Building Plans Examiner

City of El Paso•Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Under general supervision, this role involves reviewing residential, industrial, and commercial plans to ensure compliance with building, zoning, fire, and accessibility codes, ordinances, and standards. The position also includes providing technical support, issuing permits, answering inquiries, maintaining databases, conducting meetings, and assisting other divisions and departments with research and code-related questions. Field inspections may also be required.

Requirements

A High School diploma or GED or higher.
Four (4) years journey level building trades, or architectural/engineering design experience, or construction code inspection or plan review experience.
International Code Council Certification (ICC) as a Building Plans Examiner within one (1) year of appointment.
ICC Certification as a Building, Electrical, Mechanical or Plumbing Inspector within six (6) months of date of appointment.
Valid Texas Class "C" driver license or equivalent from another state.

Responsibilities

Review residential and commercial plans for compliance with minimum code requirements for building, fire, zoning, and accessibility codes, ordinances, and standards, land use, setbacks, lot sizes, building heights and sizes, structural integrity of buildings, and building valuation.
Approve permit applications for rock wall construction, residential additions, remodels, swimming pools, mobile home placement, and other vendor permit applications.
Review and study current and proposed building codes to become familiar with their use and application.
Conduct zoning and building construction verifications by telephone, fax, or direct contact with contractors, appraisers, engineers, real estate agents, corporations, developers, or other interested parties.
Work customer counter to issue written permits, explain reviewer comments, process permit applications to establish proper routing, and assist the public with general submittal requirements.
Answer telephone and written inquiries regarding code verifications and requirements.
Provide information on the status of submitted plan reviews.
Maintain computer databases for tracking the plan routing process.
Conduct meetings to provide guidance for the development of future projects and for change of building occupancy.
Assist the public with optional construction methods and materials.
Authorize time extensions on building permits or reactivation of expired permits.
Assist the code enforcement division, less experienced plan reviewers, and field inspectors with specific code questions to determine compliance.
Assist the zoning administrator in conducting research of permits, zoning issues, and case studies for the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Assist management staff and city departments by researching zoning and land use information.
Conduct field inspections.