Director of Land Planning and Entitlements
Mobile, AL
Bring your expertise and experience in residential land development, civil engineering, forward planning, zoning and governmental approvals, etc and join our client - the fastest growing Single-Family Community Development company in the country!
Highlights:
- Rocketship: Company grew 10x since 2019 and is now the largest residential land and lot developer in the USA.
- Business is (still) Scaling: Position is open/created due to successful Gulf Coast expansion and growth – massive deal pipeline with projects booked out years ahead.
- Advantage: Company is self-financing all purchases and construction efforts, limiting exposure to macro risks.
What you’ll do:
- Oversee and drive entitlements and engineering for all new land acquisition opportunities.
- Provide project management, oversight of engineers, contractors, scopes of work, inspections of completion, creating, reviewing and certifying development budgets and bid processes.
Responsibilities:
- Perform detailed review and analysis of entitlement status of prospective acquisitions on a continuous basis, including assessment of due diligence information and documentation.
- Oversee the completion, submittal and approval of construction plans, including soliciting bids for engineers and other consultants, coordinating the submittal of construction plans, and more.
- Drive the municipal approval process for each land deal, including attending/speaking at municipal hearings.
- Assist in oversight of the design and budgeting of "hard" and "soft" cost items in certain communities, including conceptual planning, final construction documents and development cost estimates.
- Coordinate with onsite construction management of community development projects, including oversight of governmental acceptance of public improvements.
- Maintain all previously approved land use and development entitlements.
- Maintain critical relationships within the private development community, state and local government and quasi-governmental authorities, and private engineering firms.
- Provide input on selection of subdivision details for amenities and common areas (landscaping materials, screening walls, etc.).
- Provide support in preparation of internal investment committee memos for approval of acquisitions.
What you’ll need:
- 5+ years of related experience in determining feasibility of a development project, rezoning, gaining entitlements, permitting and platting of raw land, gaining government approvals, etc
- Experience gaining entitlements related to residential real estate development is highly preferred.
- Candidate can describe in detail the last few municipal approval processes they have navigated.
- Registered Land Planner (AICP) or Professional Engineer (PE) are a plus but not required.
