Salary : $52,903.00 - $55,562.00 Annually
Location : 807 E.Main Street Bldg 2, Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 25-05695
Department: Housing & Neighborhood Services
Opening Date: 03/06/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Position Description
Work, Serve, Thrive. With the City of Durham
Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.
Hiring Salary Range: $52,903 - $55,562
Workday/Hours: Monday - Friday / 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Position devoted to providing enforcement of codes and regulations, review and approval of building plans, and inspection of electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and related building systems.
Responsible for providing technical construction inspection and investigatory work in the enforcement of municipal, state, and federal codes including responding to complaints, conducting site visits, coordinating construction rehabilitation efforts, and overseeing remediation efforts.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Performs code enforcement duties to ensure compliance with applicable codes and ordinances; response to complaints and service requests; drives to assigned properties to investigate and document potential violations, and conducts site visits, monitoring the progress of compliance.
- Gathers, compiles, and maintains evidence through written, photographic, and electronic records; prepares and maintains reports, case files, forms, notification letters, project paperwork, and other documentation; reviews contracts; and maintains databases and online systems; updates, researches, reviews, and compiles information; and ensures informational accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Coordinates with residents, property owners, contractors, and other City departments, and/or external agencies; attends meetings to respond to complaints and inquiries and report violations; sends notification letters; testifies in court; and provides public information about departmental operations.
- As assigned, incumbents may serve as lead workers, assigning work and monitoring work completion.
- Interpreting and enforcing the housing code, non-residential code, North Carolina State Building Statutes and Unsafe Building Statutes including performing inspections of residential housing, non-residential structures and surrounding exterior property.
- Identifying and photographing violations.
- Documenting relevant case data.
- Determining property ownership and making notifications.
- Issuing stop work orders.
- Resolving citizen complaints.
- Monitoring progress of repairs and compliance activity, and facilitating remediation.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience
- High School Diploma or GED.
- Three years of related experience sufficient to understand the basic operational, technical or office processes involved in the assignment.
- Valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another states driver's license, must be willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire
- North Carolina Building Level I Standard Certificate or American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE/ICC), Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector Certification within 18 months of hire.
Additional Preferred Skills
- Experience with construction methods and/or property maintenance.
- Experience sufficient to understand the basic operational, technical or office processes involved in the assignment.
- Basic computer skills.
- Use of safety practices.
Benefits - General Full-Time Employees
- 12-13 paid holidays per year
- 13 standard work days of vacation per year
- 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
- 2 weeks paid military leave per year
- Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
- State and City retirement plans
- Short and long term disability plans
- Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
- City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
- Paid funeral leave
- Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
- Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
- 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
- 4 hours parental leave each year
- Workman's Compensation Insurance
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)
- 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan
Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)
- 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
- Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
- Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
- Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service
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Where did you first hear about this opportunity?
- City of Durham Website
- Walk in
- Job fair
- Employee referral
- Professional organization ***Please list the organization in "other" box below***
- Internet posting ***Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below***
- Craig's List
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- GlassDoor
- governmentjobs.com
- Monster.com
- Indeed.com
- Employment Security Commission
- Magazine/Newspaper
- Other
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If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.
03
Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.
- Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
- High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
- Associates Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- PhD or Juris Doctorate
04
Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license "or" if you currently have another states driver's license, are you willing and able to obtain a valid NC driver's license within 60 days of hire? (If you have a license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire)
- I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
- I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
- I have no driver's license and not willing to obtain NC license within 60 days.
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How many years of related experience providing technical construction inspection and investigatory work in the enforcement of municipal, state and federal codes do you have?
- No related experience
- Less than 1 year of related experience
- 1 year but less than 3 years related experience
- 3 years but less than 5 years related experience
- 5 or more years related experience
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Do you have, or are you willing and able to obtain, a North Carolina Building Level I Standard Certificate or American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE/ICC), Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector Certification within 18 months of hire?
- Yes, I have a North Carolina Building Level I Standard Certificate or American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE/ICC), Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector Certification
- No, I do not have a North Carolina Building Level I Standard Certificate or American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE/ICC), Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector Certification, BUT I AM willing and able to obtain one within 18 months of my start date.
- No, I do not have a North Carolina Building Level I Standard Certificate or American Association of Code Enforcement (AACE/ICC), Property Maintenance & Housing Inspector Certification, and I AM NOT willing or able to obtain one within 18 months of my start date.
07
Do you have experience with construction methods and/or property maintenance?
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Have you used safety practices at current or previous jobs?
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If you have used safety practices at current or previous jobs, provide three safety practices that you have used in previous positions and briefly describe how you would use them as a code enforcement officer. If you have not used safety practices, indicate N/A.
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Do you have basic computer skills?
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