Building Inspection Manager

THIS POSTING IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED AND MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME.
The first application review date is November 19, 2025.

The City of Milpitas is home to family-centered communities that embrace cultural diversity, quality schooling, and conveniently located neighborhood parks and shopping centers. Milpitas has an ethnically diverse array of retail and restaurants, and major regional retail destinations that attract shoppers from beyond the city. With over 40,800 jobs and 39,600 employed residents, Milpitas is a jobs rich community and is often called the “Crossroads of Silicon Valley”. Once a small agricultural town and later a stopover point for travelers between Oakland and San Jose, Milpitas has blossomed into one of the world’s premier computer and semiconductor producers.

The Building Inspection Manager will supervise, schedule, and coordinate inspectors’ activities for the Office of Building Safety. They are responsible for inspecting building systems at various stages of construction, alteration, and repair to ensure compliance with approved plans, specifications, codes, ordinances, and laws. They must possess the ability to review, check, and approve building and site plans for conformance with local, state, and federal regulations.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Experience: Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience in the inspection of public, commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, including three years of supervisory experience.

Education: Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade.

Preferred: A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university in business administration, construction inspection, engineering, architecture or a related field.

License or Certificate:

Possession of or ability to obtain and maintain a valid California Driver’s License.
Possession of Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical Inspector Certificates, or Residential and Commercial Combination Inspector Certificates, issued by the International Code Council (ICC) or International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAMPO), or other recognized agency.
Preferred: Possession of Certified Access Specialist (CASp) and a Plans Examiner Certificate issued by the International Code Council (ICC)

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Please attach all copies of your job-related certifications to your application in the Attachments Section. Failure to submit all required documents will result in disqualification from the hiring process, and your application will be withdrawn.
Please contact us at HRRecruitment@milpitas.gov with any questions.

The first application review date is November 19, 2025.

Panel Interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of December 8, 2025.