brainco - Senior Permitting & Plan Review Expert (Contract)
Requirements
• 8+ years of hands-on permitting, plan review, plans examination, private provider, building official, or code consulting experience • Strong understanding of building codes and how they are applied in practice • Experience reviewing permit applications, construction documents, plan sets, or submittal packages • Ability to explain technical code and permitting issues clearly to engineers, product managers, and non-experts • Strong judgment about what matters in a real review and what typically triggers comments, revisions, or rejection • Comfort reviewing AI/software-generated outputs and giving direct, specific feedback • Strong written communication and documentation skills • ICC certifications such as Building Plans Examiner, Residential Plans Examiner, Commercial Plans Examiner, or Certified Building Official • Experience across multiple jurisdictions, states, municipalities, or private provider environments • Experience in California, Florida, Texas, or other high-volume permitting markets • Experience reviewing residential, commercial, tenant improvement, solar, EV charger, MEP, accessibility, zoning, or structural permits • Experience managing reviewers, creating SOPs, or supporting permitting process improvement • PE, RA, CBO, CASp, or similar professional credentials • If you’re excited about helping modernize government and bringing frontier AI into the public sector, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
• Answer nuanced permitting and code interpretation questions from engineering, product, and design teams • Review permit applications, plan sets, submittals, and AI outputs to identify what is correct, incorrect, missing, or ambiguous • Help define what a real reviewer would approve, reject, or send back for revisions • Label applications and review examples to help train and evaluate our ML systems • Synthesize jurisdiction-specific requirements, local amendments, and reviewer practices into clear internal guidance • Speak with other SMEs, reviewers, or jurisdiction contacts when needed to understand local practices • Help create internal review rubrics, checklists, documentation, and benchmark examples • Occasionally support customer conversations, product discovery, onboarding, or GTM work as a domain expert
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