Permit Manager
Description
Join us to design places that make a difference
As a Cushing Terrell team member, you will create built environments that push the boundaries of cutting-edge design and contribute to thriving communities. You will join a multidisciplinary team of talented engineers, architects, designers, planners, and business professionals who work across 17 office locations and remotely throughout the United States. Our vision is to shape a new world using knowledge and creativity to educate, enlighten, delight, unite, preserve, sustain, and forever improve.
As a Permit Manager, you will oversee the permitting team. You will utilize project management skills and demonstrate strong decision-making abilities. In this position, you will collaborate with various project team members and clients to establish an effective permitting process and system for managing permits. This position requires overseeing timelines, developing schedules, and monitoring progress to ensure that objectives related to the permitting process are achieved.
Qualifications* you will bring to the table:
- An Associate’s degree or higher in related fields
- 5+ years of experience in the Architecture Engineering industry, or related field
- Experience with permit management
- Excellent communications and organization Skills
- Ability to manage both a team and the permitting process
- The ability to monitor and communicate risks related to the start of construction due to delays in obtaining permits
- Ability to make strong positive connections at authorities having jurisdiction
- An understanding of permitting codes and process with multiple authorities
- An Understanding of various permit requirements
- Values permits, understand their importance, knows the right questions to ask, and can effectively remove roadblocks
*Did you know that some people hold back on applying to jobs if they don’t meet 100% of the listed requirements? We don’t want you to hold back! If you don’t check every point above but still feel like you could successfully do the work, we encourage you to apply!
As a Team Member at Cushing Terrell, you will*…
- Create, oversee and manage a permitting process that tracks hundreds of permits in progress across all 50 states from beginning to end
- Create permit timelines that enable effective planning while ensuring that permits do not expire
- Expand our permitting services to market to other architectural and engineering firms, as well as general contractors
- Review application and construction documents for completeness and compliance with requirements
- Route plans for appropriate staff for processing
- Coordinate the plan checking process, monitoring, and ensure that all necessary documentation and reviews are completed
- Prepare and issue permits in compliance with current Building Department standards, development conditions, improvement standards, construction specifications, and city ordinances
- Establish and maintain good working relations with the public, development community, city staff, and others contacted during the course of work, serving as a liaison to multiple agencies
- Collaborate directly with the supervisors to initially review the construction documents in order to accurately prepare permit applications to be submitted to the municipality
- Maintain reports to include: permit tracking log, sold not started, inventory management, and other various permitting spreadsheets
*The majority of the time, a person in this role will be sitting in an office with limited physical requirements. This may require individuals to bend, stretch, twist, and reach.
Your pay
The salary for this position is based on the location/s posted. If you are a candidate living outside of (this region/these regions), we still encourage you to apply as salary ranges may differ across states/cities/job markets.
- Expected Range*: $60,000 to $80,000
- The position is also eligible for an annual performance bonus
*The actual salary offered for the role will be determined based on various factors including but not limited to; years of experience, certifications, location, level of job-related knowledge, and other job-related factors (as permitted by law).
Why Cushing Terrell?
Cushing Terrell offers excellent, competitive employee benefits; please view our Employee benefits guide for more information.
Equity
Cushing Terrell is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, age, color, religious creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, military status or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
If you need assistance or accommodation while seeking employment with us, please call 406.248.7455. We will review requests for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis. If you are having difficulty applying through an external website, please visit www.cushingterrell.com/joinus/
We look forward to hearing from you!