting may be modified or revoked without notice. Continuation in the examination process and subsequent determination of eligibility of a person convicted of a crime depends upon the nature of the conviction and the conduct of the applicant subsequent to the offense. Convictions will be evaluated on a job-related basis and will not automatically disqualify someone from further consideration.

The City of Culver City is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants on basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, national origin, religion, political affiliation, or sexual orientation / identification.

The City of Culver City intends to provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If a special accommodation is desired, please contact the Human Resources Department three (3) business days in advance.