Professional Engineer - Plan Reviewer

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Public Works Department is actively seeking a Professional Engineer - Plan reviewer.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This is professional work at the lead worker level serving as a Building Plans Reviewer, reviewing engineering drawings, construction plans, and specifications to ensure compliance with applicable building codes, safety standards, and regulations. The Plan Reviewer will collaborate with architects, contractors, and engineers. The work requires a deep understanding of civil, structural, and mechanical engineering principles, as well as relevant laws and ordinances.

A seasoned understanding and application of the theories, principles, and practices of engineering usually gained through degree granting schools, or equivalent experience, supplemented by substantial work experience, is required. Contacts with others require skills in understanding and influencing others which are important in coordinating with outside parties, resolving issues and complaints. May plan, organize, assign, and review the work of subordinate level employees.

The work is covered by clearly defined policies and principles involving a variety of differing situations requiring initiative and independent judgment in implementing all directives from higher authority. Work is performed in an office environment with travel being primarily local during the business day.

Physical demands are minimal. Operates a motor vehicle and standard office equipment. The work is performed under administrative direction subject to operating plans, objectives, functional policies, and precedents and is reviewed in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work projects and effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.

• Reviews construction documents to include, but not limited to, architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical drawings product approval, and energy forms/calculations for residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal construction regulations (e.g., Florida Building Code, National Electrical Code, Florida State Statutes, Fair Housing Act, City of Jacksonville Ordinance, etc.).
• Verifies that building plans meet life safety, energy efficiency, and accessibility requirements (e.g., ADA compliance).
• Reviews structural drawings, foundation designs, HVAC systems, and electrical designs for conformance with safety and performance standards.
• Reviews mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems for compliance with relevant codes and design standards.
• Ensures that fire protection systems, egress designs, and life safety systems comply with applicable building codes.
• Identifies deficiencies in design and non‑compliance with accessibility, building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes. Provide plan review comments for corrections.
• Monitors and ensures building permits on the team dashboard are reviewed by targeted deadlines.
• Approves or denies building permits in the Jax Epics permit system, based on the results of a plan review.
• Conducts follow‑up reviews, after revisions have been made to ensure compliance.

• Attends pre‑application meetings to clarify code requirements and the plan review process.
• Communicates with architects, engineers, contractors, agencies, divisions, and departments to resolve design and code‑related issues.
• Generates comments with ordinance, Florida statute and code references for non‑compliant…