JOB LISTING

Actively supports and upholds the City’s stated mission and values. According to the Decision Band Method classification system, employees of this classification are responsible for (operational level decision making (decisions on carrying out the operations of the selected process.) Duties requiring varying knowledge, skills, and abilities with a more complex degree of frequency, complexity, and diversity compared to other positions in the same band.
Under direct supervision of the Fire Marshal, employees of this classification perform fire protection planning, field inspections, technical plans review, and assist internal and external customers with fire codes, standards, and City requirements.
This position is FLSA non-exempt.

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

• Supervisory: This job does not have formal supervisory responsibilities.

• Budgetary: This job has partial responsibility for budgeting at the program level including providing billing lists to Finance and forecasting impact fees.

• Strategic Planning: This job has partial responsibility for strategic planning at the program level including assisting with development of inspection rotation to streamline the prevention process.

• Policies/Procedures: This job carries out day-to-day activities in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Compliance: This job has partial responsibility for following, assisting in ensuring compliance with, and enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as City policies and procedures.

• Council Communications: This job carries out day-to-day activities in accordance with Council’s adopted priorities and direction.

• Reporting: This job has partial responsibility for reporting including inputting data into electronic record keeping systems.

EXAMPLES OF THE WORK PERFORMED (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY)

• Conducts annual fire inspections of new and existing businesses, high hazard occupancies, public and charter schools to ensure compliance with International Fire Code and National Fire Protection Agency Standards.

• Approves all phases of fire protection systems testing by conducting scheduled field inspections including installment up to and including final approval.

• Reviews and examines technical plans for compliance with fire code, ordinances, and departmental requirements up to and including fire protection systems, emergency exiting, water supply, and fire department access.

• Assists with the permitting process to ensure compliance with fire code and departmenal requirements including ensuring proper documentation, necessary fees are paid, and maintaining a current permitted occupancy list. Conducts field inspections to coincide with permit fees paid.

• Maintains records on all conducted field inspections, fire protection systems tests, and issued permits by inputting in Firehouse data system. Inputs comments from plan reviews into Community Development data system.

• Advises administration, line personnel, other divisions, and citizens in the interpretation of the International Fire Code and the National Fire Protection Agency standards, providing expert knowledge and recommending a course of action.

• Attends inter-divisional staff meetings advising architects and engineers on all issues relating to the International Fire Code and National Fire Protection Agency standards. • Conducts field inspections of occupancies requiring a State License.

• Serves as Fire Marshal, as required.

• Provides excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.

• Performs related duties, as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Associates Degree in Fire Science, Building Construction, or a related field.

• Three years of related experience with inspection and plans review.

• Two years of experience with fire inspection systems.

• Or any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the above Minimum Requirements.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

• Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) knowledge and experience, including WUI code experience.

• Experience with fire investigations.

• Experience with computer systems and fire department software systems.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Must possess, or obtain upon employment, a valid Arizona driver’s license.

• Regular attendance is an essential function of this job to ensure continuity.

• Ability to obtain ICC Fire Inspector Certification within six months of employment.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY)

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

COMPETENCIES (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY)

• Accountability: This job has partial responsibility for accountability including community, organizational, and financial aspects (for example: understands community politics as necessary part of organizational life; understands the culture of the organization; and is aware of the impact of financial processes and outcomes on the organization.)

• Responsiveness: This job has partial responsibility for addressing customer needs to include ensuring appropriate communication skills, composure, decision making, and mediation skills for self and subordinate employees (for example: honest, direct, and understandable communication; controls emotions when things get tough; actively seeks input to make decisions; and is proactive in confronting and resolving conflict.)

• Quality: This job has partial responsibility for ensuring high quality customer service for self and subordinate employees including customer focus, expectation management, and interpersonal skills (for example: responds promptly to customer needs; keeps customer informed of progress with timely feedback; uses diplomacy and tact.)

• Professionalism: This job carries out day-to-day activities in a manner that is honest, responsible, fair, highly trained, and cost conscious.

• Teamwork: This job carries out day-to-day activities in a manner that promotes teamwork in partnership with citizens, other agencies, and other employees.

• Problem Solving: This job carries out day-to-day activities in a manner that is creative, open-minded, and professional.

• Leadership: This job carries out day-to-day activities serving people with integrity and personal character.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; sit; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock and vibration.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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