Building Plans Examiner 2

Job Description

The recruitment is exempt from the hiring freeze (Administrative Order 358)

This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants

must

meet

A

laska Residency Requirement

s in order to be considered for employment at this time.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

As a Building Plans Examiner 2, you will supervise fire and life safety construction inspections and oversee the review of architectural and engineered plans across multiple disciplines. You will manage a team of eight, direct bureau work plans, monitor budgets, maintain inventories, and develop work procedures and databases. The role includes guiding the development of state building, electrical, fire, mechanical, and fuel gas codes and overseeing plan reviews to ensure compliance with fire and life safety standards. You will establish occupancy and egress requirements, verify that construction projects follow approved plans, and provide technical expertise through training, presentations, and participation in conferences. Additionally, you will contribute to national code recommendations and support consistent safety practices statewide.

OUR ORGANIZATION, MISSION, AND CULTURE:

The mission of the Division of Fire and Life Safety is to prevent the loss of life and property caused by fire and explosions. By ensuring that all construction projects meet established fire and life safety standards, the division identifies hazards early and supports safe, code-compliant building practices across Alaska. Through thorough plan reviews, the establishment of occupancy and egress requirements, and expert guidance to designers, builders, and local officials, these efforts promote consistent code application, reduce community risk, and strengthen fire and life safety statewide.

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM:

Joining our team offers meaningful, community-focused work that strengthens fire and life safety in Alaska. Statewide Building Plans Examiners play a vital role in ensuring safe, code-compliant construction while collaborating closely with deferred jurisdictions to support consistent standards statewide. Team members benefit from strong professional growth opportunities supported by mentorship, training, and a collaborative environment. We promote a healthy work–life balance to support employees both personally and professionally. Our work includes updating and applying current codes, making Alaska’s communities safer, stronger, and more resilient

THE WORKING CONDITIONS YOU CAN EXPECT:

This position is located at 3000 C Street, Suite 200, in a convenient mid-town Anchorage office with ample parking and easy access to nearby amenities. The daily work environment is professional and collaborative, with occasional travel to support statewide building plan review and coordination with deferred jurisdictions.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

Requirements Analysis

: Knowledge of the principles and methods to identify, analyze, specify, design, and manage functional and infrastructure requirements; includes translating functional requirements into technical requirements used for logical design or presenting alternative technologies or approaches.

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving

: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

Technical Expertise:

Effectively applies technical knowledge to solve a range of problems; develops technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches; is sought out as an expert to provide advice or solutions in the technical area.

Decision Making:

Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

Architecture:

Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and practices used in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of buildings or other structures, taking into consideration aesthetic and functional concerns.

The Department of Public Safety strives to preserve the peace, enforce the law, prevent and detect crime, and protect life and property.  All positions support or carry out the Department's mission. If our mission interests you and this position embodies your strengths, please consider joining our team.

More information about the Department of P

ublic Safety can be found on our website:

http://dps.alaska.gov/

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application

(through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.  They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.  They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.   A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Certification as an ICC Building Plans Examiner, Fire Inspector 1, and Mechanical Inspector;

AND

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in:

Principles of engineering as applied to fire prevention and life safety.

Appropriate safety and fire protection methods as related to building construction or alterations.

Principles, practices, materials and equipment used in industrial residential and commercial construction.

Interpretation of federal, state and municipal codes governing housing and building construction, including the International Building, Fire and Mechanical code and associated reference standards.

Complex examination and review of construction plans and specification for code compliance.

equivalent to those typically gained by:

One year of experience conducting technical plan reviews and analysis for fire and life safety and building code compliance.

Additional Required Information

C

OVER LETTER

Applicants are

required

to include a cover letter with their application for this position. In your cover letter, in professional business format, detail your experience, training and/or education that support how you meet the Minimum Qualifications of the position and why you’re the most suited person to hire.

Your cover letter will be used as a writing example.  Applicants are advised to pay attention to spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

Please attach the cover letter to your application before submitting it online or, if unable to attach to your application, fax or email it to the contact number provided in the job posting. Your cover letter will be used to help determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.

AT TIME OF INTERVIEW:

List of three (3) professional references.

Last two (2) performance evaluations (letter of recommendation from current or former supervisor may be substituted).

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT THE POSITI