Permit Agent

Description

The Regulatory Specialist performs a variety of duties, technical and administrative tasks, and customer relations functions in support of city permit, country permit, railroad permit processes along with corp of Engineers permitting requirements.

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensures that permits are acquired correctly and promptly.
• Communicates directly with the client regarding agreement language, compensation, insurance requirements, bonds, and long lead items.
• Collaborates and communicates with other permit agents, survey crew, drill crew, and recording crew to maximize efficiencies.
• Participates in the permit project start-up meetings and ensure an absolute understanding of all topics discussed.
• Completes all necessary paperwork.
• Researches ownership for surface and/or minerals.
• Negotiates and acquires necessary surface and/or mineral permits for crew access.
• Works directly with the project manager, project engineers, and surveyors to receive the necessary documents such as calculations, pipeline specifications, and exhibits.
• Supports surveying, drilling, and recording phases, making sure permit stipulations are followed, and addressing problems as the issues arise.
• Other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirement

• Bachelor’s degree or experience equivalent to a four-year degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years’ relative experience.
• Good communication and organizational skills.
• Knowledgeable about survey drawings, engineering drawings, and alignments sheets.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to work autonomously and to collaborate fully as a team player.
• Ability to pay close attention to details, and present good planning, organization, and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
• Ability to maintain regular attendance as per work schedule agreed with the manager (may require working an adjusted work schedule based on project assigned and work overtime if warranted).
• Ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations and Company policies and procedures.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Spends a mixture of the time in an office and field environment.
• Is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
• Is occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.