The Permit Coordinator

Coffee and the board

Coffee at home. Pulls up the permit tracking board on the laptop — twenty-two active permits across three counties. Two flagged red for inspection windows today, one in plan-review limbo since last Wednesday. Notes the Carlin gas final is the morning's first call.

Into the office

Same parking spot, same printer that always jams Mondays. Prints the day's permit list and the inspection schedule because she's caught more conflicts on paper than on screen.

Building department calls

Building departments open at eight sharp. Calls the city to confirm the Carlin gas final at ten-thirty and the Henderson rough-in window for Tuesday afternoon. Catches that the inspector for Westbrook commercial is out — reschedules without losing a day.

Plan-review limbo

The Riverside permit has been sitting in plan review for six business days. Calls the reviewer directly instead of emailing again — turns out the load calc PDF was corrupted on upload. Re-uploads from the source file while the reviewer stays on the line.

Inspection confirm

Texts the Installer on Carlin to confirm he'll be on site for the ten-thirty gas final and has the pressure gauge ready. He replies with a photo of the gauge already set. Logs the confirmation on the board.

New applications

Builds three new permit applications for next week's installs. Each one runs through her mental checklist before submission — load calc, mechanical plan, contractor license, equipment cut sheets, signed application. No incomplete submissions go out the door.

Lunch at the desk

Soup from the thermos. Texts back her mother about a doctor's appointment Friday. Reads two pages of the county code update binder she's been working through over lunch since January.

Carlin result

Installer calls — Carlin gas final passed clean. She updates the board, releases the closeout to the Project Manager, and files the inspection signoff in the job record. One green dot on the morning's list.

Municipal email triage

Works through the inbox. Two correction notices from the county on a commercial submittal — reads them carefully, drafts the responses with the engineer copied, and sets a Wednesday deadline on the calendar so they don't drift. Then the Installation Manager loops her in on the morning's residential drawing — pulls the file, marks up the equipment swap, and sends the revision out before three the way they promised the inspector.

Riverside breakthrough

Reviewer calls back — Riverside permit released, ready for pickup tomorrow. Updates the board from red to yellow, emails the Project Manager so the Installer crew can be staged, and logs the six-day delay against the project so the report shows the pattern.

Tomorrow's prep

Pulls tomorrow's inspection list and confirms each Installer by text. Henderson rough-in at one, Westbrook reschedule at three. Stages the printed permits and inspection cards in the file by the door so morning is just grab-and-go.

Close out

Shuts down. Carlin closed clean, Riverside out of limbo, three new applications submitted. The unjammed printer is the day's small win. Heads out with the binder under her arm.