Construction/ Maintenance Inspector

Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency • Pittsburgh, PA

107d

About The Position

The Technical Services Representative position is an office/field career designed to protect the agency's vested interest in multifamily properties. The Technical Services Representative engages in quality control during construction and ensures a clean, safe, and sanitary living condition exists for the duration of the funding by conducting scheduled periodic maintenance reviews once a building is occupied.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, or construction technology.
• Five years of experience in the residential construction field and/or five to eight years of experience in the residential property maintenance industry.
• Complete understanding of construction/maintenance procedure, drawings, specifications, and contracts.
• Working knowledge of HUD REAC UPCS 4.0 and LIHTC protocols.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Relevant professional experience (1-3 years).

Responsibilities

• Travel and observe developments under construction for conformance to plans, specifications and other legal documents.
• Participate in progress and payout meetings with owner, architect and/or GC.
• Perform quality control review on installed material and bring any observed deficiencies to architect's attention.
• Monitor construction progress schedule and change order log weekly and/or monthly.
• Participate in punch list generation at turnover of uncompleted items with assigned monetary value.
• Verify and initiate issuance of Agency documents: Substantial Completion, Occupancy Certificate, Construction Completion, Final Inspection.
• Attend and participate in three warranty/guarantee reviews during the first twelve months of operation. Annual inspections will occur thereafter.
• Initiate all correspondences and forms required in the performance of above tasks.
• Inspect occupied property as required by funding program to ensure against deferred maintenance.
• Establish maintenance files and procedures as required by funding program.
• Perform reserve for replacement analysis and updates as required by funding program.
• Meet with representatives of ownership and property management agent to discuss status of building maintenance and capital improvements.
• Review drawings, work quality, materials, and equipment required for all upgrades, capital improvements and repairs to ensure conformance with Agency requirements/standards.
• Conduct site inspection once notified of an occurrence.
• Obtain Property Damage Report form from site.
• Conduct periodic inspections during the repair process to ensure work quality, materials, and equipment conform to acceptable standards.
• Obtain Property Damage follow-up report from site at conclusion of repairs.
• Perform unit inspections as required by Rental Assistance Programs to ensure clean, safe and sanitary conditions are upheld.
• Perform single family inspections as requested by the Director of Technical Services.
• Other duties assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree