Senior Plans Examiner: Environmental Stormwater Compliance

City-of-Richmond,-Va; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is seeking a Senior Plans Examiner to ensure stormwater, erosion and sediment control, and Chesapeake Bay program regulations are met for development projects within the City. The selected candidate will review and approve civil plans to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Key duties include leading internal plan review meetings, assisting external customers with permitting questions, and coordinating Special Inspections under the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in architecture, engineering, building construction, or related field.
• 2-3 years of plan review experience.
• Three years of architecture, engineering or plans reviewing experience preferred.
• Equivalent combination of training and experience may be used to meet minimum qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Plan review.
• Lead internal meetings to discuss issues with proposed development.
• Regularly attend training to understand changing regulatory guidelines.
• Assist external customers with questions about permitting process, ChesBay, floodplain, and stormwater management.
• Reviews Special Inspections completion packages for compliance with Chapter 17 of the Virginia Construction Code; reports errors of non-compliance and reviews and approves Special Inspection daily report and final packages for code compliance on behalf of the City Of Richmond and the Building Official.
• Schedules and facilitates special inspection project meetings with owners, contractors, architects, and engineers in a virtual setting for compliance with Chapter 17 of the Virginia Construction Code.
• Conducts site visits and inspections of commercial projects; prepares written reports concerning inspections to contractors, owners, and plan designers.
• Reviews documents, conducts code research, conducts site inspections for issuance of Certificates of Occupancies.
• Reviews permit applications and construction documents as assigned for compliance with the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC); conducts pre-construction meetings; prepares written reports concerning plan reviews to contractors, owners, and plan designers.
• Provides customer service by answering technical questions about codes, inspections, audits, etc. to walk-in customers; meets with and answers phone calls and emails from developers, architects, contractors, etc.

Skills

Civil Engineering

VA DEQ Stormwater codes

Chesapeake Bay regulations

Wetland permitting

Engineering, drainage and utility

Hydraulic Modeling

VPDES Permitting

DEQ Erosion & Sediment Control

DEQ Stormwater regulations

FEMA Floodplain regulations

Computer proficiency

Technical writing

Reading & reviewing construction docs

Customer service

Organizing

Writing guidelines & manuals

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, building construction, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

The City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities is seeking a Senior Plans Examiner to ensure stormwater, erosion and sediment control, and Chesapeake Bay program regulations are met for development projects within the City. The selected candidate will review and approve civil plans to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.

Key duties include leading internal plan review meetings, assisting external customers with permitting questions, and coordinating Special Inspections under the