Building Plans Examiner

The City of Fort Worth; Fort Worth (TX); Sur place; USD 34 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

11 Paid Holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Pension Plan

Professional Development Opportunities

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Résumé du poste

The City of Fort Worth is seeking a Plans Examiner to review, approve and process building applications across multiple disciplines such as electrical, plumbing and mechanical. The role focuses on ensuring compliance with building codes for both commercial and residential projects, with duties including interpreting regulations and assisting contractors, architects and the public.

Qualified candidates will have two years of related experience and a national model code organization certificate,

Qualifications

• Two years of city building inspection, plans examination, construction field, landscape architecture, forestry experience or related field.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a certificate from a national model code organization showing satisfactory competence in code knowledge in assigned examination area.

Responsabilités

• Interpreting regulations, laws and ordinances for purposes of plans examination within established departmental guidelines
• Providing assistance with drawings, applications, calculations and codes to the general and building contractors, architects, engineers and the general public
• Assistance to solve issues on set of plans for permits with innovative ideas
• Revises or amends original plans as necessary and provides follow up correspondence with the owner or contact person
• Enters all plans examination and application data into computer system. Updates and retrieves data to determine status of application and issues permits

Connaissances

Plan review experience

Code knowledge

Formation

National model code organization certificate

Related field experience

Description du poste

Pay Range: $24.67 – $30.83/hr. | $51,308 - $64,135 annual compensation

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and Find Out More!

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of over 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Plans Examiner job is available with the City of Fort Worth Development Services Department. The Development Services Department seeks to make Fort Worth the most livable city in Texas by promoting orderly growth and development, safe construction and neighborhood vitality. The plans exam division helps complete this mission by performing a variety of technical duties in reviewing, approving and processing building applications in assigned areas, including building, zoning, electrical, plumbing and mechanical. With a staff of eight employees, the plans exam division reviews commercial and residential projects for conformance to building codes and laws, which includes:

• Large multi-family developments
• Single family homes
• High rise buildings

Minimum Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of city building inspection, plans examination, construction field, landscape architecture, forestry experience or related field
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a certificate from a national model code organization showing satisfactory competence in code knowledge in assigned examination area of the disciplines covered by this classification, i.e., electrical, building, mechanical, or plumbing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with reviewing residential/commercial building permits for compliance with national model code and zoning ordinance
• A combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential duties of the position.

The Building Plans Examiner job responsibilities include:

• Interpreting regulations, laws and ordinances for purposes of plans examination within established departmental guidelines
• Providing assistance with drawings, applications, calculations and codes to the general and building contractors, architects, engineers and the general public
• Assistance to solve issues on set of plans for permits with innovative ideas
• Revises or amends original plans as necessary and provides follow up correspondence with the owner or contact person
• Enters all plans examination and application data into computer system. Updates and retrieves data to determine status of application and issues permits

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting. greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work

Light Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in The City of Fort Worth’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.