Building Permit Technician

Company Overview: Our client is a county-run entity that is currently looking for an experienced building permit technician who performs district-based duties associated with the handling, verifying, reviewing and permitting of contractor’s for Facilities design and construction.

Position Summary: The successful candidate will possess at least 3 years of experience in clerical / administrative work (with 3 years of experience in construction, real estate, or other related field).

Responsibilities:

• Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light.
  
• Checks all permits prior to issuance to verify contractors have proper and current licenses and insurance.
  
• Accounts for money received, prepares monthly billing to be transmitted to Finance Department daily and completes all required federal and state forms for permits.
  
• Provides documentation and information to Building Code Official.
  
• Serves as initial contact point for customers requesting related service.
  
• Collects, inputs, and reviews records related to the district programs; compiles reports, analyzes data and produces output.
  
• Compiles reports, analyzes data and produces daily, monthly and quarterly reports.
  
• Initiates customer notification regarding paperwork and licensing problems and status of work.
  
• Provides technical assistance or direction to school-level employees and customers as needed.
  
• Investigates documents, responds to routine complaints, and clarifies policies and procedures.
  
• Coordinates with and allows access to document files by outside parties authorized by the Building Code Official
  
• Participates in and provides support for auditors performing routine and specialized audits.
  
• Responds in a timely, efficient manner to customer inquiries.
  
• Establishes and insures uniform correspondence procedures and style practices regarding support paperwork for Certificates of Occupancy.
  
• Creates and maintains a filing system for the documentation for permits.
  
• Composes and types correspondence requiring a knowledge of departmental operations and regulations, for transmittal under own jurisdiction.
  
• Prepares, reviews and processes state reports and insures they are mailed in a timely-manner
  
• Performs other relevant duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Building Code Official.
  
• Operates a computer and other equipment to enter, retrieve, review, or modify data; utilizes advanced word processing, database, and software programs.
  
• May attend and assist in workshops and training sessions in functional area including producing materials for training purposes and operating certain machines.
  
• Other duties as assigned
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED; PLUS minimum of 3 years clerical/secretarial or technical work experience and 3 years of experience related to construction, real estate, or related work; or any equivalent combination of related education, training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the essential job functions.
  
• Permitting software experience preferred.
  
• Permit Technician Certification from the International Code Conference organization is preferred.
  
• If no certification upon employment in job, certification must be obtained within first year in this position.
  

Necessary Attributes & Expectations:

Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations. Requires coordination of work among various groups of people and documentation.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may require ability to utilize principles of fractions and/or interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning: Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

ADA COMPLIANCE

Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate light work with some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling. May involve some manipulating or moving of 12-20 pound items occasionally.

Sensory Requirements: Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability.

Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Sunshine Enterprise USA is an “Equal Opportunity Employer—Minorities, Females, Veterans and Disabled Persons”