Associate Inspection Engineer Fire-Service

Job description

Overview This is a provisional appointment. Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job): Under the general supervision of the Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Zoning, Inspectional Services Department. Responsibilities: - Examines building specifications and plans to ensure compliance with the fire codes, building codes, and other related laws, ordinances, or regulations in the Fire Department. - Performs professional and detailed examination of architects' and engineers' plans and computations for proposed new buildings and other structures and for alterations to existing buildings and structures in order to determine whether the proposed methods of construction and the materials to be used are in accordance with the requirements of the Fire Dept. concerning any matters involving restrictions on building methods and materials. - Examines building applications and plans to ensure compliance with the Mass. Building Code, Boston Zoning Ordinances, and other related laws, ordinances, regulations, codes, NFPA Standards, and Federal Standards, with considerable latitude for independent decision-making ability relative to in-depth review of building plans, mechanical syst...