The City of Spring Hill, Kansas, seeks a highly qualified, dynamic professional to provide hands-on and oversight of inspections. We offer excellent comprehensive benefits, including 100% City paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for the 2026 Plan Year. We also offer other great benefits, such as vision care allotment, paid leave, holiday pay, KPERS retirement, and a City of Spring Hill Retirement package. Start a great career with the City of Spring Hill. Salary range is $94,036.80 to $142,584. Actual starting pay depends on the experience and skills considered during the offer process.

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, or a related field. A combination of education and experience may be considered.

ICC Certification for Commercial Building Inspector and Plans Examiner required. ICC Combination Plans, Fire Plans Review, and Inspection as well as Floodplain Manager certification must be obtained within 1 year of hire. Five years of similar or related experience is required.

Pay, Education & Experience

• Salary range is $94,036.80 to $142,584. Actual starting pay depends on the experience and skills considered during the offer process. 
• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, architecture, or a related field. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• ICC Certification for Commercial Building Inspector and Plans Examiner required. 
• ICC Combination Plans, Fire Plans Review, and Inspection as well as Floodplain Manager certification must be obtained within 1 year of hire.
• Five years of similar or related experience is required

Brief Description of Duties

Under the supervision of the Community Development Director, the Building Official is an exempt position under FLSA. This employee is responsible for the overall guidance, direction, and management of the City’s building code function, which includes overseeing and enforcing city codes by inspecting buildings, plumbing, electrical, and mechanical systems of construction projects and existing structures within the City of Spring Hill. In addition, this employee coordinates and oversees the activities and operations related to plan review, issuance of building permits, building construction inspection services, and coordination of assigned activities. This position should possess a strong mechanical aptitude and effective organizational, public relations, customer service, and communication skills.

• Oversee building code compliance, managing inspections and ensuring safety standards in construction projects.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local building codes and regulations, including reviewing plans, issuing permits, and conducting inspections.
• Analyze architectural plans and specifications to ensure they meet safety and regulatory standards.
• Perform field inspections on industrial, commercial, and residential buildings.
• Enforce abate building code violations in existing structures.
• Oversees and follows the City’s adopted codes inspection and permit issuance programs. 
• Serves as City flood plain manager.
• Participate in City Emergency Operations Plan as assigned and/or designated.
• Serves as plans examiner for all building permit applications.
• Determine, develop, and oversee the administration of the City’s building permit process including associated fee schedules.  
• Provides information to contractors, developers, homeowners and the general public to assist with understanding building codes and regulations.
• Prepares and maintains staff workload tracking inspection activity.
• Prepare and present reports on building code issues to various committees and governmental bodies.
• Continually monitor local, city, county, state, national, and international building and construction codes to determine the need to create, change, or remove building and construction codes for the City.  
• Interpret code requirements as requested by City staff, Governing Body, fire department, residents, contractors, and the general public.
• Supervise inspectors to ensure building and construction inspections are scheduled and completed in accordance with department policy and procedure.
• Establish and maintain systems to ensure all files, correspondence, reference documents, reports, permits, plans, and other materials are maintained appropriately.
• Inspect non-routine and specialty building and construction projects.
• Perform other duties as deemed necessary or assigned.

Duties, responsibilities, scheduling, shift assignments and work location, may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.

Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

A thorough knowledge of building inspections, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical systems, federal, state, and local building regulations and codes is required. This employee must be able to operate computers, department vehicles, electrical testing equipment, copiers, and other office equipment.  The ability to interpret building codes and regulations, to prepare reports, to understand and anticipate problems, and to understand written instructions, reports, proposals, specifications, blueprints, schematics, and code books is required. The ability to handle stress effectively, organize, set priorities, and exercise independent judgement. Must be able to facilitate group processes, implement effective problem-solving solutions, and build consensus.  This employee should possess a strong mechanical aptitude, and effective public relations, customer service, organizational, oral and written communication skills.

To apply

100% City paid medical, dental, and vision premiums offered for the 2026 Plan Year. We also offer other great benefits such as vision care allotment, paid leave, holiday pay, KPERS retirement, and a City of Spring Hill Retirement package. Start a great new career with the City of Spring Hill.

Complete our online application and upload your cover letter and resume.

“The City of Spring Hill, Kansas values an inclusive workforce by providing equal opportunities for all applicants and employees as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation. All employment decisions at the City of Spring Hill, Kansas are based on operational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, sex or gender, gender identity or expression including transgender status, citizenship, religion or creed, age, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry or national origin, military status or service in the military. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and encourage applicants of all identities, backgrounds and cultures to apply. All dimensions of diversity in the workplace are welcomed by us and we aim to extend that inclusivity to the partners we work with.”