Entitlement Specialist

Company: The RIO Group
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: March 26, 2020

Job Description:

Entitlement Specialist Fort Lauderdale, FL -- Highlights: Industry and Local Leader: Top 2 company in their industry and #2 in the Florida market Stability / Capital Commitment: Position open due to market growth - recent mammoth reinvestment in division land position securing 100s of new developments across South East Florida. Local Focus:-- Work on projects in your backyard, not halfway across the country Growth Potential: Gain valuable experience in a high-growth region and fast track into future senior-level roles -- What you'll do: Project manage due diligence and entitlements responsibility for multiple land development projects across Southeast Florida. Determine the feasibility of a planned acquisition, the entitlement of property including obtaining zoning and governmental approvals; oversee the completion, submittal, and approval of construction plans; oversee the tax appeal process within the Division Responsibilities: Involvement in the due diligence process. Due diligence includes determining both the physical and financial feasibility of a planned community, including some or all of the following: Physically walking the site with the ability to determine the potential for special development situations like special grading issues, etc. Hiring and coordination of counsel in generating submittal narratives/exhibits to government. Hiring and coordination of land planning and engineering consultants to prepare submittal exhibits/plans. Receive, review and revise exhibits/plans. Attend meetings with City Staff and Development Team. Request, receive and submit City application fee, submit the application and plans to plan. Solicit bids and determining engineers and other consultants. Coordinate and track the submittal of construction plans and other plans. Attend follow-up meetings with City staff. Receive and review plans, produce revisions. Coordinate with staff on Council approval of Final Plat. Review 3rd party engineer preliminary plans - working directly with the engineers being instrumental in controlling costs by evaluating dirt qualities & movement, overall lot layout from a Sales perspective, verifying the plan is in compliance with the current zoning. Challenge hired engineers on community layout for maximum lot yield, design and reasonableness Interact on amenity and entrance creation, design and budgeting to comply with County zoning requirements, meet Sales & Marketing needs obtaining County approval Maintain historical data on costs associated with each development project - used as a measurement tool to establish an initial budget that estimates a final lot cost for budgeting What you'll need: BS Degree, Engineering discipline would be a plus 3-5+ years of related professional experience including land planning, civil engineering design, permitting, etc Knowledge of Miami Dade and Broward County municipalities is a big plus Consistently shows attention to detail Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in an efficient and accurate manner

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