Sr HVAC Inspector

Company: City of Jonesboro
Location: Jonesboro
Posted on: February 16, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description City of Jonesboro Sr. HVAC Inspector Job Description Pay Type - Hourly Department: Inspections Department Reports To: Chief Building Official Location: Inspections Department at City Hall Safety Sensitive: No GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION This senior position is responsible for all stages of HVAC inspections in resident and commercial buildings. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Evaluates and modifies permitting procedure as necessary. This duty is performed daily. 2. Conducts on-site HVAC inspections. This duty is performed daily. 3. Interprets and explains codes as needed. This duty is performed daily. 4. Performs final inspections. This duty is performed weekly. 5. Notifies contractors, sub-contractors and property owners of code violations. This duty is performed weekly. 6. Checks to ensure that contractors are state licensed and that proper permits have been issued. This duty is performed weekly. 7. Reviews plans for construction to ensure proper code compliance is followed. This duty is performed weekly. 8. Performs on-site inspections of foundation and framing to ensure code compliance is followed. This duty is performed weekly. 9. Inspects and enforces building/structure and sign setbacks. This duty is performed weekly. 10. Reviews permitting and inspection procedures with contractors. This duty is performed weekly. 11. Completes all paperwork associated with the inspection process. This duty is performed daily. 12. Answers phone inquiries from builders and contractors. This duty is performed daily. 13. Operating a city vehicle is required for the essential functions. 14. Perform any other related duties as required or assigned. QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE High school or GED, plus specialized schooling and/or on the job education in a specific skill area, e.g. data processing, clerical/administrative, equipment operation, etc., plus 5 years or more related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience. COMMUNICATION SKILLS Ability to effectively communicate information and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to prepare and interpret bar graphs. CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats. REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Valid Driver License PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Class A or B Arkansas HVAC License SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED Not indicated. INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY SUPERVISION RECEIVED Under general supervision where standard practice enables the employee to proceed alone on routine work, referring all questionable cases to supervisor. PLANNING Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work; may also occasionally assist in the planning of work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation. DECISION MAKING Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance; the latter of which would affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree. MENTAL DEMAND Close mental demand. Operations require close and continuous attention for control of operations. Operations require intermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way of handling situations regarding the organization's administration and operations; also to determine or select material and equipment where highly variable sequences are involved. ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING Moderately structured. Fairly broad activities using moderately structured procedures with only generally guided supervision. Interpolation of learned things in somewhat varied situations. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS Responsibility for work of others: Not indicated. RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT Occasionally responsible for organization's property where carelessness, error, or misappropriation would result in moderate damage or moderate monetary loss to the organization. The total value for the above would range from $5,000 to $150,000. ACCURACY Probable errors of internal and external scope would have a moderate effect on the operational efficiency of the organizational component concerned. Errors might possibly go undetected for a considerable period of time, thereby creating an inaccurate picture of an existing situation. Could cause further errors, losses, or embarrassment to the organization. The possibility of error is always present due to requirements of the job. ACCOUNTABILITY FREEDOM TO ACT Standardized. Accepted processes covered by well-defined standardized policies and procedures with supervisory review. ANNUAL MONETARY IMPACT The amount of annual dollars generated based on the job's essential duties / responsibilities. Examples would include direct dollar generation, departmental budget, proper handling of organization funds, expense control, and savings from new techniques or reduction in manpower. Very small. Job creates a monetary impact for the organization up to an annual level of $100,000. IMPACT ON END RESULTS Modest impact. Job has some impact on the organization’s end results, but still from an indirect level. Provides assistance and support services that facilitate decision making by others. PUBLIC CONTACT Regular contacts with patrons, either within the office or in the field. May also involve occasional self-initiated contacts to patrons. Lack of tact and judgment may result in a limited type of problem for the organization. EMPLOYEE CONTACT Contacts of considerable importance within the department or office, such as those required in coordination of effort, or frequent contacts with other departments or offices, generally in normal course of performing duties. Requires tact in discussing problems and presenting data and making recommendations, but responsibility for action and decision reverts to others. USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS Occasional use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, road and production machines and equipment, etc.) WORKING CONDITIONS Outside working environment, wherein there are extremely disagreeable working conditions most of the time (e.g. hot mix paving in constant sun). ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places, outdoor weather conditions, wet or humid conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. Moderate diversity, moderately physical. Work activities which allow for a moderate amount of diversity in the performance of tasks which require somewhat diversified physical demands of the employee. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk or hear; and occasionally required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision; color vision; and peripheral vision. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Not indicated.

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