Salary: $98,795.00 Annually
Location : 625 St. Joseph St. Suite 101, New Orleans, LA
Job Type: Probationary
Job Number: 11574/3095
Department: Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Opening Date: 07/17/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Kind of Work Professional, supervisory, administrative and technical work directing and overseeing plumbing plan review, permitting, inspections and code enforcement activities to ensure compliance with applicable plumbing codes and regulations. Work includes supervising plumbing inspectors and related staff, providing technical guidance on code compliance, overseeing enforcement and inspection activities, maintaining related records, recommending updates to codes and procedures, and related work as required.
Minimum Qualifications1. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university. *
2. Six (6) years of full-time experience doing technical building inspectional work with two (2) years of which must have been in a supervisory capacity over licensed plumbers.
* Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify qualifying certification, license and education credentials claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification.NOTE: If appointed, employee must be certified by the International Code Council (ICC) as either a Certified Building Official or a Master Code Professional. In lieu of certification by the ICC, employee can also be either a Louisiana licensed Architect or a Louisiana Licensed Engineer, complete with the respective professional experience for those licenses. This requirement must be met during the probationary period. No probationary period may last longer than one year. If employees do not meet this requirement during their probationary period, they must wait one year from the end of their probationary period or receive certification to be considered for rehire.
NOTE:Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application**. Residency requirements are waived for all Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans positions vacant and advertised for at least 90 days. Employees hired under this waiver remain exempt from the city's residency requirement for the duration of their employment at the Sewerage and Water Board. (La R.S. 33:4076). **Additional exceptions to the domicile requirement may be made on a case-by-case basis. We encourage you to apply for this position and discuss your need for a domicile exception during the interview process.
Kind of Examination A rating of training and experience, weighted 100%. All related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes; however, credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years.
This is an original entrance examination.
The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans offers a wide variety of competitive benefits. Information on these benefits can be found
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The supplemental questions are a very important first step in our screening process. Therefore, you are required to complete these questions so that we may initially determine your eligibility for this position. A lack of detail and explanation in the supplemental questions and in your application may result in disqualification for this position. This means you will be ineligible for further consideration in this recruitment process.Please check "yes" to show that you have read and understand this statement.
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Do you have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.?
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If you have a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university, you must provide the following information:a. the name of the institute that issued the degree,b. your college major, andc. date of graduation (month and year).Failure to provide this information will result in the disqualification of your application for this position.If you do not have a Bachelor's Degree type N/A.
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The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Human Resources Department must verify all educational credentials applicants use to qualify for a position. If you have not already done so, please submit your education credentials to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Human Resources Department prior to your start date. To ensure you meet this deadline, we suggest you begin the process of obtaining this information. Our office is located at 625 St. Joseph Street, Room 101, New Orleans, LA 70165. You must submit your OFFICIAL college transcript or ORIGINAL college diploma to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Human Resources Department . We do not accept transcripts/college diploma that have been uploaded to your application. You have three options for submitting OFFICIAL documents to our office: 1. If you are local, bring your original College Diploma into the office so we may make an Official copy of it for our records. The diploma must specify your college major. If it does not, then you must submit official college transcripts. 2. If your University or College has an E-Scrip system, your institution may e-mail your transcript directly to nmarcus@swbno.org. 3. You may reque 
