Permit Coordinator

Description

Position at Freedom Forever

Join an established and innovative company in the fast-growing solar industry and enjoy strong pay rate + benefits + advancement opportunities!

Do you have proven skills and experience completing solar installations and motivating other people to do their best work? If this sounds like you, and you want an opportunity where your commitment to quality and productivity will be rewarded, please keep reading! We're Freedom Forever, a fast-growing solar company known for innovation and quality, and we're looking for people who want an opportunity to build a career with us as a Permit Coordinator!

The Permit Coordinator is responsible for assembling all documents required for permitting, submitting and obtaining all building permits for the designing of solar panels systems. They will interface with in-house designers and city officials, working with them to prepare and review all paperwork and drawings necessary to receive building permits and resolve objections related to Building, Zoning and Planning Departments as needed. It is the responsibility of the Permit Coordinator to keep the installation ready flow consistent. The Permit Coordinator is also responsible for completing all documents to obtain HOA approval.

Job Duties/ Responsibilities

Review permit list and see what permits are ready to be issued and submitted

Call cities and counties for application process, costs, status update, & to confirm jurisdiction

Fill out permit applications/ print them out if needed

Print plans per AHJ and SOW requirements, request checks from Accounting

Prepare routes for permit runners: Submitting / picking up plans, collect HOA signatures when needed/available

Submit plans electronically

Upload approved plans and job cards, notify install department in Podio

Upload corrections and notify the design team in Podio

Supervise permit technicians, check to see how permit techs are progressing throughout the day, act as support and help solve any issues

Prepare and update reports for Weekly Meeting

Collect & submit documents for HOA

Route Permit Technicians to obtain customer signatures for HOA applications

Answer customer questions regarding HOA's

Request HOA checks from Accounting and request refund from HOA when applicable

Ensure checks make it back to Accounting

Qualification Requirements

Previous office or clerical experience preferred

Must be self-motivated as well as thrive in a team environment

Ability to manage workflow while multitasking

Excellent customer service skills required

Excellent written and verbal communication skills required

Regular, reliable and predictable attendance required

Ability to work well with others in a collaborative team environment

Basic computer skills

Attend weekly webinars or departmental calls

Ability to communicate with different departments efficiently with no less than a 24-hour turnaround time

Must submit all designs finished by the design team within a 24-hour turnaround time

Maintain expense reports for daily transactions and submit weekly for checks and monthly for all credit card transactions.

Must have a clean driving record, valid state driver's license

Physical demands and abilities

Regularly spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers

Regularly move from sitting to standing positions effortlessly

Regularly spend long hours in intense concentration reviewing and entering financial information into a computer

Regularly use hands and fingers to handle, control or feel objects

Regularly see details of objects that are less than a few feet away

Regularly speak clearly so listeners can understand

Regularly understand the speech of another person

Frequently work on projects that require deadlines

Frequently bend to file and maintain files

Frequently Drive

Occasionally lift 5-10 poundsINDSJ1

Freedom Forever is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed service member status, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics) or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. Our commitment to equal opportunity employment applies to all persons involved in our operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including supervisors and co-workers.

Employees of Freedom Forever must submit to a criminal history check, MVR check and a 9-panel drug screen that includes the following: Amphetamines, Cocaine Metabolites, Opiates, Phencyclidine (PCP), Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines, Methadone, Methaqualone, Propoxyphene.

Job is based in Ohio, not seeking remote employees.