TARGET CLOSE DATE:
06/23/2025
PAY GRADE:
Grade 25
TYPE:
Full time
JOB SUMMARY:
The City of Birmingham is seeking a qualified and experienced Environmental Code Enforcement Manager. This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing a comprehensive environmental code enforcement program aimed at maintaining public and private properties free of obstructions, hazardous conditions, and other nuisances. The Environmental Code Enforcement Manager works closely with a diverse range of stakeholders—including residents, inspectors, departmental leadership, and other city departments—to ensure program goals are effectively met. The role requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and the ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion. Work is performed under the general direction of a director or superintendent and is evaluated through regular reports and meetings to ensure alignment with established policies and procedures.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
The City of Birmingham provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is presented below:Birmingham: $57,012 - $88,462
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:
- Driver's license.
- Experience supervising staff to include assigning and reviewing work, completing performance appraisals, and making disciplinary recommendations.
- Experience calculating inventory, labor, and material costs.
- Customer service experience (e.g., providing information to the public and explaining policies/procedures).
- Experience enforcing sanitation codes and/or ordinances (e.g., litter pickup, animals, weed abatement, inoperable vehicles).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The following are job-related qualifications deemed desirable by the City of Birmingham. These qualifications may be considered by Birmingham when reviewing applications and inviting candidates to participate in subsequent steps in the selection processes.
- APOST certification.
- Coursework related to Code Enforcement certification.
- Coursework related to Environmental Management/Environmental Law.
- Formal customer service training.
- Experience forecasting department budgets.
- Experience working with other departments to create and implement multi-agency programs (e.g., community cleanups, multi-jurisdictional task forces, animal control).
TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:
- Prepares, monitors, and administers departmental or organizational budget by reviewing spending trends, expenditure reports, analyzing financial data and ensuring expenditures are within annual budgetary limits.
- Liaises with individuals (e.g., citizens, inspectors, supervisors, other departments, and/or department managers) by attending neighborhood meetings, public hearings, etc., in an effort to answer questions, explain or clarify information (e.g., laws, codes, ordinances) and enforce ordinances.
- Enforces or interprets ordinances, codes, laws to include preparing for court, issuing written notices, citations, or warnings, and/or permits to ensure that properties and citizens are in compliance with local regulations.
- Prepares department for and carries out inspection duties to include vehicle maintenance, responding to complaints, carrying out animal control activities, explaining policies and procedures, keeping abreast of industry developments, and scheduling inspections to ensure the department is prepared and able to effectively perform its responsibilities.
- Supervises staff by assigning and distributing work, directing staff in their job duties, monitoring progress of work, providing feedback and/or training.
- Proposes necessary changes to existing codes/ordinances to ensure coordination, organization, and implementation of daily activities within the department.
- Mediates problems between property owners and municipality by reviewing and explaining supporting evidence to help resolve disputes.
- Coordinates with respective departments to fulfill efforts that are ordered during court proceedings by providing queries/documentation of properties requiring attention.
- Responds to complaints or questions from property owners in order to provide any clarifications on violation issues.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods of time, but may involve occasional walking or standing for brief periods.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Work is performed in an office, and in external field environments including places of business and residences. May be exposed to inclement weather conditions, bio-hazard materials, and angry/irate customers.
EEO STATEMENT:
The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.
ACCOMMODATION:
To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at [email protected] or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.
NOTE:
This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.
DISCLAIMER:
This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.
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