Join the talented team at McKenna. McKenna’s planning, design, and building professionals help municipal leaders develop and maintain communities for real life. From downtowns, neighborhood parks, and storefronts, to parking spots, coffee shops, and farmers’ markets, we want your community to thrive. McKenna provides planning, zoning, building, landscape architecture, community and economic development, and urban design assistance to cities, villages, townships, counties, and regional agencies, as well as select private clients, based on skilled and effective public engagement.

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Our Project Managers excel at coordinating a broad range of planning and/or design projects while collaborating with diverse communities, writing and/or producing technically rich plans and/or designs, and developing meaningful relationships with local leaders.

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McKenna’s Associate Planners are passionate, talented, and creative professionals who want to make a difference and see their work efforts result in tangible, inspirational outcomes. Our work is purposeful and impacts people by influencing the state of the environment; ultimately, we take pride in helping to improve quality of life in our great Midwestern communities. McKenna’s team members enjoy the benefits of our practice, from the diversity of projects in a diverse range of communities, to our fast-paced, creative, and collaborative team culture.

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McKenna Building Officials and Inspectors are problem-solving professionals who collaborate with team members and outside partners. They thrive on variety, have a strong background in construction, are well-versed in area building codes and have experience interpreting them.

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McKenna team members, including Mechanical Inspectors, inspire those around them by displaying their positive individual approaches to solving difficult problems. Our Building Professionals effectively communicate expectations to McKenna team members with whom they collaborate, as well as outside partners on our multi-firm efforts.

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The Permit Technician will work within a municipal building department in the Metro Detroit area and perform critical tasks as front-line personnel related to customer service and construction development. Duties include reviewing, accepting, distributing, processing, documenting, and maintaining departmental information, reports, plans, specifications, applications, and permits and related inspections according to established guidelines. The Permit Technician will provide ongoing administrative, organizational, and technical support to the Building Department Inspection Division staff and other departments associated with permit issuance.

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