Commercial Plans Examiner

Commercial Plans Examiner

This position is open until filled. The first review of applications will take place on Sunday, September 20, 2026. Accepting online applications only through the City of Eugene website.

Information on how to apply.

Do you want to be a part of making a great community even greater? As part of Eugene's Planning and Development Department, the Building and Permit Services Division promotes safe, efficient, and effective development consistent with our community values by making sure structures, development, and businesses in our community meet state and local code requirements at the time of construction. Our Permit and Information Center, where this position is housed, is an innovative 'team of teams' and we continually strive to surpass industry standards for seamless, transparent, reliable, accessible, equitable, and timely customer service.

A career with the City of Eugene offers the stability and purpose of public service while supporting balance beyond the workplace. We also provide opportunities for career growth and development as you expand your skills and experience. Our culture makes space for family, personal interests, and opportunities to recharge.

Classification:
Commercial Plans Examiner Salary: $43.18 - $56.12 Hourly / $89,814.40 - $ Annually The City of Eugene determines starting pay within the range based on relevant education and experience as provided by the applicant in their application materials. This process is consistent with the Oregon Equal Pay Act (OEPA).

Department, Division:
Planning & Development, Building & Permit Services Position Information:
Non-Represented

Work Location:

Onsite at the Atrium Building, 99 W. 10th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Schedule:

Monday
- Friday, 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00p.m. with some flexibility per business need Benefits:
The City of Eugene offers robust and competitive benefits. For more information, select the Benefits Tab, or view benefits summaries as well as benefits packages.

Bilingual Pay Benefit:
This position qualifies for up to an additional 5% of base salary for bilingual pay. Please see "Supplemental Information" at the end of the posting for more information.

The Commercial Plans Examiner role is an integral part of the City's Building & Permit Services Division. It is a dynamic and rewarding position that serves a multi-faceted role in the permit review process. Our team of commercial plans examiners serve as project coordinators on commercial permits, which means they are the primary contact for colleagues from several other internal review teams such as fire marshals, public works, erosion, community development, and land use staff.

Commercial plans examiners also serve as the primary City contact for permit applicants and regularly coordinate directly with builders, owners, architects, and engineers throughout the plan review and permitting process to ensure project compliance and success. Additionally, via our custom permit system, eBuild, commercial plans examiners perform technical review electronically for building, fire and life safety, and mechanical compliance on all commercial and multi-family projects.

This position functions in a collaborative, solution-oriented environment and the ideal candidate will be someone who blends creative problem solving with high integrity and professionalism. The successful candidate will bring leadership and direction to projects while supporting team members to do their best work to ensure timely and convenient service for the City of Eugene's permit applicants.

• Acts as primary contact for internal city plan review staff involved in multi-family residential, commercial, and industrial plan reviews.
• As part of the process of checking plans to verify conformance with the State of Oregon building codes, plans examiners are delegated by administrative order 53-05-07 the duty, responsibility, and authority to review and interpret the City's Administrative Code (EC 8.005) and State of Oregon building codes for which they are certified.
• Functions as plan review project coordinator for the review process; establishes project review deadlines; monitors reviews progress and status; identifies problems impacting timelines; coordinates reviews by other departments, divisions, and public agencies; coordinates, compiles and presents staff review comments to permit applicants.
• Examines residential, commercial, and industrial construction plans, specifications, structural calculations, and documents to determine compliance with applicable State building, fire and life safety, and mechanical codes and other specified ordinances applicable to the City of Eugene.
• Evaluates projects for scope of work to determine issues requiring review by other work groups; resolves plan review issues with staff in other departments, divisions, and public agencies.
• Confers with architects, engineers, contractors, and owners on proposed projects to…