County Inspector Jobs in Easley, SC (NOW HIRING)

Salary: $21.46 Hourly
Location : Public Safety Building 155 Public Safety Way, Brevard, NC 28712, NC
Job Type: Part-Time
Job Number: 00468
Department: Sheriff's Office
Opening Date: 06/03/2026
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Max Number of Applicants: 100
About
The Transylvania County Sheriff Department is accepting applications for qualified sworn law enforcement officers to fill part-time and full-time positions within the patrol division. Candidates are typically hired in a part-time capacity, with the opportunity for full-time employment based on demonstrated performance, dedication, and departmental needs.
This role performs protective service work enforcing laws, patrolling assigned areas, investigating criminal activity, serving civil papers, ensuring safety of the public, testifying in court, maintaining records and files, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned.
Please fill out an application and contact Lt. Jeremy Queen (828-884-3168 / jqueen@tcsonc.org ) in the Office of Professional Standards with questions.
Essential Functions

• Operates a patrol car to observe for violations of laws, suspicious activities or persons and disturbances of law and order; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings; detects unusual conditions; maintains surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons or suspects.
• Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted.
• Serves warrants, summons, subpoenas, court orders, and makes arrests; prepares reports; testifies in court.
• Conducts business checks and extra security checks.
• Performs investigations of crimes; interviews victims and witnesses, secures property and evidence, and documents facts and incidents, searches homes and personal property.
• Enforces traffic and criminal laws; issues citations for violations; and directs traffic for special events.
• Transports prisoners and mental patients to facilities throughout the State.
• Ensures service and arranges transportation for Involuntary Commitments.
• Responds to inquiries from the public; provides information to and educates the public on law enforcement issues.
• Acquires outside resources and/or provides law enforcement assistance to outside agencies, as necessary.
• May be assigned collateral duties such as civil process, K-9, etc. as qualified.
• Attends Court scheduled Court dates.
• Represents the Department at community functions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of law enforcement methods, practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of the geography of the County and location of important buildings.
• Knowledge of the rules and regulations of the Sheriff's Office.
• Skill in the use of firearms and the operation of motor vehicles.
• Skill in physical agility and endurance.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and to prepare clear comprehensive reports.
• Ability to deal courteously but firmly with the public.
• Ability to analyze situations and to adopt quick, effective and reasonable courses of action.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and arms, frequently requires standing, walking, sitting and tasting or smelling and occasionally requires climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using measuring devices, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work frequently requires working near moving mechanical parts and exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, exposure to vibration, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus and exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
Education and Experience
Pre-employment Requirements include:

1. Be of good moral character.
2. Citizen of the United States.
3. Minimum of 21 years old.
4. High school diploma or equivalent (GED) required
5. Ability to pass a drug screening with negative results
6. Successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation, including a personal interview
7. No disqualifying or prohibitive criminal history
8. Possession of Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) certification

Post-Employment Training requirements include:

1. TCSO Field Training Program = 336 hours
2. Annual NC Department of Justice Mandated In-Service Training = 20 to 32 hours
3. Division of Criminal Information (DCI) training = 181 hours

Minimum Education and Experience:
High School Diploma or its equivalent.
Required Licenses or Certifications:
Basic Law Enforcement Training
Intoxilizer certifications.
May be required to possess other specialized law enforcement certifications.
Driver's License valid in the State of North Carolina.
Wellness Center

• The Wellness Center is open M-W-F 8am-12pm and 1pm-4pm and T-TH 8am-12pm.
• The Wellness Center is a partnership between Transylvania County and the City of Brevard.
• County Employees and dependents on the medical plan over the age of 7 may use the Wellness Center for all services at no cost.
• Service is provided by calling 828-884-3115 to make an appointment.
• Time away from your work location to visit the Wellness Center is not charged to leave.
• Services include routine bloodwork monitoring, allergy injections, monitoring chronic illnesses, manage and authorize prescriptions, coordinate referrals, school physicals and testing for flu, mono and strep.

Payroll & Banking Benefits

1. Electronic Payroll Deposit: County employees are paid on a bi-weekly basis, totaling 26 pay periods each year. Paychecks are distributed through secure ACH direct deposit, available to all banks and credit unions. Deposits are scheduled so that funds are accessible by Friday morning on each payday. Employees have the option to split their paycheck between two accounts-one with a specified dollar amount and the other receiving the remaining balance.
2. Credit Union: County Employees may be a member of the Civic Federal Credit Union. Local office is in Asheville. Learn more by visiting
3. First Citizens Bank: First Citizens offers special bank packages for County Employees: checking with interest, no minimum balance on savings account, $500 towards closing costs on a First Citizens mortgage, and low introductory APR on balance transfers for various rewards. Learn more by visiting our local office in Brevard, located directly across the street from the County Administration Building.

Retirement

• 401K - Empower Retirement - Voluntary Employee Contributions, rollovers from prior plans, etc.
• 457 - Nationwide Retirement Solutions - Voluntary Employee Contributions, rollovers from prior plans, etc.

Local Discounts- County ID must be presented to receive discount
• Advance Auto Parts - 10% off
• Auto Zone Auto Parts - 10% off
• Brevard Clay - 10% off all Paint Your Own Pottery!
• The Brevard Clothing Company - 20% off all items
• The Clothing Connection - 20% off all items
• Cardinal Cleaners - 15% off all items
• Headwaters Outfitters - 15% off full retail price items (some exclusion apply), group rates for trips down the French Broad River.
• Healthy Harvest Natural Foods - 10% off on dietary supplements only (vitamins, minerals, and herbal)
• Jiffy Lube - 15% off up to $15.00 on everything except tire purchase, Brevard location only
• La Petite Spa & Wellness - 10% off any services that are offered.
• Lilly T's Clothing Company- 20% off all items to County Employees
• Main Street Ltd- 15% off entire purchase
• Pescados's Burritos - 15% off
• Rae & Ivy- 10% off entire purchase
• Subway - 10% off at both Brevard locations
• Tan 360 - 10% off entire purchase
• Workout Anytime - $1 enrollment, $15 month Basic or $25 month Premium