Nature Of Work

An employee in this class is responsible for participating in a variety of plan review assignments of considerable difficulty related to residential and commercial construction projects for compliance with building and site codes while supervising Professional Plan Reviewers, Site Engineers and Forester Examiners. Functions include, but are not limited to, coordination, facilitation and review of residential and commercial site plans (building, fire, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, site, site utilities, drainage, tree trimming/removal and paving) and other related duties. Employees should possess a broad range of knowledge and expertise in building construction, landscape, transportation, zoning, stormwater features of a construction site and associated codes. While providing supervision of subordinate personnel, employees perform assignments requiring the exercise of considerable initiative and independent judgment in performing assignments and interpretation of construction codes, permitting and plan review requirements, departmental policies and procedures. Work is reviewed through conferences, results obtained and reports submitted.

Examples of Duties

Plans, assigns, supervises, and reviews the work of subordinate personnel; establishes schedules, workload and performance standards for employees; recommends employment, promotion, transfer, discipline, demotion, and dismissal of subordinate employees as necessary; serves as initial respondent to grievances; responds to employee leave requests; completes employee performance evaluations; participates in preparation of the annual budget and managing expenditures.

Prepares and submits proposed standard operating procedures; collects information; prepares and presents oral and written reports; resolves problems based on existing policies, procedures and instructions.

Provides technical information and clarification to the public and other agency representatives on building site code issues, permits, plan reviews and other service procedures; schedules and attends Preliminary Plan Review and Technical Assistance Consultations; coordinates helps to understand and resolve complaints/problems that citizens may encounter; consults with others on results of inspections to get suggestions/recommendations for corrective action.

Prepares plan review and general activity reports for service efficiency documentation; maintains plan review and permit records for revenue-generating operations to ensure accountability; verifies contractor and design professional information.

Performs related work as required.