The Environmental Health Services Division is seeking to fill a full-time career service Chief Plumbing Inspector that will lead and manage the Plumbing and Gas Piping Inspection Program as well as perform a range of professional duties relating to residential and commercial plumbing and gas piping matters.
The Plumbing and Gas Piping Inspection Program is an integral part of the Environmental Health Services Division helping promote public health. Our professional staff work to ensure that residents live in a clean and health-promoting environment. Working in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections, and King County Department of Local Services, our goal is to protect community health through plan review, inspections and enforcing regulations for plumbing and gas piping systems in the City of Seattle and Unincorporated King County. In 2020, the P&G program’s dedicated team of professionals conducted nearly 30,000 inspections and completed over 200 plan reviews.
The P&G program upholds King County’s equity and social justice directive through our commitment to exceptional public service.
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION:
Through the work of over 150 dedicated employees, the Environmental Health Services Division identifies and sustains environmental conditions that promote health equity and healthy people and communities in Seattle and King County. Our vision is healthy, safe, and vibrant communities that are free of health disparities based on race, gender or economic status. The Division’s core values include equity and social justice, integrity, community service, collaboration, a supportive work culture, and learning from each other and the communities we serve.
To learn more about EHS, please visit https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/health/environmental-health.aspx.
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:
As the only jurisdiction in the world named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
We have a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from vulnerable communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx.
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The primary responsibilities of the Chief Plumbing Inspector include leading and managing the Plumbing and Gas Piping Inspection Program and supervising assigned staff to ensure residential and commercial plumbing and gas piping installations achieve compliance with codes and ordinances protecting public health. This leadership position will report to the Assistant Division Director for the Community Environmental Health Section of Environmental Health and will work closely with the Assistant Chief Plumbing Inspector to provide leadership to the Plumbing and Gas Piping Program. The program currently consists of approximately 15 full-time employees.
The incumbent is expected to possess strong leadership qualities, management experience, and knowledge and experience to lead staff in duties such as performing plumbing and gas piping inspections, reviewing plumbing system design plans, and ensuring compliance with codes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. The program is presently transitioning many of its processes and functions toward greater use of automated digital systems and technologies. The Chief Plumbing Inspector should have familiarity with automated systems and workplace software.
The Chief Plumbing Inspector also implements program activities and priorities outlined by the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan. People with language proficiency in the most populace King County non-English language groups (such as Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Somali, Amharic, and Russian) are highly encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will be committed to working with diverse populations throughout King County to provide excellent customer service to a broad range of cultures, in accordance with the King County Equity and Social Justice Ordinance and the King County Strategic Plan. This position advances Environmental Health Services Division's values for fair and culturally competent service delivery, innovative, efficient application of resources, building a culture of performance and expanding opportunities to seek input, listen and respond to industry and residents.
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Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement
As of October 18, 2021, most* King County employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If hired, you will be required to submit proof of vaccination by October 18th. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine. Employees may make requests for a reasonable accommodation based on a medical disability or for sincerely held religious beliefs. Philosophical, political, scientific, or sociological objections to vaccination will not be considered for an exemption or accommodation.
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