Permit Specialist

Essential Functions
Responsible for performing prescreen (acceptance/rejection) of all project submittals to DSG (an average of 1100 projects annually for the group) Reviews approves and processes a variety of complex residential and nonresidential service applications and verifies compliance with certain WSSC Water design specifications plumbing and gas fuel code regulations policies/resolutions and applicable legal requirements Reviews complex multiphase engineering/construction drawings integrated with HPA SEP site utility minor site utility developerbuilt and relocation plans county planning and zoning preliminary plans plumbing and related site plans to determine type and size of water/sewer services required confirm pipe/property configuration ownership legal constraints bonding and permit parameters Approves property and connection design criteria for compliance with related aspects of the WSSC Water plumbing & fuel gas code the WSSC Water Standard Details and the WSSC Water pipeline design manual and release plans for final DSG plan approval Provides broad technical assistance and policy/procedural guidance to government officials engineers developers builders attorneys the plumbing community the general public and other Commission offices Tracks developerbuilt and WSSC Waterbuilt projects using various databases to ensure accuracy of project information and confers with development planning managers contract managers inspection managers customer care supervisors other Commission offices and various external stakeholders Confers with WSSC Water contract design and construction managers inspectors other Commission offices and external stakeholders to ensure onsite plumbing permit and projectrelated conditions are properly coordinated Schedules field investigations Coordinates and tracks the completion of the release for service process manages and examines all documents (e.g. physical acceptance letter maintenance bond reports certified release of liens release for service form) Ensures all final release checklist items are complete all outstanding conditions are met and issues the release for service letter to the applicant Responds to inquiries regarding the size and location of existing and proposed water and/or sewer mains service availability service categories hydraulic grade information and other types of information pertaining to the development services division ( DSD ) process Manages all documents associated with projects according to the established procedures of the DSD from application to final release Assures that all documents necessary for the WSSC Water acceptance of the system are in order and properly executed Researches examines interprets and evaluates preliminary/site plans and engineering drawings to perform conceptual reviews for availability special connections such as nonabutting and in response to government agency referrals Manages all developerbuilt WSSC Waterbuilt and site utility projects using ePlan review CMS and other WSSC Water database systems to accurately track project information facilitate timely customer communication and ensure cycle times meet DSD levels of service standards Researches analyzes and responds to unusual complex technical property legal and/or administrative problems relating to service connection special connection proposed and existing water/sewer mains developerbuilt site utility and metering requirements and a wide variety of engineeringrelated and plumbing questions to determine alternative solutions for stakeholders Prepares complex refunds (e.g. SDC / CIP impact fees refunds on an average of $50000 to $750000 dollars) and maintains various accounting disbursement and project logs Computes and levies a wide variety of fees including systems development charges ( SDC ) and issuance of approved exemptions and credit vouchers frequently for development projects with multiple phases which span several years Coordinates and performs critical/complex data corrections which are applied directly to Commission database records in multiple systems ( PPIS AIS CSIS MMIS and others)

Work Schedule
Monday Friday 8:00am 4:30pm