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Community Builder

Make a difference in the community you live in! As a Community Builderan employee with the City of Gainesvilleyou will have a direct hand in building and improving your community and making a visible impact on the lives of your neighbors. Working for local government is more than a job, it's a chance to contribute to community success and to help enhance the Gainesville way of life.

This is advanced professional work providing technical and analytical reviews and designs related to fire protection systems, features, devices, and issues. The single position allocated to this classification reports to a designated supervisor and works under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory responsibility and from lower classes by its emphasis on advanced technical skills.

This is advanced professional work providing technical and analytical reviews and designs related to fire protection systems, features, devices, and issues.

The single position allocated to this classification reports to a designated supervisor and works under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of supervisory responsibility and from lower classes by its emphasis on advanced technical skills.

Reviews and evaluates site and construction plans for developments, and engineered fire protection system plans, shop drawings and specifications (suppression, detection and alarm, smoke and fire control) to determine compliance with national standards, Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Code, fire and building safety codes and standards, fire department policies, and procedures, and recognized fire protection principles and practices.

Reviews, evaluates, and analyzes existing structures, facilities and subdivisions for fire protection needs and helps develop fire safety improvement plans in conjunction with owners, developers, city, state, and other regulatory departments/agencies consistent with both prescriptive and performance based codes and standards.

Inspects construction sites and evaluates complex systems and/or devices required for fire and life safety within buildings or at specialized facilities and makes recommendations on modifications or potential modifications to the as-built environment utilizing technical expertise and innovative techniques.

Works closely with other city, county, state departments or bureaus and federal agencies to ensure proper coordination and timely completion of plans, to review tasks, and to maintain uniformity of code interpretations and policies between the Fire Department and those departments and bureaus.

Provides technical consultative assistance to architects, engineers, builders, developers and owners addressing code related needs or deficiencies pertaining to fire prevention and protection.

Provides technical assistance and advice relating to application, enforcement, and interpretation of codes and standards relating to fire protection to Fire Department members and other codes enforcement personnel.

Conducts studies and evaluates new building methods and materials to recommend methods for improving fire protection through promulgation and adoption of codes, changing procedures and practices, acquisition of reference materials and fire equipment to be used by the department in prevention, protection, suppression and incident control.

Attends work on continuous and regular basis.

Prepares and conducts presentations relating to fire safety and code enforcement matters on request for professional organizations, fire and building code officials, and civic groups.

Stays current with technological advances related to fire protection and life safety.

Assists the fire official with risk analysis of the community and developing strategies to reduce fire risk, evaluates code related issues and presents viable solutions to conflicts.

Participates in the first step review process, including reviewing plans, attending meetings and providing guidance to staff and the public on fire prevention/protection related issues

Identifies training needs of inspection staff and develops course outlines to meet continuing education requirements of the inspection staff as required by the various licensing agencies.

Assists with technical training of code enforcement and fire suppression staff in specialized areas of fire protection and inspection.

May act in absence of supervisor.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in fire protection engineering technology or related field and two (2) years experience in public fire protection; or bachelor's degree with major course work in structural, mechanical, or civil engineering, building construction, or architecture or related field and five (5) years progressively responsible professional engineering experience in fire protection; or an equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Valid Florida Driver License required.

Florida State Municipal Fire Inspector certification required.

Certified Fire Protection Specialist (preferred)

Hazardous Materials Awareness Level (preferred)