Director of Construction Entitlement

7 Brew Coffee

Director of Entitlement

The primary role is to take prospective 7 Brew Drive Thru Coffee projects through municipality feasibility and entitlement processes and ultimately deliver fully permitted plated lots ready for development.

High level organization and teamwork will be critical as the role will spearhead the entire development process with each respective city. Candidate must be a great communicator who can effectively lead and track dozens of ongoing projects all while keeping an organized project pipeline accessible to the stakeholders.

Main Responsibilities:

• Be the primary contact with municipalities and related departments in leading projects through their entitlement processes from start to finish.
• Obtain required land use, zoning, site plan, engineering, health, building, and other necessary development approvals and permits from various regulatory agencies for prospective land acquisitions. Including preparation and submittal of applications and plans as well as coordinate review comments with consultants to ensure accurate and timely responses.
• Launch projects with municipalities via structured predevelopment meetings.
• Perform due diligence procedures for prospective land acquisitions.
• Create and maintain pre-development and land development budgets throughout the entitlement and pre-construction process.
• Interview and source proposals from various professional consultants as well as reviewing proposals for complete scopes of work and accurate cost estimates.
• Assist with keeping projects on budget, on schedule, and meeting or exceeding business plan key performance indicators.
• Assist with preparing annual business plan projections.
• Schedule, coordinate and present at key community and public hearings for project approvals.
• Work with cities to determine if a GC is needed, ascertain if the owner can be the GC and research requirements to become a GC.
• Communicate effectively with the consultants responsible for completing various phases of the project.
• Communicate effectively with City Planners and other Government Officials for completing various land planning entitlement approvals.
• Prioritizes conflicting needs; proactively handles matters expeditiously, and follows through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures.
• Directs quality control review of project deliverables to ensure requirements are met.

Skills, Qualifications, Knowledge Requirements:

• Experience managing all phases of all entitlement processing including Zoning Codes, Comprehensive Plans and other applicable municipal codes impacting the development of land.
• Strong organizational skills that reflect an ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly and with excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, including staff, external partners, and investors.
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
• A highly resourceful team-player with the ability to also be independently effective.
• Innovative thinker, who actively seeks opportunities to improve performance and proposes solutions.
• Some scheduled travel is required and also have the ability to be flexible where unscheduled travel is necessary.
• Effective time management and logical decision-making ability
• Capacity to handle pressure

Experience/Education:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in land entitlements spanning multiple states, land planning, commercial development, or civil engineering.
• A four-year bachelor’s degree or master’s with a focus in real estate development, real estate finance, urban planning and land planning, civil engineering
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point), Smartsheet, Adobe Acrobat, PC and Apple Operating Systems, and social media web platforms, with the ability to quickly adapt to changing technology environments.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Compensation package:

• Bonus opportunities
• Weekly pay

Experience level:

• 5 years

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Kansas City, MO: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person