Description

Excellent Benefits

The City provides a comprehensive benefits package that is largely employer paid including Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA/HSA, WA State PERS, Life/AD&D and generous paid Vacation, Holiday and Sick Leave Programs. The City also offers optional 457 and ROTH (up to 2% City match), LTD and Supplemental Life plan participation.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs technical and administrative duties in support of the planning and building/fire divisions.
• Provides excellent internal and external customer service by providing assistance throughout the development permit application process by answering basic inquiries and asking questions to discern project goals & requirements.  Refers complex inquiries and issues to appropriate personnel.
• Assists customers in creating and accessing account(s) in the City of Wenatchee Public Portal.
• Serves as front counter walk-in reception.  Answers telephones.  Maintains positive relations with contractors, developers, architects, engineers, property owners and the general public.
• Receives applications and performs simple preliminary plan review to ensure applications are complete.  Routes applications, plans and supporting documents to appropriate personnel.
• Accurately enters data into the permitting & plan review software system. Effectively tracks and reports on up-to-date information regarding status of permits throughout the approval process. 
• Creates, updates, files and maintains all records relating to permit files and inspections.  Establishes and maintains an archive program for division records.
• Schedules inspections, assists in preparation, provides status updates to customers and follows up with inspectors to ensure documentation completion.  Ensures thorough file maintenance.
• Processes approved permits, calculates fees, contacts customers for document pick up and collects fees.  Prepares occupancy certificates.
• Prepares brochures and forms for public information.
• Compiles information and reports to assist with annual budget preparation.
• Prepares, compiles and disseminates correspondence, reports or other documents.
• Maintains current desk procedures and tasks to explain position responsibilities.
• Creates, updates and implements process improvement procedures, tasks, workflows and systems.

Qualification Requirements

• Associates degree.  Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Two (2) years of related office environment experience dealing with the public regarding building trades or planning codes and land use permitting.
• Municipal or county planning or engineering division experience in a permitting environment or a related field such as building construction administration preferred.
• Bilingual, English and Spanish, language abilities desired.
• Must become a certified WA Notary Public within six (6) months of hire and maintain throughout employment.
• Must obtain an ICC Permit Technician certification within one (1) year of hire and maintain throughout employment.

City of Wenatchee Government

The City of Wenatchee is a full-service City employing 190 employees. Departments include Community Development, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services, Police and Public Works. The City operates under a Strong Mayor form of government with seven council members. Active boards and commissions advise the City Council with governance.

The Community

The City of Wenatchee is home to 35,526 people with approximately 124,795 living in the greater Wenatchee urban area. Located in a beautiful valley at the confluence of the Wenatchee and Columbia Rivers and on the east slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range, the city enjoys wonderful abundant sunshine with four distinct seasons. The average rainfall is a mere 10 inches per year making the region a focal point of Washington State for outdoor recreation. Wenatchee is the largest city in rural North Central Washington and thus provides a small-town atmosphere with big city amenities striking a great balance between rural and urban qualities of life. Furthermore, the city is only 30-minutes from the renowned resort towns of Leavenworth and Lake Chelan. For those desiring occasional amenities of major metropolitan areas, Seattle is a short scenic 3-hour drive or 30-minute flight away making Wenatchee very attractive to many people and families relocating from the Puget Sound area.

Find out more about the City at https://www.wenatcheewa.gov. Some of the tourism highlights of the region can be viewed at https://www.visitchelancounty.com/ and http://wenatchee.org/. Our historic downtown is a nationally recognized Main Street with an active downtown association https://wendowntown.org/.

Must See

“We are Wenatchee Part I"
“We are Wenatchee Part II”
“We are Wenatchee Part III”

How to Apply

Please visit the City of Wenatchee website to view the employment opportunity, job description and complete an online application:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/wenatcheewa.  

Initial Review Date: 5:00 P.M., Monday, June 29, 2026. Open until filled.

Requirements

• Associates degree.  Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Two (2) years of related office environment experience dealing with the public regarding building trades or planning codes and land use permitting.
• Municipal or county planning or engineering division experience in a permitting environment or a related field such as building construction administration preferred.
• Bilingual, English and Spanish, language abilities desired.
• Must become a certified WA Notary Public within six (6) months of hire and maintain throughout employment.
• Must obtain an ICC Permit Technician certification within one (1) year of hire and maintain throughout employment.