Permitting Manager

October 23, 2024

Industry: Private

Employment Type:- Full Time

Work Hours:- 8 Hours

Locations:- USA

Full Job Description:-

Tilson is on a mission to build America's information infrastructure and we are seeking individuals from across the country to join us. Recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for 14 years in a row, Tilson is a high growth team of driven professionals with a national practice. We build high-performing teams who take on the largest and most impactful projects for our clients.

Position Details

Manage a fast-paced team of Aerial and UG permit specialists responsible for the entire permitting process from application preparation, submittal, revisions, status follow up, and permit closure.  Persistence and drive are a must.  A thorough understanding of the permitting lifecycle process is key to being successful in this position.

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Oversees and manages a team of Aerial and UG Permitting Specialists by focusing the team’s efforts appropriately and readjusting as needed in this fast-changing environment. 
Manage day-to-day activities by creating and updating the team’s work schedule, including addressing daily escalations and priority shifts.
Supports company and departmental initiatives by driving production and accountability. 
Works with the Project Managers and Engineer Leads to prioritize work, address escalations, create schedules, meet permit submittal targets and evaluate priority of workload. Takes action to mitigate projected overruns or delays
Understands and monitors permitting budget and drives team to hold to budget
Develops training plans for team members and provide cross training opportunities.
Provides customer-facing communications by providing detailed weekly permit status reporting both internally and externally. 
Attention to detail is key.  Perform regular QC checks of the permitting database to ensure data is correct and matches the schedule.  Compare dates with customer provided schedules on a weekly basis and adjust schedules as required.
Communicates with local permitting authorities.  You will encounter varying levels of experience with permit authority reviewers.  Be professional, polite, and negotiate to ensure permits are reviewed and approved in a timely fashion.
Knows and understands when Professional Engineering reviews, water canal surveys, structure as built requests, and other long lead activities are required and take these intervals into account while successfully meeting permit submittal dates.
On occasion, researching and analyzing county assessor records, survey maps, tract/parcel maps, appraisals, right of way maps, plats, and construction maps to resolve discrepancies in permit authority jurisdiction.
Maintains orderly records of all documents within electronic filing system. 
Makes daily updates to trackers to provide status of individual permits and be well organized.  Support the data preparation process for invoicing and billing. 
QC reviews permit packages before invoicing to ensure there are no delays in payment.
Must be resourceful, whether parsing down data quickly to produce a report, or to effectively route needed support to a project.

Qualifications

5+ years of permitting or related management experience
Ability to read and understand telecommunications construction drawings
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent applicable experience, Engineering degrees preferred
Experience in wireless and/or OSP telecommunications is a plus
Experience with time management, and ability to manage multiple priorities with competing deadlines
Strong computer and communication capabilities, must be fluent in Excel, understand and use pivot tables to parse data, use of mapping programs like Google Earth or similar GIS programs
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively or independently
Experience trouble shooting and problem resolution
Must practice good judgment and take ownership in safety culture
Valid driver’s license
Occasional travel required