Architect - Building Permit Office - Assistant (80% to 100%)

Do you naturally tend to support and share your expertise with professionals in the construction field, partners, and clients to jointly find the best solution for their project? Are you passionate about architecture and sensitive to defending the interests of a community? Your ability to understand your interlocutors while respecting the regulatory framework is continuously demonstrated in your exchanges, whether during the analysis of construction projects or on site. If so, join our "architecture and technical" team at the Building Permit Office (BPO), passionate about issues related to urban development, and contribute to the city of tomorrow.

The City of Lausanne offers you a public service position in a dynamic working environment. We offer you flexible working hours to promote work-life balance.

Duration

One-year assistant contract

Main Mission(s)

• Provide advice and professional expertise (architecture) to architects or builders prior to a building permit application

• Provide analysis during the submission of an inquiry file to establish charges for the building permit

• Manage the monitoring of authorised projects from the granting of the building permit to the habitation or usage permit

• Represent the Municipality in case of infringements

• Handle third-party complaints (unannounced or non-compliant works, etc.) and order the cessation of works in case of infringement

• Participate in the development and revision of urban planning projects (Municipal Master Plan, specific zoning plans) according to the service’s needs

• Be proactive in proposing any measures likely to improve the efficiency and/or quality of services

Profile

• Master’s degree or diploma in architecture or engineering (EPFL, HES or equivalent training)

• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in construction and site management

• Understanding and sensitivity to architectural aesthetics and interest in urban planning

• Knowledge of the Lausanne area is an asset

• Excellent listening, communication, and negotiation skills

• Good writing skills (reports)

• Cooperative spirit between entities, with a focus on efficiency and service

Special Conditions

Clean criminal record

Workplace

Rue du Port-Franc 18, 1003 Lausanne

Start Date

Immediate or to be agreed

Information

Amélia Weissbrodt, Head of Architecture and Technical, 021 315 56 27, amelia.weissbrodt@lausanne.ch

Offer

Please send us your application and the usual documents by 30.08.2026 via the online form.
Please send us your application and the usual documents by 30.08.2026 via the online form. If this is not possible, please contact the HR unit directly at 021 315 22 48.
We pay great attention to the diversity of the life paths of our collaborators. Our positions are open to both women and men.

We pay great attention to the diversity of the life paths of our collaborators. Our positions are open to both women and men.