Building Permit Officer for Building and Environment

Bollebygds kommun · Full-time

Bollebygd, Sweden

Young and expanding Bollebygd is a municipality with future potential characterized by a holistic approach, sustainable development, and growth. The municipality has approximately 650 employees and we have some of Sweden's most important responsibilities. Children's education, quality care and welfare, sustainable community development, and environmental issues are just a few examples. The municipality strives to be an attractive employer where employee engagement and leadership are characterized by participation and opportunities for influence. Bollebygd is home to nearly 10,000 residents. Located just 30 minutes from Gothenburg, Borås, and Alingsås, Bollebygd has an excellent geographical position. The municipality offers rich outdoor recreation with a ski slope, beautiful hiking trails, and a golf course in a manor house setting. Bollebygd has well-developed activities with good quality and a thriving business community with over 1,000 entrepreneurs. For more information, visit bollebygd.se The Building and Environment Administration currently consists of eight environmental inspectors, three building permit officers, three administrators, and an administration manager. The administration works with, among other things, building permits, housing adaptation, environmental and health protection, food, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, and alcohol. Working with community development issues in Bollebygd is developing and rewarding, and we hope that you, as a trained building permit officer, want to be a key player in our community development work. With us, you will have the opportunity to work with the entire building permit process in close collaboration with planners, environmental inspectors, and other functions within the Building and Environment Administration and the municipality. As an employee, you have a central role and significant responsibility for continuously developing our operations. We are now expanding and strengthening the administration and are looking for you who wants to contribute knowledge, work enthusiasm, and community spirit to our Building and Environment Administration. 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES We are looking for someone who wants to work with building inspections, housing adaptations, process building permits, demolition permits, preliminary decisions, and reportable measures. Since we are a small administration, you will also work with accessibility issues, shoreline protection, and conduct supervision according to the Planning and Building Act. The work is varied and developing and you manage your cases independently. You work in close cooperation with your manager and colleagues in the administration, and you also have close collaboration with your colleagues in other parts of the municipality regarding matters such as detailed plans and technical infrastructure. As a building permit officer, you work independently with significant personal responsibility but naturally in close cooperation with your colleagues in the Building and Environment Administration, other officials in the municipality, developers, consultants, and various authorities affected or who will be affected by the decisions made. The position includes providing advice over the phone and meetings with municipality residents within the administration's area of responsibility. QUALIFICATIONS Requirements • University degree as an architect or civil engineer, alternatively completed training as a building permit officer combined with work experience in the profession, or other qualifications that the employer considers relevant for the position • Strong knowledge of the Planning and Building Act, Planning and Building Regulations, the Environmental Code, and Boverket's new building regulations • Category B driver's license Meritorious • Experience in building permit processing • Experience with the EDP Vision business system within Building and Environment You have a strong interest in community development, are positive and committed with the customer in focus. You enjoy developing work together with your colleagues. You are communicative and have a good ability to express yourself in Swedish both orally and in writing. As a person, you are solution-focused, structured, and have an easy time collaborating. Great weight is placed on personal suitability. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration and start date: By agreement. Working hours: Daytime. We strive for equal gender distribution and view diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with current legislation. For positions that fall under any of the applicable laws, you will need to provide an excerpt from the criminal record and in some cases the suspicion register before employment. Before any employment, you must present a valid passport or national ID for verification of identity and citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or demonstrate that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly ask that you refrain from contacting media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar services. We use e-recruitment to streamline and quality-assure the recruitment process. All your information is saved on your CV account and you can easily log in and update your information whenever you wish. Please fill in your information as carefully as possible to give a fair picture of yourself. The information is processed and stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Do you have protected personal information? Call the recruiting manager to learn about other application options instead of submitting an application. Selection and interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis. We warmly welcome your application!