Plans Examiner & Building Inspector

Plans Examiner And Combination Building Inspector

BHC Consultants is seeking a full-time or part-time Plans Examiner and Combination Building Inspector to join our team. BHC Consultants is a consulting engineering, planning, and building code and construction compliance firm in the State of Washington for over 25 years, with offices in Seattle, Tacoma, and Bellingham, Washington.

We are a growing firm with a significant backlog of municipal consulting services contracts for cities, counties, and special purpose districts in the Northwest, supported primarily by Western Washington clients. We are proud to be an employee-owned and managed consulting firm committed to the development and retention of our employees within a positive, collaborative, and challenging work environment. We are committed to a healthy work-life balance for all staff.

Our Building and Construction Code Compliance division provides on-call and full-service building department services to municipal agencies, federal government, and Native American tribes throughout Western Washington.

General Summary

The successful candidate will be an experienced and self-motivated building inspector and plans examiner who will perform all levels of building department plan review and inspection. This would include all aspects of building, fire and life safety codes, energy code and accessibility review, and commercial and residential review.

This position will be responsible for on-call inspections for any of our clients that we serve as needed and coordinated by the program director.

Primary Responsibilities

• Primarily checks construction plans for code compliance.
• Develops plan review comments addressing deficiencies or deviations.
• Coordination with clients, applicants, and jurisdictional staff.
• Assists the program director.
• Provides in-office and remote support, and when necessary, performs onsite and virtual inspections on-call and as needed.
• Responsible for checking complex construction plans to ensure compliance with agency client's ordinances and state and national regulations, including the International Building Code, International Residential Code, Uniform Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code, and Washington State Energy Code as adopted by the Agency.

Secondary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

This position works mostly in an office environment or remote work environment. This position may also require driving to or being at construction sites at various locations around western Washington primarily with some assignments in other areas of the state. Ability to move up to 25 pounds. Ability to climb ladders and other vertical access while employing fall restraint equipment.

We Offer

BHC Consultants, LLC is an equal opportunity employer committed to the principles of non-discrimination in the workplace. BHC Consultants, LLC does not discriminate in employment on the basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status or any other basis that is prohibited by federal, state, or local law.