Building Permit Specialist

**Kerr Design Build is an award-winning residential renovation and new custom home building company that has been designing and building beautiful projects in the Vancouver Area for over 30 years.**:
Are you motivated, passionate and goal-oriented? Do you thrive under pressure and take pride in your work? Are you looking to build a successful career and grow within the Design & Construction industry? Kerr Design Build is always looking to add all-stars to our team. We believe strongly in the continual betterment of our employees and love to promote from within. As an ITA training program-certified company, we employ a number of apprentice carpenters looking to develop their carpentry skills. We offer medical & dental benefits after 6 months and compensation for vehicle advertising.

**Building Permit Specialist**:
Kerr Construction & Design is an award-winning design-build firm currently looking for a talented, motivated, and creative Residential Architect with a passion for construction and customer service, to work with their company. Work hours are flexible with a combination of working from home and office depending on the project and will have a heavy emphasis on building permit design.

**Description of Duties**:

- Prepare, review, and manage municipal building permits.
- Develop databases and schedules to track permit timelines and actions.
- Manage permit conditions and commitments for compliance tracking and reporting.
- Preparate and/or review technical correspondence, project proposals, technical reports, work plans, and project specifications including cost estimates and budgets.
- Advise internal Senior Designers on permitting issues.
- Provide advice and strategies to clients for obtaining municipal permits, licenses, and approvals.
- Communicate effectively and work with regulators and other stakeholders with or on behalf of Kerr Construction to further project delivery and success.
- Help in the development of architectural designs.
- Analyze building codes, bylaws, space requirements, site requirements and other technical documents and reports.
- Prepare manual and CAD (computer-assisted design) drawings, specifications, cost estimates and listings of quantities of material from conceptual drawings and instructions.
- Build architectural, display, and 3-D virtual models of architectural designs.
- Provide detailed zoning reviews and feasibility studies where required.

**Skills and Requirements**:

- Proficiency in REVIT, Auto CAD, Adobe Creative Suite or Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Experience with Chief Architect and Sketch-up is an asset
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with AutoCAD
- Diploma or bachelor’s in architecture or Building Sciences
- Ability to read, understand and translate technical drawings
- Ability to create millwork drawings
- Able to work under pressure and handle multiple projects and a variety of tasks
- Working knowledge of Vancouver area, residential construction
- Minimum of 5+ years of experience in the production of construction drawings for residential projects
- Strong experience liaising with clients, consultants, and different cities (Vancouver and North Vancouver preferably)
- Successful at permit submission within the greater Vancouver area and surrounding cities
- Good knowledge of compliant wall assemblies
- Ability to read, understand and translate technical drawings
- Ability to create millwork drawings
- Able to work under pressure and handle multiple projects and a variety of tasks
- Working knowledge of Vancouver area, residential construction
- Experience with VBBL compliance
- Understanding F.R.R and STC ratings
- Strong technical knowledge of building systems, construction methods and materials with an emphasis on Single-Family Residential
- Understanding of BC Building Code and building envelope concepts
- Proficiency in developing project models and construction documents for single-family residential dwellings
- Proficiency in manipulating CAD data for import into Revit models
- Relevant understanding of current City bylaws and BC Building codes
- Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects
- Excellent written and spoken English skills
- Organized and able to work well independently
- Legally entitled to work in Canada
- Must own a reliable vehicle and a valid Canadian Driver’s Licence

**Position type**: Full-time