Permitting Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Permitting Specialist, Building Systems
ms consultants, inc.
Columbus, OH and Pittsburgh, PA

We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Permitting Specialist to join our dynamic Building Systems team. In this key role, you’ll be an essential part of our full-service project delivery—helping bring spaces to life by navigating the critical path of permitting. You’ll work closely with our talented in-house team of architects, engineers, technicians, and administrative professionals, collaborating on a wide range of exciting projects. This role is perfect for someone who is self-motivated, highly organized, and confident in communicating with clients and team members alike.

As a Permitting Specialist, you’ll manage the coordination of multiple projects simultaneously ensuring timelines are met and clients have clear expectations about how permitting may impact their opening dates.

We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer paid time off, flexible schedules, and company-paid holidays to support your needs. Our commitment to balance also includes a hybrid work option, allowing you to split your time between the office and home. Additionally, select positions may offer the opportunity for full-time remote work, depending on the role and its requirements.

What You'll Do:

The focus of the position is to set appropriate client expectations for the permitting process and its impacts on opening dates. This will include coordination and outreach to all applicable permitting jurisdictions to research the process and timelines. The research is recorded and reported to our internal teams and clients. After construction document submission, it is important to follow up and monitor the review progress to verify that the project is moving through as expected.

This includes but is not limited to State and local building permits, signage permits, State or local health permits, EPA, water service permits and erosion and sediment control permits.

Specific responsibilities include :

• Technical understanding of building permitting processes.
• Production related project tasks within the following software platforms: Excel, and other Microsoft Office platforms
• Assisting project team leaders to align client & technical expectations for each project construction schedule.
• Organizing, recording, tracking and monitoring the permitting data

What You'll Bring:

We are looking for someone who is a proactive problem solver, willing and able to communicate ideas and learn office production workflow in a collaborative, matrixed team environment.

• Strong communication skills, good collaborator, creative thinker, highly organized
• Technical Computer skills – Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, Excel
• Experience working in technical project teams
• Experience researching planning and zoning approvals with municipalities

Why Choose ms consultants?

We are proud to be an award-winning engineering, architecture, planning and environmental consulting firm, annually ranking within ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms. We partner with a variety of public and private clients and take pride in the many relationships we have formed by providing quality design solutions since 1963. We are dedicated to helping these clients achieve their goals through integrated, innovative solutions, and outstanding customer service.

As a member of the ms team, we consider your needs as a professional and as an individual outside of work. We offer a career path which provides opportunities for advancement at any level of your career and costs for licensure, certifications, and further education. To support yourself and your family, we offer a robust benefits package with options for health coverage, in addition to life insurance, disability, long-term care, and more. Our comprehensive 401(k) plan with company matching contributions sets you up for the future, from hire to retire. Wherever you are in your personal and professional journey, ms has you covered.

We know work-life balance is important and offer paid time off and flexible work schedules for when you need it, in addition to company paid holiday. Our focus on work-life balance also includes a hybrid work option, giving you the flexibility to work in the office and at home. We’re also able to offer full-time remote work for select position, depending on the role and work requirement.

Our Mission:

By investing in our people, we create comprehensive solutions for communities and clients.

Our Vision:

Our vision is to shape a better tomorrow.

Our Values:

We are accountable. We foster collaboration. We stand for inclusion. We are committed to excellence. We are passionate about our work.

The ms Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

ms is a company that actively promotes anti-racist values and fosters an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This means working together to speak out and take action against all forms of racism, bias, and discrimination, not only in our company but in our community and everyday lives. Read more about ms DEI here.

ms consultants, inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. ms fully supports and maintains compliance with all state, federal, and local regulations. ms does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.

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