Permitting Specialist - Electrical Utilities

TYPES OF EXPERIENCE: 
- Site Plan permitting, Land Use Permitting, and Environmental Permitting experience
-Local land development experience working with municipalities and counties
-Permit Acquisition
-Civil Engineer or Land Planner with land development experience
-Erosion Control Plan and SWPPP experience

Job Description 
This position will support the Florida Permitting, & Engagement - Permitting Team by verifying and documenting the local permits required to build electrical substations (i.e. construction permits and local zoning/special exception permits). This position will be responsible for managing the acquisition of required local permits for the construction of electrical substations, including assembling permit applications and managing the permit requirements through the permitting process to final close-out of the permits. This position may also manage the acquisition of environmental permits for capital Transmission projects for substation and transmission line projects through close-out of the permits.

Responsibilities Include: 
Provide site development support to acquire local construction permitting for electrical substation projects within Florida territory and acquire environmental permits for Distribution, Transmission line and substation projects. This role will work closely with the substation engineering team for local substation permits and a host of other teams for the acquisition of environmental permits for lines and substations.
Minimum Qualifications 
- A graduate from a college or university with a bachelor degree in science, engineering or other related field of study.
- Job experience in evaluating local zoning ordinances, land development codes and building permit requirements in Florida.
- Job experience (1-5 years) in acquiring environmental permits in Florida
- Experience (1-5 years) in acquiring zoning and construction permits in Florida.
Preferred Qualifications 

• Proficient in gaining site development construction permits and environmental permits in Florida.
• Experience working for an electric utility.