Plans Examiner

Are you ready to gain building plan check experience in residential and commercial projects for a beautiful beach city? Come and join our team! The City of Manhattan Beach is seeking an ambitious, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable Plans Examiner with great customer service skills to join the Community Development Department to conduct residential and commercial plan checks.

• Examines less complex plans for residential and commercial projects for compliance with applicable City and State codes and ordinances, including structural, accessibility, and fire life safety features.
• Works at the permit counter, provides customer service, and responds to questions related to building codes and local municipal code.
• Explains requirements and restrictions relative to building codes, ordinances, regulations, policies, and procedures to architects, engineers, contractors, and homeowners; escalates more complex inquiries to senior staff.
• Responds to inquiries, provides technical assistance and coordinates plan check activities with other City departments, external engineers, architects, contractors, outside agencies, and the public.
• Assists in researching code changes or procedural changes to enhance efficiency within the department.
• Prepares and updates comprehensive corrections lists, handouts, and forms.
• Maintains records and prepares reports and correspondence.
• May perform supervised field inspections to evaluate discrepancies between plans, specifications, and work completed.
• May be required to work shifts, weekends and/or holidays.

• High school diploma or G.E.D. is required.
• Two (2) years of related professional experience OR a Bachelor’s Degree is required.
• One (1) year of recent building plan checking experience is desirable.
• Must possess knowledge of Title 24 California Building Standards Codes.

• Certification by the International Code Council (ICC) as a Plans Examiner is highly desirable.
• In accordance with California Government Code Section 3100, City of Manhattan Beach employees, in the event of a disaster, are considered disaster service workers and may be asked to protect the health, safety, lives, and property of the people of the State.

California Code of Regulations
- Title 24; principles, practices and methods of architectural, structural, electrical, energy, existing, historical, green, and mechanical engineering and related disciplines; effective customer service techniques; and building construction procedures, practices, methods and materials, and proper installation methods.

Make engineering computations and analyses to check building construction design; write comprehensive reports and recommendations; read and interpret plans and specifications; perform field inspections of all phases of building construction and identify violations of codes or ordinances; and establish and maintain effective working relationships with building owners, contractors, other governmental agencies, other employees, and the general public.

The application filing.

All applicants will be screened in relation to the criteria outlined in this job announcement. Candidates will be reviewed and only those candidates determined to be most qualified on the basis of experience, training, and education, as submitted, will be invited to participate further in the selection process. Meeting the minimum requirements listed in this job announcement does not guarantee advancement in subsequent phases of the selection process.

The selection process may be changed as deemed necessary by the City Human Resources Department.

Selection process will consist of the following components and weights:
Oral Interview (100%).

The panel interview is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, February 18, 2026.

If you need special assistance in the recruitment process, please contact the Human Resources Department at .

NOTE:

The provisions of this brochure do not constitute a contract, express or implied, and any provisions contained in this bulletin may be modified or revoked without notice.