Professional Engineer - Plan Reviewer

Professional Engineer - Plan Reviewer

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Professional Engineer - Plan Reviewer

Salary

$95,946.79 Annually

Location

Jacksonville, FL

Job Type

Civil Service

Job Number

2026-06979

Department

PUBLIC WORKS

Opening Date

02/23/2026

Closing Date

3/9/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

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Job Description

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered ?yes? to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Public Works Department is actively seeking a Professional Engineer - Plan reviewer.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This is professional work at the lead worker level serving as a Building Plans Reviewer, reviewing engineering drawings, construction plans, and specifications to ensure compliance with applicable building codes, safety standards, and regulations. The Plan Reviewer will collaborate with architects, contractors, and engineers. The work requires a deep understanding of civil, structural, and mechanical engineering principles, as well as relevant laws and ordinances. A seasoned understanding and application of the theories, principles, and practices of engineering usually gained through degree granting schools, or equivalent experience, supplemented by substantial work experience, is required. Contacts with others require skills in understanding and influencing others which are important in coordinating with outside parties, resolving issues and complaints. May plan, organize, assign, and review the work of subordinate level employees. The work is covered by clearly defined policies and principles involving a variety of differing situations requiring initiative and independent judgment in implementing all directives from higher authority. Work is performed in an office environment with travel being primarily local during the business day. Physical demands are minimal. Operates a motor vehicle and standard office equipment. The work is performed under administrative direction subject to operating plans, objectives, functional policies, and precedents and is reviewed in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work projects and effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.

Examples of Work

Plan Review and Code Compliance :

• Reviews construction documents to include, but not limited to, architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical, electrical drawings product approval, and energy forms/calculations for residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
• Ensures compliance with local, state, and federal construction regulations (e.g., Florida Building Code, National Electrical Code, Florida State Statutes, Fair Housing Act, City of Jacksonville Ordinance, etc.).
• Verifies that building plans meet life safety, energy efficiency, and accessibility requirements (e.g., ADA compliance).
• Reviews structural drawings, foundation designs, HVAC systems, and electrical designs for conformance with safety and performance standards.
• Reviews mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems for compliance with relevant codes and design standards.
• Ensures that fire protection systems, egress designs, and life safety systems comply with applicable building codes.
• Identifies deficiencies in design and non-compliance with accessibility, building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing codes. Provide plan review comments for corrections.
• Monitors and ensures building permits on the team dashboard are reviewed by targeted deadlines.
• Approves or denies building permits in the JaxEpics permit system, based on the results of a plan review.
• Conducts follow-up reviews, after revisions have been made to ensure compliance.

Permit Documentation and Communication :

• Attends pre-application meetings to clarify code requirements and the plan review process.
• Communicates with architects, engineers, contractors, agencies, divisions, and departments to resolve design and code-related issues.
• Generates comments with ordinance, Florida statute and code references for non-compliant permit packages. Transmit the comments to architects, engineers, and contractors, so that deficiencies may be addressed.
• Conducts follow-up reviews after corrections have been made to ensure compliance.
• Maintains the plan review log, which includes records of reviewed plans, approvals, revisions, and communications.

Technical and Professional Development:

• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of changes in the Florida Building Code, National Electrical Code, zoning laws, and industry standards.
• Attends training sessions and seminars to stay current with the Florida Building Code updates, zoning law changes, and new technology in construction.
• Provides guidance, mentoring or training to coworkers and colleagues in the plan review process.
• Demonstrates proficiency in the City of Jacksonville's competencies.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of the theories, principles, and practices of Architecture and Engineering.
• Knowledge of city ordinances, rules and regulations, applicable building codes and design standards.
• Knowledge of City, County, maps, streets, sections and zoning overlays
• Ability to comprehend and apply engineering, scientific and technical principles, and methods to plan, formulate and carry out programs and policies.
• Ability to perform mathematical and engineering calculations.
• Ability to read, understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and technical manuals.
• Ability to work with the public, internal and external stakeholders, government officials and regulatory agencies to maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to make presentations.
• Ability to operate a computer utilizing word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle.

Open Requirements/Supplemental Information

• Registration as a Professional Engineer.

LICENSING/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:

• Must be a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Florida or, if registered as a Professional Engineer in another state, must secure Florida registration within one (1) year of appointment.
• A valid driver's license is required prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment in this class.
• Must quality for prior to appointment, obtain and maintain during employment, a City of Jacksonville Public Driver Certification.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• The probationary period for this class is six (6) months.

A FULLY COMPLETED ONLINE APPLICATION IS REQUIRED. Apply at www.jacksonville.gov. Work history is required for all employment/volunteer work in which qualifications are being based. When meeting/basing qualifications on education, a copy of your college transcript, with your social blackout, is required with your application. U.S. transcripts do not need to be official, but must state your name, the school's name, classes taken, grades received, type of degree, and date degree was conferred. Transcripts outside the U.S. must be converted to U.S. standards.

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Certain servicemembers and veterans, and the spouses and the family members of such service members and veterans, receive preference and priority, and certain servicemembers may be eligible to receive waivers for post-secondary educational requirements, in employment and are encouraged to apply for positions being filled.

If claiming veteran's preference, you must attach a DD-214 (Member Form-4 copy) or military discharge papers, or equivalent certification from the Department of Veterans Affairs listing military status, dates of service and character of discharge. You must also attach the Veterans Preference Certification Form and if applicable, the additional forms as noted here: http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference.

If a candidate believes he or she was not afforded the veteran's preference, he or she may file a written complaint, within sixty (60) calendar days upon receipt of notification of the hiring decision, requesting an investigation to:

Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Attention: Veterans? Preference Coordinator

11351 Ulmerton Road, Suite 311-K

Largo, FL 33778-1630

Email: VeteransPreference@fdva.state.fl.us

The City of Jacksonville provides a wide array of benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Our comprehensive benefit programs include medical, dental and vision plans; life insurance coverage for you and your dependents; flexible spending plans for medical reimbursement, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses; an employee assistance program for you and your dependents; a 457(b) tax-deferred compensation plan to supplement your retirement, and a ROTH IRA plan. We also provide an extensive wellness program that includes a health intervention program if qualified, lunch and learns, health fairs, and discounted gym memberships. Please visit the Employee Benefits website for details on all the plans we offer.

www.coj.net/benefits

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Each applicant must complete this supplemental questionnaire as a part of the application screening and selection process. The information you provide will be reviewed and used to determine your eligibility to move forward in the selection process. Copying and pasting your resume or stating "see resume" does NOT fulfill the requirements of the question. Incomplete responses, false statements, omissions, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process. Do you agree to answer each supplemental question truthfully and certify that your responses can be verified from information included within the application?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship from the City of Jacksonville either now or in the future?

• Yes
• No

03

The budgeted annual salary for this position is $95,946.79. This is not negotiable. If selected, would you be willing to accept this position at this salary? (Civil Service positions have a 5% increase after successfully completing probation.)

• Yes
• No

04

This position is located in an office and is not a remote location.

• I have read and understand the above statement.

05

Are you registered as a Professional Engineer?

• Yes
• No

06

Do you have a valid motor vehicle operator license that is not under suspension/revocation or restricted under any pending or current citations/court proceedings? Please indicate which license you possess.

• FL Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL)
• FL Class B Commercial Driver License (CDL)
• FL Class C Commercial Driver License (CDL)
• FL Class E Driver License
• GA Standard Driver's License
• GA Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• GA Class B Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• GA Class C Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
• License from another State.
• Learner Permit
• My license is currently invalid.
• I do not possess any type of Driver's License.

07

If you have a State of FL license, does your license currently have one or more of these restrictions?

• C or 1 - Business Purpose Only
• D or H - Employment Purposes
• P or 2 ? Probation Interlock Device
• S or I ? Other Restriction
• Two or more of these restrictions.
• I have an out of state license.
• None of the above.

08

Have you been cited for more than three (3) moving violations, or two (2) at fault accidents within the past 12 months from current date?

• Yes
• No

09

Have you been convicted of Driving-Under-the-Influence (DUI) in any state during the last 36 months from current date?

• Yes
• No

10

Have you been considered a "Habitual Traffic Offender" (HTO) within the past 12 months from current date?

• Yes
• No

11

I consent to the City of Jacksonville using the driver's license information I have provided to access a driver's license report from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. I understand if one was accessed with relation to this application, a copy will be provided to me upon request.

• Yes, the City of Jacksonville has my consent to check my driver's license.
• No, I do not wish to give consent to the City of Jacksonville to check my driver's license.
• I do not possess a valid driver's license.

12

Provide your full Driver's License or Identification number. For out of state license, please include the state. If a correct number is not provided, your application will be considered incomplete and may result in disqualification from the selection process.

13

If you are requesting veterans preference, you MUST download the appropriate state of Florida form (even if you don't live in Florida) and attach it to your application. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL DELAY YOUR VETERANS PREFERENCE STATUS. Please download the forms at http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services/veterans-preference

• Yes, I am claiming veterans preference and I understand that I MUST download the appropriate form and attach it to my application.
• No, I am not claiming veterans preference and this does not apply to me.

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A copy of your Professional Engineer Registration is required with your application. If required document is not provided your application will be considered incomplete and may result in disqualification from the selection process.

• I have read and understand the above statement, and registration is attached.

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Employer

City of Jacksonville

Address

117 W. Duval St. Suite 100 Jacksonville, Florida, 32202

Website

http://www.coj.net/departments/employee-services.aspx

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