Permit Technician

Position Summary

Under general direction of the Chief Building Official the Permit Technician reviews accepts distributes processes documents and maintains departmental information reports plans specifications applications permits and related inspections according to the established guidelines. The employee works with numerous records or forms receives and prepares information for further processing or record keeping and performs critical tasks and explains procedures related codes and ordinances. The majority of the work involves receiving permit applications and reviewing them for correctness and for routing to the proper departments. The employee has constant contact with the public which requires simple courtesies and the exercise of tact and diplomacy. The employee provides dependable clerical typing and data entry support and performs a variety of office tasks and reports information which may require research from different sources. The employee must be able to accurately process permit applications.

Job Description

PERMIT TECHNICIAN.