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Vallejo commission creates Building Plans Examiner classification to ease recruitment

5902392 · September 8, 2025
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Facing repeated unsuccessful recruitments for a licensed building plans engineer, Vallejo approved a new Building Plans Examiner classification without the professional-engineer requirement and will require new hires to obtain a B3 plans-examiner certification within their probationary period.

VALLEJO, Calif. — On Sept. 8 the Vallejo Civil Service Commission approved a new Building Plans Examiner classification to address persistent recruitment challenges for the Building Plans Engineer role.

Human Resources told the commission repeated recruitments for the building plans engineer classification — which requires a professional engineer (PE) license — failed to attract enough qualified applicants statewide. The department and Human Resources studied…

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