Permit Technician

Reports to: Community Development Director

EEO Category: Full-time

Pay Grade: $29,159.52 - $42,232.32 or

$14.02 – 20.30 per hour

The Permit Technician provides professional administrative support to the City Planning Director. The incumbent also supports in the issuing of permits and acts as recording secretary for the Community Services Committee. Position is deemed essential personnel and safety sensitive.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the following Essential Duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position:

• Answers questions and provides information to citizens, developers, and other interested parties regarding planning procedures;
• Greets the public, addresses questions and answers calls;
• Assists with purchasing construction permits (electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning and building);
• Creates and maintains commercial building permit files;
• Receives plans for zoning, variances and new subdivisions, and maintains related files;
• Maintains information from inspectors regarding tabulation for pay;
• Balances cash report from permits and transfers for deposit;
• Provides supporting documentation for re-zones and variance requests including pictures, maps and department head reviews;
• Secures construction sign-off sheets as needed;
• Schedules and attends department meetings as directed regarding residential and commercial plats;
• Assists with correspondence to City personnel, developers and builders;
• Creates and maintains files for correspondence, information and data;
• Issues street cut permits, along with the date, location, and cost of permit;
• Prepares agenda packets and supporting documents for Planning & Zoning, Board of Adjustment, and Historic District Commission meetings;
• Notifies Community Services, and Historic District Commission members, and the press or other media of scheduled meetings;
• Transcribes minutes for Community Services Committee Meetings;
• Prepares and disburses monthly activity reports;
• Provides technical information regarding permit procedures and relevant codes;
• Performs data entry related to permit sales and inspection process;
• Communicates inspection requests to appropriate inspectors and respective contractors;
• Records and maintains information from inspectors regarding structural violations;
• Maintains list of licensed City and State contractors;
• Maintains familiarity with City ordinances and regulations relative to department;
• Records inspections by contract employees and submits report to Accounts Payable for payment;
• Issues Certificates of Occupancy to contractors and relays Certificate of Occupancy information to banks and mortgage companies;
• Distributes work orders to City and non-city utility departments;
• Performs other duties as necessary or assigned.

This job description and the enumerated Essential Duties are intended to provide general guidelines for job expectations and the employees’ ability to perform the position described. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned or assumed by the incumbent as necessary to fulfill the requirements of the position.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee works in an office environment.

The position involves writing, keyboarding, speaking, listening, lifting, carrying, seeing (such as close, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and adjusted focus), sitting, pulling, walking, standing, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.

The incumbent for this position may operate any or all the following: telephone, copy machine, scanner and image systems, computer terminal, personal computer, printers, or other equipment as directed.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; frequently required to walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; and frequently required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or…