Building Permit Technician

Company Overview: Our client is a countyrun entity that is currently looking for an experienced building permit technician who performs districtbased 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 5 years of experience in clerical / administrative work (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.

Maintains open lines of communication with management and receives customer input.

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.

May attend and assist in workshops and training sessions in functional area including producing materials for training purposes.

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 to enter retrieve review or modify data; utilizes advanced word processing database and software programs.

Operates a variety of machinery equipment and tools associated with department activities which may include a typewriter adding machine or fax.

Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology as job appropriate being used by OCPS. With the support of the district attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.

Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED; supplemented by a minimum of five (5) years clerical/secretarial or technical work experience; three (3) of those years must be specifically 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.
  
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage documents and paperwork flow.
  
• Demonstrate ability to use various software applications.
  
• 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 1220 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