Municipal Permitting Specialist

Interwest Consulting Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

401K matching

Wellness programs

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Job summary

Interwest Consulting Group is seeking a Permit Technician in California to support plan checks, permit issuance, and compliance with Public Works and Building Department standards. You will work with engineering plans, building codes, and legal descriptions to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in administrative/customer service, plus knowledge of building codes or construction. Permitting experience is a plus and ICC certification is valued.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of administrative/customer service experience required.
• Building and/or construction knowledge or background preferred.
• Permitting and/or municipal experience is a plus.
• ICC Permit Technician Certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform minor technical plan check to ensure compliance with both Public Works and Building Department standards, submittal requirements, development conditions, improvement standards, construction specifications, and city ordinances.
• Interpret and understand engineering and/or building plans, improvements standards, construction standards, building codes, maps, and legal descriptions.
• Issue and prepare permits related to plan check to ensure compliance with both Public Works and Building Department standards, development conditions, improvement standards, construction specifications, and city ordinances.
• Understanding and applying building code, zoning and land use rules and regulations, County ROW standard plans and traffic control plans and other State and County ordinances.
• Research and compile data from field verifications or office engineering records for inclusion into engineering correspondence, reports, or in response to public inquiry.
• Perform permit-related monetary transactions, accounts receivable coding, billing inquiries, and invoicing.
• Perform various administrative, reporting, billing and accounts receivable tasks.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relations with general public, development community, city staff, and others contacted during course of work.
• Ability to manage a wide range of duties in a timely and effective manner, including timely plan processing and routing and coordinating with discipline managers (e.g. Planning, Engineering and Building).
• Respond and assist in the resolution of development related inquiries and complaints.
• Evaluate alternative solutions and develop and present recommendations to supervisors.
• Perform data entry and coordinate routing of various permits, plans, and maps; use specialized database/permit tracking programs.
• Perform mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.

Skills

Flexibility

Highly organized

Education

Administrative/customer service experience

Job description

Interwest Consulting Group is seeking a Permit Technician in California to support plan checks, permit issuance, and compliance with Public Works and Building Department standards. You will work with engineering plans, building codes, and legal descriptions to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

The ideal candidate has 2+ years in administrative/customer service, plus knowledge of building codes or construction. Permitting experience is a plus and ICC certification is valued.