MANAGER PLAN REVIEW

Working with various internal/external stakeholders in the building industry, the Toronto Building Division has a vision to be a leader in creating a safe, accessible and sustainable city by focusing on customer service, partnership, regulatory excellence and innovation.  Under the Ontario Building Code Act, the Division is primarily responsible for reviewing applications to demolish, alter or construct buildings and issuing permits, conducting inspections during construction to ensure this work is in compliance with the Building Code and issued permits and, if necessary, issuing orders to enforce compliance. In addition to these roles, Toronto Building administers and enforces the City of Toronto’s (City) Sign By-law.

As Manager, Plan Review, you’ll play a pivotal role within Toronto Building by managing the operations of the Plan Review function, and ensuring the customer-focused, efficient processing of building and sign permit applications as well as preliminary zoning and planning applications, while ensuring compliance with the Ontario Building Code Act, the Building Code and other related regulations and by-laws.

Sharing expertise and promoting innovation

Looking to the future as you lead daily operations, you’ll ensure that innovative systems and procedures are in place to support a high level of customer service standards, as well as develop and implement training programs for both new and existing staff to ensure they are trained and proficient in their roles and prepared to achieve high operational standards, and quality performance. You'll also monitor industry trends and use these insights to recommend the assignment of divisional resources and service levels to meet shifts in the industry's high-volume demands, as well as recommend service level adjustments and budget requirements in response to changes in workloads.

Making compliance a priority

Knowledgeable with all applicable acts, codes and regulations, you’ll manage and establish quality standards for program delivery to ensure conformance to the life, fire, structural and health regulations of the Ontario Building Code and, where applicable, good engineering practice, and all other related regulations and by-laws. We’ll also rely on you to lead and/or participate in the development of new City-wide by-laws and/or business practices impacting development.

Full team and budget accountabilities
As would be expected of a managerial role like this, you’ll lead, motivate, hire and train a diverse workforce, and manage the day-to-day operations of all assigned staff, from scheduling, assigning and reviewing work, to ensuring effective teamwork, and high standards of work quality and organizational performance, and promoting continuous learning and innovation. Managing and administering the annual budget for the Section and controlling expenditures within the approved budget are also part of your responsibilities.