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Job Title: Permitting Director
Primary Location: Irving, TX
Employment Status: Full Time, Exempt
Compensation: We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to any other employees in the same or similar role.

Congruex is looking for a Director of Permitting to join our team. Learn more about our operating unit at: www.Congruex.com

Who is Congruex

Congruex designs and builds broadband and wireless communications infrastructure. The work we do enables everything in the modern world to operate, from healthcare and energy to transportation and social interactions.

We deliver turn-key network solutions under a single platform by aligning our engineering and in-market construction operating units. Our vision is to be the best end-to-end provider of network services in the U.S. and our core values of GRIT connect everything we do.

We are building tomorrow, together. Will you join us?

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Job Summary:
The Permitting Director will lead the permitting strategy for projects, ensuring compliance with all environmental, land use, and regulatory requirements while maintaining project schedules and budgets. The Permitting Director will lead and mentor a high-performing team of permit managers fostering a culture excellence, collaboration, innovation and continues improvement. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with proven experience in optimizing efficiency, managing permitting teams, and implementing best practices. The Director will also maintain responsibility for the profit and loss for the permitting organization.

Job Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):

• Represent the company and your team while working closely with the internal and external customer to define and deliver their needs.
• Identify a workgroup’s daily capacity and determine the required capacity to complete the work.
• Based on a team’s performance and/or the performance need, provide daily or weekly production expectations.
• Either through process or products, identify innovative ways to reduce work cycle times and increase quality.
• Determine a workload and financial forecast for each shared service based on trends, projections, or customer commitments.
• Retrieve, analyze, transform, and report data for business intelligence. 
• Work with Business Development to research and develop new shared services business opportunities for both internal and external customers.
• Build and maintain a team of high functioning managers, professional staff, and support staff to maintain a profitable organization.
• Provide technical and analytical guidance as needed as well as coaching and mentorship.
• Hold team accountable for submitting timely, quality work.
• Coordinate with HR team for recruitment and training of a cross-functional department.
• Work with Operations to determine improvement targets in all projects as a measure of performance.
• Set challenging cross-functional goals that support the organizational goals and strategies.
• Manage and supervise firm operations including bid analysis, budgeting, initiating, resourcing, and distribution of responsibilities amongst team.
• Assist account president in planning and executing the annual budget.
• Process daily escalations of issues from client.
• Report weekly on productivity, statuses, and quality; Special or ad-hoc reports or projects as needed.

Required Skills & Qualifications:
General

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics.
• Minimum 10 years of construction and/or engineering experience.
• Minimum 5  years in land use permitting, environmental permitting, and project entitlements, with demonstrated leadership and management skills.
• Minimum 5 years of management experience.
• Excellent conflict resolution skills and demonstrated experience in directing and motivating multi-level talent.
• Experience conducting end to end project management of large fiber deployment projects; able to provide technical and analytical guidance to a project team.
• Experience managing Outside Plant and Inside Plant projects.
• Deadline driven, self-motivated, and technically savvy.
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skills.
• Superior time management skills.
• Extremely organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to be flexible, take direction with ease, including changes to schedule and workflow priorities.
• Critical thinking skills; make assessments and provide solutions to problems.
• Ability to maintain professional tact in a fast-paced work environment with internal personnel and clients.
• Superior customer service. Dedication to providing customers “White Glove Service”.

Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• Relationship management experience (government/city officials, clients, etc.) preferred.
• Civil and/or telecommunications construction background preferred.
• Experience in negotiating with wildlife, land use, and regulatory agencies to achieve favorable outcomes.
• Master’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics preferred.

Why Work At Congruex

No matter what role you play, you are an important part of the One Congruex Family. We offer:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Benefits
• 401(k) Program with a Company Match.
• Free Wellness Resources & Marketplace Discounts
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Paid Basic Life Insurance & Voluntary Options
• The pillars of Congruex culture are GRIT, safety, inclusion, and family.

The Fine Print:
We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to employees in similar roles. Some benefits have eligibility criteria. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” employment relationship.