Permit Coordinator

Position Name
Permit Coordinator

Astound Broadband, the sixth-largest telecommunications provider in the United States, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge technology and communications services-and applicants like you make it all possible. To develop your career, we provide one-on-one training and coaching, a supportive work environment and the opportunity to represent a superior telecommunications company.

Additionally, we offer a robust benefits package, including rewards, recognition and employee discounts to ensure your continued success. With us, you'll stay empowered to do your best work by creating astounding possibilities for local communities and beyond.

Where you will work: This position will be based out of Astound's Dallas, TX office.

A Day in the Life of the Permit Coordinator:

• Coordinates complex project/programs from walkout through completion of permits and applicable post inspections.
• Works with Construction and engineering to complete project timelines and within budgeted costs
• Defines resources and creates project plans and schedules for project implementation through Completion.
• Identifies, tracks, manages, and minimizes project risks to successful project completion, and creates strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning. Escalates these issues when necessary to ensure minimal impact to quality, budget, and time line.
• Plans and schedules per project for deliverables, goals, and milestones. .
• Identifies and solves project issues.
• Ensures that projects meet required timelines, and that timelines are being accurately tracked with detailed project and status reports.
• Leads assigned team members and contract engineering firms along with assigned resources to prioritize project work based on analysis of strategic importance, tasks outstanding, obstacles, or barriers, budgets, resources and deadlines.
• Explains implications of changes to project scope. Manages scope through change orders, internal change orders, phased delivery or other methods to ensure projects deliver on time line, scope, budget and strategy expectations.
• Manages contractor invoicing and tracks each project to budget.
• Organizes and participates in all major planning sessions regarding projects.
• Manages conflicts to resolve and corrective action as needed.
• Establishes and improves processes and procedures for completing projects in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Creates or participates in the creation of project reporting and updates.
• Manages internal and external client expectations with respect to quality, budget, delivery timelines, and strategy
• Works closely with management and OSP Engineering to ensure that all priorities are being met.
• Communicates progress, risk, expectations, timelines, milestones, and other key project metrics to management and team members.
• Other duties as assigned

What You Bring to the Table:

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications Permitting and Construction experience
• Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Able to create project plans and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with demonstrated ability to execute projects on time and on budget
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Good computer skills, proficient with MS Office applications, including MS Project
• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications industry experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Project Management - undertakes complex scoping, planning and integration of people and resources, manages risks, plans for multiple contingencies, manages and measures multiple activities
• Initiative - identifies ways to improve processes/situations, takes responsibility for improvements or solving problems, sets own standards above prevailing standards, show dissatisfaction with substandard or inefficient activities
• Systematic Thinking - makes effective use of organizational systems and processes, takes an organized, logical approach to thinking through issues, applies learning to new situations
• Learning Capability - picks up new skills quickly, develops expertise
• Organizational Ownership & Values Alignment - reliability and conscientiousness, integrity and openness, enthusiasm and engagement

Education and Certifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Civil Engineering, Technology, or related field preferred or equivalent relevant experience.

We're Proud to Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including:

• 401k retirement plan, with employer match
• Insurance options including: medical, dental, vision, life and STD insurance
• Paid Time Off/Vacation: Starting at 80 hours per year, and increases based on tenure with the organization
• Floating Holiday: 40 hours per year
• Paid Holidays: 7 days per year
• Paid Sick Leave: Astound allows a number of paid sick hours per calendar year and varies based on state and/or local laws
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Employee discount program
  *Benefits listed above are for regular full-time positions

Our Mission Statement:
* Take care of our customers
* Take care of each other
* Do what we say we are going to do
* Have fun

Diverse Workforce / EEO:
Astound Broadband is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are dedicated to cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued, respected and empowered. Discrimination of any kind has no place here. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all employees and applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, military, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to create a culture that celebrates our differences and promotes fairness and inclusivity in all aspects of our business.

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