Housing Rehabilitation Technician II in Newcastle upon Tyne

Benefits for this position include:

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Paid Time Off
• Pension Plan
• Professional Development Opportunities

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Housing Rehab Tech II job is available with the City of Fort Worth Neighborhood Services Department. The Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program provides substantial and non-substantial home repairs and rehabilitations for low-income homeowner households. This position will contribute to the City’s strategic goals, mission and vision by protecting the City’s affordable housing stock and keeping low-income residents in their homes.

The job entails conducting home inspections, developing work write-ups and assessing environmental reviews, communicating with contractors, and ensuring contractor work meets quality standards. Technicians will use computers/tablets and software in the office and in the field to conduct their work. This position is a grant-funded overage position that ends 3/24/2028.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university in business administration, accounting, social services or related fields
• Two (2) years of increasingly responsible experience in residential construction, rehabilitation, housing programs and inspections, code enforcement or other closely related fields
• Valid Texas Driver’s License

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with computer-based software applications
• Experience providing customer service to program applicants
• Experience in residential energy efficiency
• Experience working with grant-funded programs
• Knowledge of CDBG-DR requirements
• Thorough knowledge of residential construction principles, building systems, local building codes, and rehabilitation practices sufficient to inspect homes, identify deficiencies, develop scopes of work, and monitor construction quality
• Ability to read and interpret construction plans, specifications, cost estimates, and contractor proposals.

The Housing Rehabilitation Technician II job responsibilities include:

• Handles calls from Contractors and applicants and responds to questions and complaints, assists applicants with completing necessary forms
• Assists in surveying and inspecting dwelling units
• Recognizes health and safety deficiencies in utility systems, structural systems, exterior housing units and other violations of the Minimum Building Standards Code and Energy Codes
• Writes clear and concise work specifications for home repair
• Reviews all components of the estimation and bid process, participates in verifying that contractor bids coincide with money allocated, ensures no unapproved changes are made
• Frequently communicates with program contractors to coordinate construction activities, resolve field issues, clarify scope requirements, monitor project progress, and ensure work complies with applicable building codes, program guidelines, and contract requirements.
• Monitors rehabilitation work in progress
• Communicates with applicants regarding repairs to be made and warranties
• Assists in performing final inspections, identifies additional items to be replaced or repaired, determines payment date
• Prepares and maintains housing rehabilitation inspection reports
• Communicates with program staff to ensure consistency with program policies, rehabilitation standards, project documentation, customer communications, and compliance requirements throughout all phases of project delivery.

Working Conditions: Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting; depending on assignment. Incumbents may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, odors, dusts, poor ventilation, chemicals, oils, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, intense noises, gases and workspace restrictions.

Physical Demand: Medium work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly having to move objects.

Conditions of Employment: The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor. The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions. Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. Criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.