Description
The City of Claremont, California is seeking an enthusiastic, highly motivated, outgoing, and customer service focused Building Inspector to perform combination residential and non-residential inspections. The newly created Building Inspector position, will be responsible for performing a variety of interesting and challenging inspections of luxury, custom and production homes, new urban townhomes within walking distance of the Village, improvements to existing older housing stock that have a wide-variety of architectural styles and significant historic value, new educational buildings, alterations, and additions to private schools including the internationally known Claremont Colleges, and expansion of the historic downtown village.
Claremont is a charming older community that prides itself in providing excellent quality of life and customer service for its residents. The Building Inspector will be expected to work independently, under general supervision from the Building Official, and be able to follow all City policies and codes. They will confer with developers, contractors, architects, engineers, and the general public in the field and office, explain and interpret requirements and restrictions, and issue technical and/or detailed automated permits.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The City of Claremont offers an attractive and competitive benefits package, including:
3% Negotiated Salary Increase 7/1/25 and 7/1/26
$1,500 a month for medical allowance
2% at 55 PERS retirement (Classic Members), Employee pays 7% of salary; 2% at 62 PERS retirement (New Member) Employee pays 6.5% of salary
Monday through Thursday 38-hour per week schedule.
96 hours - 160 hours vacation based on years of service
123 holiday/floating holiday hours
96 sick hours per year (may bring up to 200 hours of sick leave from current employer)
$75,000 life insurance on employee and $10,000 on dependents
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
BUILDING DIVISION
The Building Division is part of the Community Development Department, which also includes the Planning Division and Engineering Division. These three divisions regulate construction and occupancy of buildings in accordance with local, County, State, and Federal laws. The Building Division has 7 full-time employees which includes 3 employees within the Community Improvement Division.
THE COMMUNITY
Located 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles on the lower slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains, Claremont is best known for its tree-lined streets, historic buildings, world-renowned colleges, and award-winning school system.
Claremont provides the charm of a New England town within comfortable driving distance of major Southern California attractions, sports stadiums, and the Ontario International Airport. Sunset magazine described Claremont in this manner, "College towns like this one may be commonplace on the East Coast, but Claremont, 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, stands out as a singular example in Southern California." Metrolink Rail Authority also named Claremont a Preferred Destination Point.
The City has a population of 36,000 people calling Claremont their home. Within the City's 14.14 square miles, Claremont has 24 City-owned parks and sports fields, with 2,555 acres of public parkland, of which 1,769 is wilderness. Claremont has over 25,000 City trees and has been a winner of the National Arbor Day Association's TREE CITY USA award for 38 years.
Claremont's success is not accidental, but the result of a long tradition of creating and encouraging community cooperatives and involvement in civic affairs, which has also worked successfully in the areas of business and economic retention and development. The City of Claremont exemplifies the quality of a model city and is viewed and respected as a leader in local government.
CITY GOVERNMENT
Claremont is a general law city that uses the Council-Manager form of government. A general law city is one that operates under laws and rules established by the State of California.
The City Manager is hired by and responsible to the City Council. It is the responsibility of the City Manager and City staff to implement Council policies and ensure the smooth day-to-day delivery of municipal services. The City Council also appoints a City Attorney to provide legal counsel to the City organization.
The City Council is comprised of five members elected by-district for four years. The terms of offices are staggered, with three members elected at one general municipal election and two at the next. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of odd-numbered years.
The City Council and staff is committed to fulfilling its mission to deliver the highest quality service possible to our community in a balanced and equitable manner. The City Council has identified the following citywide priorities:
Preserve our natural, cultural, and historic resources;
Maintain financial stability;
Invest in the maintenance and improvement of our infrastructure;
Ensure the safety of our community through community-based policing and emergency preparedness;
Increase livability in our neighborhoods and expand opportunities for our businesses;
Promote community engagement through transparency and communication; and
Develop anti-racist, anti-discrimination policies and plan to achieve community and organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Qualified applicants for Building Inspector will have an International Code Council (ICC) Certificate as a certified Building Inspector, high school diploma or equivalent, and have at least one year of experience in building inspections or two years of responsible experience in the journey level trades. Two years of college construction inspection or building code coursework is desirable.
A valid California Drivers' License and good driving record are required.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates can apply for this position online and obtain additional information at the City of Claremont website www.claremontca.gov
