Supervisor Network Permitting (Information Technology)
Company Summary
Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world's most revolutionary technologies. As the largest shared infrastructure provider in the United States, Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers, 80,000 small cells and over 80,000 route miles of fiber across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service – bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is a NYSE S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of approximately $85 billion.
Position Title: Supervisor Network Permitting - 6E
Position Summary
The Permitting Supervisor position carries a high level of responsibility and must adhere to established schedules to facilitate timely delivery of the customer order. The ideal candidate will offer the following abilities and knowledge, as demonstrated in employment history or other experience: negotiating right-of-way access agreements, representation at zoning hearings, experience preparing and submitting permit packages, processing permits by interfacing with local governments, vendor management, securing requisite entitlements to allow network development, and an understanding of construction plans/drawings.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead a team of Permitting Specialists with primary responsibility in all aspects of submitting and acquiring entitlements and agreements needed for installation of Crown Castle infrastructure
- Responsible for representation before local agencies and represent Crown Castle before jurisdictional planning authorities and city councils.
- Interface with jurisdictional staff on matters related to applicable laws, codes and ordinances and effectively communicate and leverage regulatory status in support of deployment objections.
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal functional groups to resolve issues, to facilitate progress and to achieve milestone targets, with the goal of delivering networks on-time and on-budget.
- Responsible for all Crown proprietary project tracking including data entry and the integrity of information in system.
- Act as the single point of contact for internal and external customers reliant on specific Permitting deliverables in given projects. Attend customer deployment meetings, to resolve conflicts or problems related to network entitlements deliverables and tasks.
- Drive Permitting functions associated with projects; review project reports and identify issues in reporting or task completion; understanding and adherence to Permitting cycle times; and providing and achieving project forecasting accuracy
Education/Certifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
- JD or legal background preferred but not required
- Project Management Certification preferred but not required
Experience/Minimum Requirements
- A minimum of three (3) years of proven experience working for a wireless carrier or wireless services/ site acquisition, external/regulatory/governmental affairs consulting firm, a utility, a jurisdictional, or Planning, Zoning, and Land Use capacity required or equivalent in a comparable industry or relevant military experience required.
- A minimum of three (3) years managing an internal team of three (3) or more people.
- Vendor management experience preferred.
- Small Cell experience is preferred but not required.
- Experience with Jurisdictions in the Northern California market required.
Other Skills/Abilities
- Experience in presenting and speaking to the public and governmental entities.
- Experience working with engineering teams, preparation of permit applications and construction documents and network construction required.
- Familiarity with and experience of the rules and policies of the Public Utilities Commission desirable.
- Experience working on goal-driven, cross-functional teams.
- Experience deploying distributed network systems within the context of deploying telecommunications networks within the public way preferred.
- Familiarity with and experience of the rules and policies of the federal Telecommunications Act, State statutes and local ordinances governing telecommunications deployed in the public right of way. Public Utility Code, and Public Utilities/Public Service Commission desirable.
Organizational Relationship
Reports to: Manager, Network Permitting
Title(s) of direct reports: Permitting Specialist
Working Conditions: Primarily works in a normal office setting with no exposure to adverse environmental conditions
Additional Information: Up to 20% travel, including day and short overnight trips
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