Permit Technician

Interwest Consulting Group • Lake Forest, CA

13h • $28 - $32

About The Position

Interwest Consulting Group was founded in 2002 and has become a leader in providing municipal services to cities and counties throughout the Western United States. We currently have over 4 00 employees specializing in public works, building and safety, planning, engineering, and real estate acquisition.  In our 20+ years, we have attracted the best in our professions and are positioned for continued growth and success. We are currently seeking a talented and experienced Permit Technician to join our team of professionals.  This position offers great opportunity for dynamic, motivated self-starters to work on a variety of work assignments. You’ll be a member of our highly respected team of professionals with a full complement of resources to support you and exciting projects to keep you challenged.

Requirements

• Must possess the flexibility to adjust to changing workload volume.
• Must be highly organized.

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.
• 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.

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances
• paid holidays
• paid time off
• matching 401K Plans
• wellness programs
• Career Progression through paid training and step increases for additional certifications and licenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed