Senior Permitting Manager (1400)

Are you looking for an opportunity with plenty of growth potential? Do you enjoy working in an exciting, fast-paced, collaborative environment? Are you interested in working with the world’s most innovative companies to create a more connected world? 

Connecting Continents. Impacting Communities. 

The backbone of the Internet is a series of high-tech subsea fiber optic cables deployed throughout the globe - SubCom has deployed over 50% of them. Our employees ensure data communications networks are engineered, manufactured, deployed, and maintained to the highest standards, enabling faster and more reliable connectivity to communities worldwide. Every member of the SubCom team plays a role in an end-to-end process that is critical to enterprises, governments, big cities, and rural towns. 

We encourage, expect, and value creativity, thoughtful risk taking, openness to change, and diverse perspectives. Whether you’re a seasoned applicant seeking a new and exciting challenge, or you’re new to the workforce and looking for a flexible, rewarding, and fast-paced position with an innovative and stable organization (since 1953), SubCom has opportunities to advance your career. 

Position Overview  

The Senior Permit Specialist is responsible for identifying, procuring, and maintaining necessary permits, authorizations, licenses, approvals, concurrences, etc., required to own, construct, install, operate, maintain, and decommission undersea telecommunications cable systems worldwide.  

Responsibilities

• Provide interdepartmental permitting expertise to other organizations including Sales and Project Management 
• Responsible for permit budget tracking and forecasting during projects 
• Research and analysis of regulatory requirements and their potential impact on project elements and schedules 
• Produce a permit action plan for each project which includes a detailed permitting plan of work for each jurisdiction 
• Review and liaise with SubCom personnel, permitting agencies, and customer personnel to define permit requirements and approaches for procuring permits in countries of cable landings and where cables transit maritime jurisdictional claims  
• Preparing and completing permit related presentations to various government agencies (as well as to customers)  
• Formulate technical work descriptions for permit applications  
• Review Request For Proposals (RFPs) and preparing cost estimates and proposals for supply contracts  
• Management of contractors and in country agents, for permit scoping and risk analysis, permit acquisition, biological/archaeological/other environmental support studies 
• Ensure that any permits required for maintenance are maintained as required for SubCom’s maintenance contracts or retained assets 
• Maintain a database of permit requirements for past and ongoing projects 

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree, or equivalent work experience 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant field 
• Experience of procuring permits for undersea cable systems 
• Knowledge of domestic and international laws related to submarine cables and maritime jurisdictional claims 
• Knowledge of regulatory and permitting requirements 
• Basic knowledge of applicable construction and environmental regulations 
• Basic knowledge of subsea cable engineering and construction practices 
• Experience in contract management 
• Coordination/Planning/Logistics 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; articulates thoughts and ideas clearly, concisely, and persuasively 

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. 

Candidates for positions with SubCom must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employment eligibility ve