Permit Technician Supervisor

**The first review of applications will take place on July 13, 2026This posting may close at any time after that date once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received.** **Permit Technician Supervisor** If you're an experienced permit professional who enjoys solving complex challenges, leading high-performing teams, and making a meaningful impact on your community, this is an exceptional opportunity to take the next step in your career at the City of Benicia. As the Permit Technician Supervisor, you'll play a vital role in shaping the City's development process by overseeing permit operations, mentoring staff, improving processes, and serving as a trusted resource for contractors, design professionals, residents, and City departments. This is more than a supervisory position—it's an opportunity to influence how development happens in a growing community while helping deliver outstanding customer service, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving continuous improvement in one of the City's most visible and essential public service functions. Don't wait, apply today! Under direct supervision of the Building Official or general direction from the Development Services Director, the Permit Technician Supervisor assists in the planning, direction, coordination, and supervision of permitting activities and staff in the Development Services Department, including Building Safety and Development Engineering functions. The Permit Technician Supervisor coordinates, oversees, and participates in plan review operations and specifications for permit issuance. Provides information about permit requirements, codes, ordinances and inspection procedures to contractors, design professionals and the public. Reviews plan submittals for completeness as needed, calculates and reviews permit fees, routes plans and issues permits. This position also assists in developing and delivering staff training programs and performs related duties as assigned. This is the first-line supervisory classification within the Development Services Department. This position functions as a working supervisor, performing the most complex duties assigned within the series while providing day-to-day leadership and direction to assigned staff. Incumbent regularly works on tasks which are varied and complex requiring considerable discretion and independent judgment. This position exercises direct supervisory responsibilities including evaluating the work of assigned staff; participating in the selection of staff; working with employees to correct deficiencies; and implementing discipline when necessary. Incumbent performs the most difficult and responsible types of duties assigned to classes within the Department, including the responsibility for projects and/or programs of high complexity. The employee is required to be trained and proficient in all procedures related to the assigned area of responsibility. Assignments are varied and may require independent judgement authority in the application of codes and regulations, where authorized by the Building Official. The representative duties listed include essential and marginal functions that vary by position. Individuals with disabilities will be considered for placement into positions in this class based upon an assessment of the essential functions of the particular position. Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: •Supervise assigned personnel. •Train staff in adherence to city policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. •Plan, prioritize, assign, schedule, supervise, and review work of assigned personnel; inspect and evaluate work to ensure that permit processing and issuance activities are performed in accordance with applicable standards and requirements. •Monitor and evaluate work in progress; evaluate work methods; recommend and implement work policies, procedures, and improvements. •Provide responsible professional and technical assistance in the development, administration…