Construction Permitting Manager

At Cumming Group you will work on some of the worlds most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally an extremely diverse project portfolio and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead permitting and regulatory approvals across the project lifecycle.

• Serve as the primary interface with AHJs building and fire officials planning/zoning departments utilities and local agencies.

• Maintain the permit matrix approval schedule and key regulatory milestones.

• Coordinate permit submissions with architects engineers contractors consultants and project leadership.

• Manage agency comments technical responses and approval issues through resolution.

• Identify permitting or stakeholder risks that could impact the project schedule or critical path.

• Build and maintain relationships with local government regulatory agencies utilities and community stakeholders.

• Support local communications and community engagement as needed.

• Track permits approvals agency correspondence commitments and outstanding actions.

• Coordinate closely with project management design construction EHS quality and commissioning teams.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in construction permitting capital projects entitlements land/site development municipal engineering or regulatory approvals.

• Demonstrated experience working directly with AHJs municipalities utilities and local regulatory agencies.

• Strong understanding of construction permitting and local approval processes.

• Experience coordinating permitting for complex construction or capital projects.

• Strong communication stakeholder management and issue-resolution skills.

• Ability to manage multiple permits deadlines and regulatory stakeholders concurrently.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Architecture Planning or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience considered.

Preferred Experience

• Strong construction or capital project experience within the local market.

• Existing knowledge of local AHJs permitting processes municipal agencies and utilities.

• Established local relationships with government construction engineering or development stakeholders.

• Experience with large-scale commercial industrial manufacturing infrastructure mission-critical or other complex projects.

• Experience with an owner developer EPC general contractor engineering firm or program/construction management firm.

Local construction and permitting experience is more important than experience within any specific industry sector.

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In addition to base salary Cumming Group offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program