Elevator​/Amusement Ride Inspector

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Only applicants who meet the Minimum Qualification Requirements and Selective Requirements (listed below) will be placed on the eligible list.

Are you an experienced elevator mechanic seeking a career that combines professional achievement with a sense of purpose? The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing (DIAL) is seeking a highly motivated, skilled, solution-oriented, and enthusiastic professional to join our regulatory department and serve as an Elevator/Amusement Ride Inspector within our Building and Construction Division. If you are passionate about making a positive impact, eager to contribute to a safer and healthier Iowa, and value work-life balance, this opportunity is for you.

Performs inspections of amusement rides and concessions, elevators, escalators, moving walks, wheelchair lifts, and related equipment to protect the public from hazards created by lack of compliance with state rules and codes, including American Society of Mechanical Engineers and other standards incorporated by reference in Iowa. Identifies hazards, prepares reports, invoices, and other documents as needed.

• Inspect elevators, amusement rides, and related equipment statewide and at great heights such as communication towers in excess of 2,000 feet, wind towers in excess of 250 feet, grain elevators in dusty locations, and amusement rides at great heights with rotating components.
• Investigate and research complaints and accidents.
• Review plans for new and existing conveyances and amusement rides.
• Communicate in writing in a manner such that violations of the standards are understood and can be upheld when litigated.
• Enter data into web-based software applications; perform telephone calls, filing, logging information and typing necessary to input accurate information into the database.
• Perform PC application data entry and demonstrate effective communication skills, customer focus and organizational skills.
• Attend required training.
• Lift, bend, climb, walk and stoop to inspect elevators and amusement rides.

• Graduation from high school or G.E.D. and experience equal to four years’ work as a journey level mechanic in construction, installation, repair, or inspection of elevators (passenger and/or freight), amusement rides, escalators, moving walks, lifts, and/or dumbwaiters.
• OR graduation from an accredited two-year junior college with an associate’s degree in engineering or industrial technology and two years’ experience in construction, installation, repair, or inspection of elevators (passenger and/or freight), amusement rides, escalators, moving walks, lifts, and/or dumbwaiters.
• OR graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in engineering or industrial technology and one year experience in elevator/amusement ride safety.
• OR one year of experience performing the duties of an elevator/ride inspector in a jurisdiction with substantially equivalent safety inspection rules, regulations and experience requirements.

• 6 months’ experience, 12 semester hours, or a combination of both in the inspection, installation and maintenance of elevators.

• All appointees must successfully complete a QEI certification examination offered by the National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities or similar organizations within twelve months of employment.
• Appointee must also obtain National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials (NAARSO) Inspector Level 1 certification within one year and Level 2 certification within five years of employment; equivalent certifications from the Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers (AIMS International) organization will be considered.
• Employees must be bondable.
• Extensive travel overnight is required; employees must arrange transportation to and from assigned work areas.

The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified…