Engineering Plans Examiner Senior - Planning

Team Gilbert has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to fill the position of Engineering Plans Examiner Senior - Planning. With every job we fill, our focus is on providing best-in-class service to our citizens while offering opportunities for professional growth in a rewarding, innovative work environment.

The Engineering Plans Examiner Senior - Planning reports to the Principle Planner. The primary functions of this position include:

• Review complex construction drawing submittals — residential, commercial, industrial, public facility, and multi-family — for compliance with the Land Development Code, Design Review/Planning Commission, and Town Council approvals
• Review commercial building permits for architecture, site design, landscaping and irrigation. Review includes review of plan compliance with the Land Development Code and professional practice standards, and related easements.
• Field inspections of site, building exterior, and landscape improvements.
• Review final plats, minor land divisions, and maps of dedication for zoning stipulations, legal descriptions, and design review requirements
• Communicate Land Development code requirements, zoning ordinances, conditions of approval, and other applicable codes and regulations to staff and stakeholders.
• Serve as a technical resource to lower-level plans examiners — providing guidance on complex, politically sensitive, or urgent projects and assisting with difficult cases
• For a full list of duties, please review the job description.

This is an FLSA Non-Exempt, at-will position with the Town of Gilbert.

Tentative Recruitment Timeline:

• Posting Closes: November 1, 2026
• Tentative In-Person Interviews: Week of November 2nd
• Tentative Start Date: November 23, 2026

You're a seasoned plan reviewer who can dig into a complex, politically sensitive project and know exactly what to look for. You bring several years of hands-on experience reviewing engineering and construction documents for compliance with zoning guidelines and requirements — and you're just as comfortable interpreting a legal description as you are explaining a code requirement to a frustrated developer. You're the person newer examiners turn to when a case gets complicated, and you take pride in mentoring them through it. You communicate clearly and confidently with builders, contractors, and the public, bringing a steady, detail-oriented approach to every plan that crosses your desk.

At Team Gilbert, we hire innovative, forward-thinking problem-solvers who love what they do! In addition to possessing the ability to live out our core and functional values daily, candidates must possess the following requirements:

• Bachelor's degree. Emphasis in planning, architectural engineering, construction plans examination, or a closely related field is desirable.
• 4–5 years of experience with construction plan review and working with complex residential and non-residential projects, reports, legal descriptions, and code implementation.
• Customer service experience responding to questions, concerns, and processes from the public
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this classification

This position requires a pre-employment background check.

This position has been designated as a Light work position that will spend a portion of their workday in an office environment and in the field conducting inspections.

The physical demands and working conditions information above is meant to provide a general idea of the conditions for this role. Gilbert is committed to being an inclusive employer of candidates with a wide range of abilities, and looks for opportunities to accommodate different abilities within reason.

Gilbert is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If any reasonable accommodation is needed while participating in the application and interviewing process, please contact our People Team (Human Resources) at 480-503-6823. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

Gilbert provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.