Fire Sprinkler Plans Examiner

Job Description:

Fire Sprinkler Plans Examiner

Description

Pay Range: $24.67/hr. - $30.83/hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, May 22, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm; Some evening/weekend work required. Flexible work schedule currently allows for four days / week at 10 hours per day if desired with one day per week to work remotely from home after probationary period ends.

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Fire Sprinkler Plans Examiner job is available with the City of Fort Worth Fire Department, Bureau of Fire Prevention / Fire Marshal’s Office. This position performs a variety of technical duties in reviewing, approving, and processing fire protection and building permit submittals. This includes fire sprinkler systems, private underground water mains, standpipes, fire pumps, private water tanks, alternate extinguishing systems, and building permit applications. In addition, the position reviews plans, calculations, specifications, and product data for compliance with adopted Fire Code, Building Code, referenced standards, and applicable laws and evaluates site plans for conformance with the Fire Code as well.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree and two years of city building inspection, plans examination, construction field, landscape architecture, forestry experience or related field.
• Valid Texas driver’s license.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a certificate from a national model code organization or NICET showing satisfactory competence in code knowledge in assigned examination area of the disciplines covered by this classification, e., fire protection.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years of fire sprinkler inspection and plans examination.
• NICET II with three years of fire sprinkler design/review experience, or equivalent work-related experience in fire sprinkler design/review.

The Plans Examiner job responsibilities include:

• Reviews fire protection plans and specifications to ensure compliance with the adopted Fire Code and referenced standards, including hydraulic calculations and other supporting documentation.
• Interprets and applies relevant regulations, laws, ordinances, and departmental guidelines during plan reviews to ensure code compliance.
• Provides technical assistance and guidance on drawings, permit applications, calculations, and code requirements to fire protection contractors, building professionals, and the general public.
• Collaborates with applicants and professionals-including contractors, engineers, and architects-to resolve discrepancies and recommend compliant solutions.
• Assists Fire Inspectors at on-site inspections as needed to verify project compliance with approved plans and City regulations.
• Communicates required plan revisions and follow-up actions through correspondence with applicants, owners, and other responsible parties.
• Maintains accurate records by entering, updating, and retrieving data in the City’s permitting system to track application status and issue permits.
• Performs additional duties as assigned and adheres to established work schedules and City personnel policies.

Working Conditions

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking, repetitive motions, climbing, balancing, pushing, pulling and lifting.

Physical Demands

Light Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly having to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for the Sedentary Work category and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated Light Work.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.