Code Coordinator & Plans Examiner

Energy Code Coordinator & Plans Examiner (Building Energy Code Coordinator)

Department:
Electric Services

Division:
Energy Strategies & Solutions

Hiring Range: $7,409 - $8,233/month

Monday – Friday, 8:00AM - 5:00PM, some weekends and nights required

Regular Full-time with Benefits

Benefits include:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, 401(a) Money Purchase Plan, Life & Survivor, Term Life & AD&D, Long Term Disability, Bereavement, Jury & Witness Duty, FMLA, Military Leave, Parental and Caregiver Leave, Sick, Vacation at start of employment, Holiday pay, EAP, Tuition Assistance.

Other benefits:
Optional, employee elected, voluntary benefits are available.

This is a fixed-term position anticipated to last 3 years.

Under general supervision, the Energy Code Coordinator & Plans Examiner is responsible for facilitating and supporting the development, communication, education and implementation of the City’s building energy codes updates. This position structures and manages the long-term strategy, short-term cycle updates, review and compliance, and support for the City’s building energy codes. This includes, but is not limited to, helping develop building policy, educating and training city staff and the building community, conducting energy code review and/or inspections, and networking and collaborating with external organizations and other municipalities on innovative and progressive energy codes.

This position works closely with the Chief Building Official and Planning and Development Services staff to coordinate energy code policy development, adoption, and implementation. This position also acts as a plans examiner and inspector, as needed, working with and providing training to inspectors, plans examiners, and electric field engineers to improve awareness of and compliance with building energy codes. A key function for this position is playing a lead role in regional and state partnerships to advance best practices and achieve consistency across jurisdictional boundaries.

The specific objectives of this fixed-term position are to improve and maintain building code processes and outcomes related to implementation and enforcement of code requirements in the areas of energy and building performance.

• Lead the development and implementation of strategic building energy codes and process improvements to align with the City’s climate and sustainability goals
• Broaden engagement with internal and external stakeholders and partners related to building energy code and City goals to achieve better building performance
• Develop and deliver training to code officials, plans examiners, and electric utility and sustainability staff
• Perform plan review, as needed, using Accela and Bluebeam software and inspect residential, commercial, and industrial installations for compliance with energy code
• Build and maintain education and engagement tools and processes for contractors, developers, craft workers, and property owners with clear instructions and templates for what must be submitted with permit applications
• Conduct training on building energy code for contractors, developers, craft workers, and property owners
• Develop and maintain web resources supporting building energy code education and engagement
• Leverage internal and external resources to develop tools and processes
• Provide timely, fair, and consistent interpretations of energy code updates to internal staff and those in the building community
• Continually review the compliance process (permitting and plan review, inspection, etc.) and develop methods for improving review time, compliance rates, and customer satisfaction
• Investigate options for encouraging electric-preferred new construction and recommending pathways to…