PLANS EXAMINER - ENGINEERING 2025-02753

1. Provide good customer service to both internal and external customers, maintain positive and effective working relationships with other City employees (especially members of their own team), and have regular and reliable attendance that is non-disruptive.
2. Review construction plans, subdivision plats, property line adjustments, lots splits, rezonings and other submittals for conformance with standards, ordinances and other City requirements.  Coordinate reviews with other departments, utility companies and other agencies.   Attend regular development review meetings and communicate plan review comments to customers.
3. Review residential and commercial building permits for conformance with applicable City standards and ordinances.  Provide comments to applicants and approve/deny the permit from engineering review.
4. Determine the applicability of the City’s Green Stormwater Practices (GSP) for residential and commercial building permits.
5. Correspond and meet as required with architects, engineers, contractors, and owners during planning, design, and construction of single-family and two-family projects concerning minimum code, related city ordinances, and applicable state law requirements.
6. Evaluate and provide final determination of sidewalk construction versus payment of money-in-lieu of construction for all new single and two family residential development.
7. Perform site inspections for residential and commercial building permits to ensure compliance with city standards and ordinances, including but not limited to erosion control compliance, sidewalk and driveway construction, GSP installation, and Engineering’s occupancy sign-off.
8. Perform monthly stormwater pollution prevention plan inspections for construction projects that require a Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) stormwater permit.
9. Serve as a citizen contact for questions involving sidewalks, driveway approaches, access ramps and ADA requirements within the City right-of-way.
10. Determine the percentage of sidewalk completion for subdivisions for the purpose of the public infrastructure guarantees.
11. Assist engineers, contractors, builders, governmental agencies and others with requests for design criteria and standards, construction details and City requirements.
12. Assist with special projects as assigned.  Draft updates to City Code and/or City standards and manuals.  Prepare Master Plan Updates for transportation, sidewalks, and drainage programs.
13. Evaluate reports of code violations related to grading, drainage and/or sidewalks for one to two family residential construction.  Coordinate with supervisor to issue Notice of Violation when necessary.
14. Attend biweekly staff meetings and other meetings with engineers, surveyors and land agents as required.
15. Perform other duties as assigned.

1. Serve as back-up to perform or supervise performance of visual site inspections of street subgrade and base preparation and compaction, curb and gutter, asphalt/concrete paving, water and sewer mains, and other infrastructure.
2. Serve as back-up to witness pressure and leakage test of waterlines, low pressure air test on sanitary sewer mains and vacuum test manholes, sampling of new waterlines, and all other testing required in accordance with City Ordinances and policies.
3. Secondary duties as assigned.

1. High School Diploma or GED and four years of related experience.
2. Valid driver's license.
3. Detailed knowledge of Americans with Disabilities Act requirements in regard to construction/accessibility and their applications to City government.
4. Ability to read and interpret construction plans and specifications.
5. Ability to read and interpret City standards and ordinances related to the performance of job duties.   
6. Ability to effectively communicate with others orally and in writing.
7. Ability to use mathematics involving the practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions, possess ability to calculate figures and amounts such as area, circumference, and slope. 
8. Must be proficient in the use of a computer and software programs such PDF plan review, word processing and spreadsheet applications. Must have the ability to become proficient in the City's permitting software application. Must be able to effectively operate standard office equipment.
9. The employee is regularly required to travel to job sites; use arms, hands, and fingers to handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; sit, stand, walk, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.  
10. Employee will regularly be exposed to outside weather conditions, traffic hazards, heavy construction equipment and uneven terrain. Employee will occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of vibration. The noise level on construction sites is usually loud.

Salary : $50,315 - $75,192