Permit Coordinator

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.

Core 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.

Core Experience

• 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