Building Permit Processor

Uddevalla – a place for a lifetime Welcome to become part of our growing municipality - and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service. We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout an entire career. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to best utilize your knowledge and commitment. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone. Uddevalla Municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in open and positive cooperation between municipality, education, business, and culture. We hope you will enjoy working with us! Would you like to contribute to a growing and attractive municipality? Uddevalla Municipality is seeking an engaged building permit processor who wants to help shape the future built environment. With us, you will have an important role in creating a sustainable and well-planned living environment while providing professional service to residents and businesses. Job Responsibilities As a building permit processor, you are responsible for handling building permit applications, pre-decisions, and other matters according to the Planning and Building Act (PBL). The work involves: Reviewing and assessing cases based on legislation, detailed and comprehensive plans, and municipal guidelines. Making decisions or preparing decision documents in a legally secure and efficient manner. Providing advice and guidance to private individuals, companies, and entrepreneurs. Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a smooth process. Contributing to the development of procedures, digital methods, and the municipality's work with planning and building issues. Conducting site visits and inspections when needed. You work independently with your own cases while being part of an engaged team where knowledge sharing and collaboration are a natural part of daily work. Qualifications We are looking for someone with: Post-secondary education in urban planning, law, building technology, building permit processing, or other education that the employer considers equivalent. Experience working as a building permit processor. Good knowledge of PBL, PBF, BBR, and detailed and comprehensive planning. Good digital skills and interest in developing digital working methods. Class B driver's license. Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both spoken and written. Personal Qualities To succeed in this role, you are structured, thorough, and confident in making decisions. You have good analytical skills, work solution-oriented, and can prioritize your work effectively. We also value that you are service-minded, have good judgment, and work well with colleagues, residents, and other stakeholders. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability. What We Offer Stimulating and developmental work with significant personal responsibility, varied tasks, and many contacts both within and outside the organization. Together, we work for a good built environment and positive development of Uddevalla Municipality. Welcome to submit your application. Don't wait to apply as selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. Employment is subject to the required decisions being made. For positions where the work involves direct and regular contact with children and young people, as well as for activities within LSS, care services, health care, psychiatric care, and addiction treatment, a valid excerpt from the police's criminal record must be presented or submitted before employment. Keep in mind that it may take time to obtain the excerpt, so order it in good time so the recruitment process is not delayed. When you apply for a job with us, your application is saved. This is because we are a public activity. Your application becomes a public document once we have received it. This means that application documents and information about who has applied for a position can be requested by anyone who wishes. If you have a protected identity, you should not submit your application digitally but instead contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement. For those who are not citizens of the EU/EES area, a work permit is required; this does not apply to you if you have permanent residence status. The work permit must be presented at the interview. In the link below you will find compiled information about the main benefits available in the collective agreement that we have in Uddevalla Municipality. The information concerns, among other things, vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, skills development, and pension. Say Hello to Your Collective Agreement 2024 We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of additional job advertisements.

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