Senior Plan Check Engineer (Plans Examiner III/IV)
- Employer
- County of Riverside
- Location
- Riverside, California
- Salary
- $68,016.00 - $108,326.40 Annually
- Closing date
- Aug 13, 2022
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- Specialty
- Planning & Development
- Position Type
- Other
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Organization Type
- Government
Job Details
The County of Riverside seeks candidates to fill positions throughout Riverside County. A list of eligible candidates will be established to fill current and future vacancies.
The County of Riverside's Building and Safety Department is seeking qualified applicants for a Senior Plan Check Engineer (Plans Examiner III/IV) to support the Plan Check Division location in Riverside, CA. The incumbent will perform a full range of plan review related duties; review engineering reports, drawings, specifications, and calculations for buildings to ensure compliance with codes, regulations, and ordinances; interpret codes and regulations in the performance of plan check activities. Check plans for accuracy of design and completeness; check complex plans and calculations to determine loading on roofs, walls, and floors, size and spacing of beams, rafters, and joists, amount, and size of reinforcing in concrete members, type of structural connections and adequacy of design to meet earthquake, wind load, and material stress requirements.
The department seeks seasoned engineers with broad structural engineering experience providing corrections and recommendations to the public, developers, and contractors. Competitive candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering, and have experience using engineering software.
The Plans Examiner III class incumbents are expected to perform a full range of plans examination duties to ensure projects and structures are in compliance with laws, ordinances, codes, and regulations before permits are issued work with minimal supervision, while supervision would be exercised over more difficult work. Assignments may include the following duties: perform the complex plan checks; examine residential commercial and industrial building and grading plans to determine conformance to minimum codes, regulations and ordinances.
The Plans Examiner IV is the advanced working and lead level in the Plans Examiner series. Incumbents in this class coordinate or perform the most difficult and complex reviews of architectural and structural plans for conformity to uniform building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical codes, local ordinances, state regulations, and administrative policies. Incumbents in this series work with minimum supervision and guidance.
Plans Examiner III -$32.69 - $49.38 hourly
Plans Examiner IV-$34.43 -52.08 hourly
The level at which the position will be filled is at the Department's discretion and contingent on the candidate's experience and qualifications.
Incumbents may underfill and advance from Plans Examiner III and then to the fully allocated level of Plans Examiner IV upon meeting minimum requirements and subject to successful job performance evaluation.
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With rivers, mountain peaks, deserts and fertile valleys, Riverside County offers diversity that few locations can match. More than two million people live in Riverside County, taking advantage of affordable housing, nearby beaches, mountains, hiking and bike trails, the Wine Country near Temecula and resorts that offer oases in the desert. The county is working to diversify beyond the housing industry that has driven the region's economy for years. Transportation corridors – highways, airports and rail lines – support Southern California's shipping connection to Asia, a vital link for California and the rest of the nation. California's fourth largest county by population is expanding its economy, working to make Riverside County as business-friendly as possible and using health and recreations strategies to make the county a healthier place for residents. Each year, millions visit the county to take advantage of the glorious desert winter, attend the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, the Balloon and Wine Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Coachella and Stagecoach mega-concerts, the Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Center and the Humana Challenge, the golf tournament formerly known as the Bob Hope Classic. All those, combined with a rich cultural heritage and frontier history, make Riverside County a great place live, work or visit.
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