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City of Meridian Building Plans Examiner II in Meridian, Idaho
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Performs comprehensive building plan reviews, and review of structural calculations on minor commercial projects and residential projects, alterations or remodels submitted to the City of Meridian. Verify through plan review, plan review corrections and re-submittal that all project submittals meet the minimum life safety compliance of the adopted codes and other resources and reference materials as adopted by the City of Meridian prior to permit issuance. Plan review shall include, but not be limited to, determination of a legal parcel, site setback and easement verification, fire separation requirements, structural calculations, energy (Comcheck/Rescheck), accessibility, re-submittals and Accessibility compliance for any and all building projects and applications received by the City of Meridian. This class is distinguished from Plans Examiner I by the performance of more complex and diverse duties involved in reviewing both commercial and residential construction plans, which requires additional certifications and years of experience to efficiently perform the work. Incumbent works independently within a scheduled routine receiving general direction and supervision from the Building Plans Examiner Supervisor.\ \ Essential Duties & Responsibilities:\ Performs plan reviews on construction plans, engineering calculations and specifications for new buildings, building additions, and building alterations for commercial and multi-family buildings to verify compliance with the International Building Code, International Residential Codes, International Energy Conservation Code, accessibility codes, and ordinances as adopted by the City of Meridian;\ \ Reviews minor commercial and multifamily projects which may include business occupancies, small assembly occupancies, mercantile occupancies, storage occupancies, utility and miscellaneous occupancies;\ \ Perform over the counter plan reviews for minor commercial tenant improvement projects and minor residential remodel, addition, and misc. permits;\ \ Perform means of egress plan review to determine whether the occupant load, size and capacity of the egress system, number of exits and specified components are adequate to provide the occupants of a building life safety from fire as they are evacuated or relocated;\ \ Determine that the proper means of egress, height and area calculation requirements, and suppression requirements are met for the type of occupancy contained within a building;\ \ Review fire-resistance-rated construction and interior finish requirements to determine that exterior walls, fire walls, fire barriers, fire partitions, smoke barriers, smoke partitions, shafts, floor and roof construction, interior finishes and penetrations are protected in compliance with the code requirements;\ \ Conduct pre-screen and intake duties for commercial projects of varying complexity to verify completeness of permit applications and construction documents to accept projects into the review system for review by the plan review section and other departments and divisions.;\ \ Responds to questions about building codes; Provides building code interpretations and technical advice orally, graphically, and in writing;\ \ Explains the building permit review processes to a diverse range of people including architects, engineers, developers, building inspectors, and non-technical people with a varying range of expertise;\ \ Resolves conflicts and communicates options for code compliance;\ \ Trains and provides technical support to Plans Examiner I staff;\ \ Assists and conducts reviews of residential plans when necessary during peak work periods;\ \ Schedules and leads meetings to answer questions and facilitate service;