Code Enforcement Jobs in DeKalb County, GA (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary:

The Code Enforcement Officer performs a variety of technical duties in support of the City's local code enforcement program; monitors and enforces a variety of applicable ordinances, codes, and regulations related to zoning, land use, nuisance housing, building codes, health and safety, blight, graffiti, water waste, and other matters of public concern; and serves as a resource and provides information on City regulations to property owners, residents, businesses, the general public, and other City departments and divisions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform a variety of field and office work in support of the City's local code enforcement program; enforce compliance with City regulations and ordinances including those pertaining to zoning, land use, nuisance housing, building codes, health and safety, blight, graffiti, water waste, and other matters of public concern.
• Respond to citizen complaints and reports from other agencies and departments on alleged violations of City zoning and related municipal codes and ordinances; interview complainant/witnesses; conduct investigations and provide recommendations.
• Conduct field investigations; inspect properties for violations; attempt to make contact at the residence or business in order to resolve violation; issue and post warning notices, notices of violation, corrective notices, orders to comply, and related documentation for code violations; schedule and perform all follow-up functions to gain compliance including letters, inspections, calls, meetings, discussions, and negotiations to ensure compliance with appropriate codes and ordinances; issue administrative and parking citations and notices of violation as necessary.
• Prepare evidence in support of legal actions taken by the City; appear in court as necessary; testify at hearings and in court proceedings as required.
• Maintain accurate documentation and case files on all investigations, inspections, enforcement actions, and other job-related activities including accurate and detailed information regarding code enforcement activity to substantiate violations; draw diagrams and illustrations and take photographs.
• Prepare a variety of written reports and correspondence related to enforcement activities.
• Patrol assigned area in a city vehicle to identify and evaluate problem areas and/or ordinance violations; determine proper method to resolve violations.
• Participate in the implementation of the City's graffiti abatement program; receive requests for abatement of graffiti; patrol the City, record location of graffiti, and inform the City's Graffiti
• Abatement Office of the need for vandalism clean-up; obtain and collect right of entry forms for graffiti abatement on private property; enter calls into computer system and track case progress.
• Operate computer to enter, process, and acquire data relative to complaints, inspection sites, and effective code enforcement, research complaints.
• Participate in supervising the work of community service workers, county inmates, or volunteers engaged in community clean-up and preservation activities; determine locations and type of work to be performed.
• Locate vacant residences and businesses; secure buildings with proper materials as necessary; post the property as necessary; check vacant buildings regularly for transient activity, graffiti, and other forms of vandalism.
• May assist in researching, drafting, and rewriting municipal codes; participate in the development of forms and processes utilized to address various issues.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

These duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices. In addition, specifications are intended to outline the minimum qualifications necessary for entry into the class and do not necessarily convey the qualifications of incumbents within the position.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma / GED required.
• Minimum of 1 year of work experience involving a high level of public contact including some experience dealing with the public in an enforcement, inspection, investigation, or customer service capacity. Experience that includes the enforcement of municipal codes is highly desirable.
• Must have a valid Georgia driver's license.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within 24 months of hire, certification as a Code Enforcement Officer I issued by the GACE.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire, certification as a Georgia Soil and Erosion Level 1B ( Red Card) Inspector.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain within six (6) months of hire, certification as a Property and Housing Inspector by the International Code Council.
• Background in building construction codes with ICC Residential, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical Certifications is desired or the ability to obtain all within 18 months of employment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of operations, services, and activities of a municipal code compliance program.
• Knowledge of pertinent codes, ordinances, laws, and regulations pertaining to zoning, nuisance abatement, property maintenance, building, health and safety, and related areas.
• Knowledge of procedures involved in the enforcement of codes and regulations including methods and techniques of conducting and documenting field investigations.
• Knowledge of City services and organizational structure as they relate to code compliance.
• Knowledge of legal actions applicable to code enforcement compliance.
• Knowledge of modern office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and supporting word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Knowledge of occupational hazards and standard safety practices.
• Knowledge of geographic features and locations within the area served.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree