Assistant Building Official
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Location : White Bear Lake
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 202500041
Department: Community Development
Opening Date: 07/08/2025
Closing Date: 7/23/2025 12:00 PM Central
We welcome you as an applicant for employment with the City of White Bear Lake It is the City of White Bear Lake's policy to provide equal opportunity in employment. The City of White Bear Lake will not discriminate on the basis of race (including traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and hair styles such as braids, locs and twists) color, creed, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, sex, sexual orientation, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, local human rights commission activity or any other basis protected by law.
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The City of White Bear Lake accommodates qualified persons with disabilities in all aspects of employment, including the application process. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Sandra Tauer at or 651-429-8504.
Description
The City of White Bear Lake is seeking an Assistant Building Official to assist the Building Official with plan review and inspection of new and remodeled construction projects to assure compliance with the Minnesota State Building, Plumbing, and Mechanical codes as well as applicable City Ordinances. This position acts as the Building Official in their absence.
Examples of Duties
Essential Job Functions:
- Performs building, plumbing, and mechanical inspections on both residential and commercial construction projects. Maintains accurate inspection records and reports. Follows up on correction orders to ensure compliance of building and land use regulations.
- Interprets building, plumbing, and mechanical code requirements in order to answer inquiries from contractors and residents.
- Reviews construction plans and change orders for compliance with the Minnesota State Building and related codes, ensuring they accurately reflect work to be done. Prepares written plan review letters in preparation for plan approval and permit issuance.
- Prepares building permits for issuance and calculates appropriate fees. Verifies that contractors are appropriately licensed, bonded, and insured by the City and State.
- Assists the public at the customer service counter and responds to phone calls from citizens and contractors regarding code interpretation, questions and complaints.
- Assists in maintaining the official record of permits and inspection results, complaint enforcement records as well as the plan archive.
- Reviews alternative methods and materials used in building, plumbing, and mechanical installations and makes recommendations for acceptance or rejection of such materials.
- Is informed of new materials, equipment, and building installation practices as well as new and/or changes to existing building codes to ensure a total understanding of all facets of the building industry as may be necessary to ensure effective and fair administration of the building code.
- Places a high priority on effective community relations and communications including inquiries from citizens and stakeholders.
- Establishes and maintains an excellent customer service environment for residents, contractors, and developers seeking building permits.
- Acts as the building official in their absence.
- Advises inspection staff when questions arise in the field or during plan review.
- Keeps office regularly informed of whereabouts.
- Performs other duties as assigned or apparent.
Examples of Performance Criteria:
- Ability to verify that all inspections conform to the Minnesota State Building Code and reflect a broad knowledge of building, mechanical, and plumbing codes.
- Ability to establish an effective working relationship with property owners, developers, contractors and the public, thereby ensuring their understanding, cooperation, and compliance with all municipal and state code requirements.
- Consistent administration of building code requirements and inspections so as to avoid causing unnecessary delays for customers.
- Maintains continuing education to keep updated on new materials, installation procedures, and revised code requirements.
- Prepares written reports, letters, and other correspondence and follows up on special requests and assignments in a timely manner.
- Handles public requests for service properly, quickly, and with the high level of professionalism.
- Manages permitting processes in a thoughtful, succinct, and timely manner.
- Maintains positive and effective communications and cooperation with other City department personnel and local and regional agencies.
Typical Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Highschool diploma or GED
- Valid Building Official Certification from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
- Three to five (3-5) years of building inspection experience.
- Valid Minnesota Class D Driver license and good driving record.
- Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. Experience with building inspection/ plan review software.
- Associate or bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, building inspection or another related field.
- Five (5) or more years of municipal inspection experience working as a building inspector or building official.
- State Department of Labor delegation agreement for plan review and inspection of public buildings.
- Multilingual.
Supplemental Information
Physical Requirement:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate drafting instruments, computers, and various pieces of office equipment.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to twenty-five (25} pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work is performed in an office setting with outdoor work required for the inspection of various construction sites.
The City of White Bear Lake is an Equal Opportunity Employer in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
We offer a complete benefits package to full-time employees including health care, dental, vision, retirement, deferred compensation plans, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
Part-time employees who work an average of 30 hours per week over the course of a year, receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.
To learn more details, contact Human Resources at stauer@whitebearlake.org
01
Do you have a High School Diploma or GED?
- Yes
- No
02
Do you have an Associates for bachelor's degree in construction management, architecture, building inspection or related filed?
- Yes
- No
03
Do you have a valid Minnesota Class D Driver's license?
- Yes
- No
04
Do you have three to five (3-5) years of full-time building inspection experience?
- Yes
- No
05
Do you have a valid Building Official Certification from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry?
- Yes
- No
Required Question
- Location:
- Saint Paul
- Job Type:
- PartTime