About this role
About OpenTrain OpenTrain is the centralized, open platform where AI training and data-labeling freelancers find work, consolidate opportunities across platforms, and build a unified AI training portfolio they control. We make specialized AI training work easier to track, apply for, and grow into a durable freelance career.
About this role OpenTrain is recruiting for a civil and structural engineering expert to create and evaluate AI training tasks based on building plan review workflows. You will work with drawings, specifications, and permit records, assess model responses against professional engineering standards, and provide clear feedback that helps improve AI performance. This is an ongoing, project-based opportunity that can be completed remotely alongside your current role, with pay of up to $62.50 per hour.
What you will do
- Build expert review tasks from real building project drawings, specifications, and permit records.
- Develop tasks covering plan review, US code compliance, drawing-set quality control, and coordination between structural, civil, architectural, and MEP sheets.
- Write precise prompts and evaluate AI model attempts to identify shortcomings.
- Define the critical elements of correct answers so responses can be assessed consistently.
- Deliver structured written feedback that explains engineering and code issues clearly.
- Work independently and complete assignments at your own pace in a remote setting.
Required skills
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related field.
- At least five years of professional engineering experience on building projects in the United States.
- Hands-on plan review experience, including construction-document code review, responding to plan review comments, or third-party review.
- Working knowledge of US building codes and engineering standards applied to real projects.
- Ability to read complete architectural, structural, civil, and MEP construction document sets and cross-check them.
- Strong written communication, attention to detail, and ability to explain complex engineering concepts.
- Current US location and US work authorization.
Helpful background Professional Engineer or Structural Engineer licensure, experience across commercial, institutional, multifamily, healthcare, or mixed-use projects, and background in permitting, approvals, special inspections, or drawing-set quality control would strengthen your fit. OpenTrain helps specialists consolidate AI training opportunities across platforms while building a durable AI training portfolio around their expertise.