Permit Coordinator

Pearce Services•Lewisville, TX

3d•$24 - $32

About The Position

At PEARCE , we've got a career for you! Join the nation’s leading independent service provider for critical telecommunication and renewable energy infrastructure. We are the premier independent service provider for our nation’s critical infrastructure. With over 2,500 team members nationwide, Pearce delivers comprehensive engineering, maintenance, repair, and repowering solutions, ensuring the seamless operation of our nation’s wireless and wireline telecom, commercial and utility-scale solar and wind projects, EV charging stations, as well as large-scale power generation, critical power and energy storage assets. Your Impact The Permit Coordinator is responsible for obtaining all necessary encroachment and construction permits for various telecom and utility projects.  The Permit Coordinator will work with various jurisdictions, customers and their vendors, and internal teams to ensure the timely submittal and acquisition of permits.  The Permit Coordinator will work with all required local, state, and federal jurisdictions to resolve any conflicts and will track multiple concurrent permit submittals. They are responsible for owning the permit schedule per job from start to finish to ensure SLAs are met.

Requirements

Understanding of OSP Telecommunications terminology
Demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness and look for ways to improve and promote quality
Listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; participates in meetings
Follows policies and procedures, completes administrative tasks correctly and on time, and supports the organization's goals and values
Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, looks for ways to improve and promote quality, and monitors own work to ensure quality
Meets permitting KPI standards
High School Diploma or GED required
1+ years of college/ technical school or six months related experience and/or training
Experience working with permitting agencies and experience with OSP telecom and/or utility builds
Familiar with the process of acquiring encroachment, excavation, and traffic control permits
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, travel may be required by air or vehicle
Must have a valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record
Able to drive to permitting agencies' locations daily
Detail-oriented and able to maintain internal and customer tracking systems
Must reside in Central Time

Responsibilities

Permit kickoff meeting with jurisdictions
Completing jurisdictional conformance checks
Accountable for ensuring SLAs and schedules are met
Own the permitting process on behalf of the customer(s) by ensuring all permits are identified, design vendors are coordinated, and all stakeholders informed of the status
Identify and resolve conflicting permitting requirements when dealing with multiple jurisdictions
Access various databases that provide engineering and facility assignment records
Work with the permit team to resolve permit escalation and mitigations in a timely
Depending on business and client needs, specific duties may vary or evolve over time.