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Land Entitlement Manager

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Job Description

David Weekley Homes is looking for a Land Entitlement Manager to join our Charleston team.

This person will collaborate with the Charleston Land team in support of the growth, profitability and vision of David Weekley Homes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage pre-acquisition activities related to project due diligence, entitlements, feasibility budgets, schedules, and plan review

• Review site plans, civil design documents, improvement plans and preliminary plats for project coordination and accuracy

• Review, analyze, and summarize all risks, related to environmental, political, entitlement, engineering, scheduling, budgetary, and development

• Coordinate land planning, rezoning cases, and civil plan approvals with various municipalities, agencies, and utility authorities

• Attend all public hearings, neighborhood meetings related to entitlement process

• Review Purchase Agreements for necessary entitlement deal points and monitor compliance with terms

• Determine availability of all utilities and associated fees

• Oversee consultant teams (architects, landscape architects, civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, environmental consultants) for specific projects to ensure timely progression of entitlement process and quality work product

• Assist with pre-construction meetings with subcontractors, governmental agencies, utility companies, and consultants in conjunction with land development team

• Responsible for managing land entitlement and due diligence activities until site is shovel ready for construction

  Job Requirements:

• Degree in civil engineering, landscape architecture or construction management is ideal

• The ideal candidate will have 4 to 6 years of site development construction management experience

• Prior residential homebuilding experience or residential engineering experience working with homebuilder or land development clients

• Must be able to read and interpret grading plans, blueprints, civil plans, landscape plans etc

• Ability to plan, organize, manage, and supervise activities of consulting team

• Good written and verbal skills, detail oriented with good follow-up and follow-thru skills, good people skills and problem-solving skills are required

• Ability to take initiative, be a self-starter, and advocate for projects

• Must be analytical, a strong communicator, have a sense of urgency and an ability to communicate up through the management structure of the Division and Region

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret due diligence reports, municipal code, and legal documents

  Ideal Candidate will possess these characteristics:

• Team player who can balance important relationships and high achievement

• Considerable initiative and ability to start and drive the process.

• Ability to balance multiple and competing priorities.

• Driven to press for results with measured sense of urgency.

• Ability to see global picture while maintaining focus on daily details that result in a successfully developed and completed community.

• Ability to influence numerous external people to place your priorities first, with tempered assertiveness.

• Ability to determine order of priorities.

• Professional demeanor with a persistent and positive attitude.

  What We Offer:

Come build your future with our winning team recognized by Fortune Magazine as “One of the Top 100 Companies to Work For” 18 times! David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets from coast to coast and is the largest privately-held builder in America. We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision

• 401k and discretionary 8% match; Employee Stock Ownership Program

• Profit Sharing

• Vacation, Holidays & PTO

• New Home Discount for Team Member & Family

• Team Member Product Discount

• Community Outreach

• Chaplain Program

• And More!