Building Technician II

the city of hemet is an equal opportunity employer

the city of hemet is seeking a skilled, motivated, and customer-focused building technician ii to join our dynamic community development team. If you’re passionate about providing exceptional service to the public, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and thrive on helping residents and contractors navigate the development process, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

as a building technician ii, you’ll play a key role in supporting the city’s building, permitting, and inspection activities—helping ensure safe, well-built structures throughout our growing community. You’ll use your technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail to guide applicants through permit processes, review construction documents for completeness, and assist in keeping projects on track.

this position offers the chance to broaden your experience in building and permitting functions while working alongside a dedicated team of professionals who value collaboration, innovation, and public service. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to shaping the future of hemet, we encourage you to apply!

under general supervision learns to review and process and reviews and processes building permits for new construction and building modifications; provides information to the public; calculates and collects fees; routes plans for review; provides administrative support within the division; coordinates plan check information from other departments; prepares comprehensive plan check reports; performs other related duties as required.

the building technician ii is the journey level class in which incumbents are expected to perform the full scope of building permit processing and related support duties with minimum supervision, as well as occasionally conduct building inspections at construction sites with general supervision. Assignments are characterized by the presence of fairly clear guidelines from which to make decisions and the availability of supervision when required.

This classification is distinguished from the next higher classification of building official in that the latter has overall responsibility for the building division.

• provides customer service by responding to public and agency inquiries by phone and at the counter; provides information regarding building permit policies and application procedures; interprets and knows building and other city codes, title 24 handicap, and title 25 mobile homes for members of the public; works cooperatively with property owners, contractors, architects, developers, engineers or their representatives to resolve questions regarding permit issuance and permit fees.
• receives building plans and specifications for completeness, review and conformance to permit requirements and regulations; receives, distributes and tracks construction plans from project submittal to permit issuance; forwards plans to the appropriate department staff; relays necessary corrections to the permit applicant.
• calculates and records permit application and plan check fees; coordinates fee payment with the cashier; issues permits for pools, patio covers and other small scope projects.
• performs minor plan checks; recommends corrections to violations; maintains department logs, including the status of plan checks and residential activity; performs input and retrieves data; prepares statistical reports.
• reviews incoming plans for completeness, accuracy, information, and code requirements prior to submittal.
• assigns street numbers to new commercial and residential projects; relays addresses to the post office and emergency services providers.
• writes staff reports for the city council and traffic commission, which include the status of, plan checks, permits issued, utilities released and the projects that are complete.
• may ride along with building inspectors during inspections; assists with customers at the planning and engineering counters as needed.
• establishes positive working relationships with representatives of community organizations, state/local agencies and associations, city management…