Solana Beach – The Community: The charming, seaside community of  Solana Beach is nestled along the northern coast of San Diego County, and is approximately a 30 minute drive from downtown San Diego.  Its main access routes include Interstate 5, Highway 101, Lomas Santa Fe Drive, and Via de la Valle.  Our train station is located at 105 N. Cedros Avenue.

• Performs specialized and complex life safety and fire prevention plan reviews and inspections for fire protection systems, new construction sites, and industrial, commercial, institutional, and assembly occupancies.
•  Works with developers, architects, property owners, and engineers to develop Fuel Modification Zones and Landscaping, where required.
• Coordinates the City’s weed abatement program; works with vendor on issues; organizes staff report, agenda, tax lien list, and works with the County and Finance to collect the money owed.
•  Responds to questions, requests, and inquiries from the general public, contractors, architects, and engineers regarding fire and life safety codes and standards both in person and over the telephone; provides primary coverage for front counter.
• Operates a variety of equipment and tools used in plan reviews and inspections, which includes: computers, printers, digital cameras, engineering calculators, motor vehicles, fax machines, measuring tape, architect scales, and engineering scales.
•  Meets with Architects, Engineers, contractors, business owners, homeowners, and other City personnel to discuss new development and violation cases.
• Performs administrative staff work involving research, analysis, and policy drafting.
•  Coordinates, attends and participates in public fire education, instruction, and demonstrations for professional and governmental agencies and the general public, including local schools, community groups, hospital staff, and fire suppression personnel.
• Performs plan checks, evaluating engineering drawings, reviewing site plans and projects for adherence to municipal codes, fire codes and other fire-related ordinances;
•  Performs site inspections for weed abatement and other minor violations; assesses fire hazards to determine action for compliance;
• Issues written warnings, writing notices of correction, documenting hazards, and recording activity in conjunction with the enforcement process.
•  Performs office administration duties, which involve filing, logging, and tracking of various fire permits and plans; handling legal correspondence and prepares reports.
• Performs specialized and complex fire and life safety plan checks; stamps and approves for installation, fire sprinkler systems plans, building fire rated assemblies and fixed fire protection plans; interprets and applies code requirements.
•  Inspects, performs certification field tests and approving fire protection systems in new construction, commercial, institutional, industrial, and assembly occupancies; visits hazardous sites to assess levels of hazard; responds to various requests from city, state, and governmental agencies in the enforcement of fire codes.
• Operates equipment used in advanced plan checking and inspections which include: engineering calculators, drafting tools, pressure devices and hydrocarbon analyzers.
•  Attends meetings and predevelopment proposals with city personnel, architects, engineers, and developers regarding fire and life safety code application and interpretation.
• Attends professional classes to keep abreast of new code updates in the field of fire prevention, and inspection.
•  Writes letters of intent to cite.
• Performs other assigned duties of similar nature or level.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Education:
High School Diploma, or General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.), and coursework in Fire Prevention.

Experience:
At least one (1) year of experience in plan checking or review, related construction activities, or engineering technician work involving plans and drawings; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.  AA degree in Fire Science preferred.

Licensing Requirements: