Code Compliance Officer

Code Compliance Officer

As a Code Compliance Officer, you'll play an important role in helping keep our community safe, attractive, and a great place to live and work. You'll spend much of your day in the field inspecting residential and commercial properties, responding to concerns, and working with property owners, contractors, and residents to understand County codes and find practical paths toward compliance.

Your work will include investigating potential violations, conducting follow-up inspections, documenting findings, preparing notices and case materials, and taking appropriate enforcement action when necessary. You'll also help educate the public by explaining code requirements, answering questions, and providing guidance on corrective actions. When cases require additional action, you may present findings before the Code Enforcement Board, Licensing Board, Special Magistrate, or in court.

This is more than an enforcement role—it is an opportunity to solve problems, build positive relationships, protect neighborhoods, and make a visible difference throughout the community. If you enjoy working independently, interacting with people, navigating complex situations, and balancing excellent customer service with consistent application of regulations, this could be a rewarding next step in your career.

Your day as a Code Compliance Officer is all about balancing knowledge, good judgment, organization, and strong communication to help our community thrive. You'll navigate County zoning, building, land development, and contractor licensing regulations while using your expertise to evaluate situations, interpret requirements, and help residents, property owners, and contractors understand what is needed to achieve compliance.

Throughout your day, you'll manage multiple cases and priorities, review zoning plats and property information, document your findings, take digital photographs, prepare reports and correspondence, and maintain accurate case records. You'll use technology and a variety of software applications to keep your work organized and moving forward while meeting important deadlines and objectives.

Just as important as knowing the codes is knowing how to work with people. You'll communicate with residents, contractors, coworkers, managers, and other agencies—sometimes in challenging situations where professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment matter. Whether you're answering a question, explaining a regulation, providing guidance, or determining the appropriate next step in a case, you'll have the opportunity to turn complex requirements into clear information and positive solutions.

If you're organized, resourceful, comfortable working independently, and able to combine attention to detail with exceptional customer service, you'll find a role where no two days are exactly alike—and where your knowledge and decisions can make a meaningful difference in the community you serve.

Education and Experience: An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience: High school diploma or equivalent. Two (2) years of experience in enforcement or related investigative work to include documentation and detailed record-keeping experience.

Licenses and/or Certificates: Must maintain a valid driver's license. Within twelve (12) months of position assignment: Must obtain and maintain Level I certification through the Florida Association of Code Enforcement (FACE).

Physical demands stooping, crouching, walking, pulling, grasping, hearing, seeing up close, seeing far away, kneeling, reaching, pushing, talking, standing, climbing, finger movement, repetitive motions, depth perception. Frequent lifting up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Work environment work is performed in a relatively safe, and secure work environment. Work typically requires moderate exposure to one or more disagreeable conditions (i.e., irate customers, outdoors weather conditions, excessive noise, extreme heat, odors or dust). Risk/safety conditions this position requires moderate exposure or risk to physical health and/or physical safety (e.g., exposure to environmentally hazardous material, heavy equipment, assault and battery, communicable disease, etc.). To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Emergency response/recovery activities: All County employees are required to work before, during, or after an emergency as needed. This may include temporarily being assigned to work and performing duties outside of the normal scope of their position, location and work schedule to fit the needs of the County and its citizens.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action, ADA and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As a veterans' preference employer, certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans, who claim and meet eligibility requirements of veterans' preference, receive preference and priority in employment and are encouraged to apply. In addition, certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.

All positions with Charlotte County may be subject to drug testing in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Program and/or County policy.

Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners offers a comprehensive benefits package to regular full-time employees. Charlotte County Benefits & Total Rewards