Plans Examining Manager

Plans, directs, and coordinates county-wide activities relating to building plans examining, building permit issuance, and building inspection; performs complex engineering work in the review, analysis, and approval of difficult building plans and specifications for compliance with accepted engineering practices and the provisions of the Building Codes and other codes and pertinent ordinances; and performs other related duties as required.

• Oversees the activities related to the review of commercial and residential plans and specifications for all buildings and structures and for alteration work; and for the inspection of its construction for compliance with the Building, Sign, and Energy Codes and other pertinent ordinances.
• Supervises the issuance of building permits and certificates of occupancy.
• Provides overall coordination of the review of plans and specifications among other sections of the division and other responsible County departments and State agencies.
• Ensures that the application for building permits have been properly reviewed by all agencies concerned; signs off on building permits.
• Supervises and coordinates the work in building plans examining and in building inspection to ensure the consistency in the interpretative application of building code provisions; provides staff training.
• Advises and assists building inspectors during the construction phase and makes decisions on major engineering problems encountered in the field.
• Reviews staff reports; evaluates operational efficiency; recommends and coordinates the implementation of procedural and operational changes to improve the building permit review and approval process.
• Performs plans examining of the most difficult and complex due to the size of the building, unusual structural design, and intended use requiring significant interpretative applications of code provisions.
• Supervises the enforcement of building, sign, and energy codes; conducts meetings with staff to resolve code issues.
• Conducts code review classes; conducts meetings with professionals, contractors, developers, and owners to resolve concerns over code requirements.
• Recommends revisions and drafts language for adoption of new building, sign, and energy code requirements.
• Meets and consults with engineers and architects to discuss preliminary interpretation of codes; assists the general public by answering questions relating to the codes and other requirements and regulations.
• Assists in developing and implementing operational policies and procedures.
• Prepares annual budget estimates, including justifications for staffing and equipment needs.
• Assigns investigations of complaints of alleged violations of the various codes and related ordinances; recommends and initiates resolutions.
• Prepares correspondence and various operational and technical reports.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in civil or structural engineering, or architecture (scan and attach a copy of your official college transcript to your application), and
• Three (3) years of professional engineering or architectural work experience that included supervisory responsibilities, which included or is supplemented by
• One (1) year of building plans examining and building code enforcement work experience, and
• Possession of a valid professional civil or structural engineer or architect license in the United States (scan and attach a copy of your valid professional license to your application), and
• Possession of a valid State of Hawai'i driver's license (Class
  3) or any other valid comparable driver's license at time of filing. (You will be required to submit your valid driver's license at time of hire.)

Foreign transcripts must be accompanied by an official credential evaluation report to determine U.S. equivalency. (Scan and attach a copy of your official credential evaluation report to your application.)

Principles and practices of structural engineering or architecture; principles of civil engineering as they relate to buildings and structures; engineering mathematics and mechanics; methods and techniques of building construction; strength and composition of materials; sources of engineering information; provisions of the Building Codes and related ordinances; and principles and practices of supervision.

Review and analyze building plans and specifications for compliance with engineering and code requirements; coordinate major plans review projects; interpret and apply provisions of the Building, Sign, and Energy Codes and related ordinances; draft language for code amendments; plan, review, and supervise the work of subordinates; develop and implement policies and procedures; prepare engineering reports and correspondence; prepare and justify budget estimates;

and establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, other government agencies, engineers, architects,…