Plans Examiner And Combination Building Inspector
BHC Consultants is seeking a full-time or part-time Plans Examiner and Combination Building Inspector to join our team. BHC Consultants is a consulting engineering, planning, and building code and construction compliance firm in the State of Washington for over 25 years, with offices in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellingham, Washington.
We are a growing firm with a significant backlog of municipal consulting services contracts for cities, counties, and special purpose districts in the Northwest, supported primarily by Western Washington clients. We are proud to be an employee-owned and managed consulting firm committed to the development and retention of our employees within a positive, collaborative, and challenging work environment. We are committed to a healthy work-life balance for all staff.
Our Building and Construction Code Compliance division provides on-call and full-service building department services to municipal agencies, federal government, and Native American tribes throughout Western Washington.
General Summary
The successful candidate will be an experienced and self-motivated building inspector and plans examiner who will perform all levels of building department plan review and inspection. This would include all aspects of building, fire and life safety codes, energy code and accessibility review, and commercial and residential review.
This position will be responsible for on-call inspections for any of our clients that we serve as needed and coordinated by the program director.
Primary Responsibilities
- Primarily checks construction plans for code compliance.
- Develops plan review comments addressing deficiencies or deviations.
- Coordination with clients, applicants, and jurisdictional staff.
- Assists the program director.
- Provides in-office and remote support, and when necessary, performs onsite and virtual inspections on-call and as needed.
- Responsible for checking complex construction plans to ensure compliance with agency client's ordinances and state and national regulations, including the International Building Code, International Residential Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code, and Washington State Energy Code as adopted by the Agency.
Secondary Responsibilities
- Conduct regular on-site and virtual inspections of construction sites and review construction plans to ensure compliance with building codes and regulations.
- Prepare reports and documentation on building code compliance and ensure that records are maintained and up to date.
- Coordinate with jurisdictional clients on requested inspections and with other BHC inspectors and plans examiners.
- Coordinate with applicants and other jurisdictional inspection agencies.
- Utilize jurisdictional documentation protocols from carbon copy documents to internal database systems such as Accela, TraKit, SmartGov, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
- Shall be ICC certified as a Plans Examiner.
- Shall be an ICC certified building inspector as a minimum but prefer a combination certification for plumbing and mechanical.
- Five years of agency building plan review experience.
- Must be able to conduct electronic plan reviews using BlueBeam and Adobe programs.
- Must have and maintain a valid Washington State Driver's license.
Preferred Qualifications
- Licensed in the State of Washington as an Architect or Professional Engineer.
- It is highly desirable to also possess an ICC mechanical code certification as well as a UPC plumbing certification. In addition, qualifications (Washington State Labor and Industries approved) to provide electrical inspections in Washington State is highly desirable.
Physical Demands
This position works mostly in an office environment or remote work environment. This position may also require driving to or being at construction sites at various locations around western Washington primarily with some assignments in other areas of the state. Ability to move up to 25 pounds. Ability to climb ladders and other vertical access while employing fall restraint equipment.
We Offer
- Competitive salaries
- 100% company paid employee medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 60% company paid dependent health and vision insurance
- 50% company paid dependent dental insurance
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options to maximize tax savings
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible schedules
- Reimbursement for professional registrations/renewals and approved training/conferences
- Paid memberships in professional organizations
- Employee referral bonus program
- Career guide mentorship program
- Paid time off (sick, vacation, holidays, and volunteer day)
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contribution
- We offer broad-based company ownership to employees at all levels, with no majority owners, and where everyone can share in the benefits of ownership. This model is unique to BHC and gives us local control, ease of leadership transition, flexibility, and the freedom to control our destiny.
BHC Consultants, LLC is an equal opportunity employer committed to the principles of non-discrimination in the workplace. BHC Consultants, LLC does not discriminate in employment on the basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status or any other basis that is prohibited by federal, state, or local law.