Land Entitlements Manager

We are a home builder in central Florida who has a great reputation for any budget. Currently, we're expanding our footprint and looking for a Land Entitlements Manager to cover Central Florida. Here's what would make an ideal candidate...

In this role, you will work with our industry-leading home building team to coordinate/manage the zoning and entitlement of projects, establish budgets and deliver on target within projected timelines. In performing your responsibilities, you may work with third party counsel, consultants, engineers/architects, contractors and other professional service providers as needed to prudently assess, entitle, deliver and complete projects.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate prospective new unentitled (“raw”) land opportunities within specific target areas
• Manage entitlement process including applications, design, engineering, submittals and permitting for targeted projects
• Determine probability of rezoning approvals based on political environment, historical performance and professional resources
• Partner with municipal planners to identify growth corridors within municipalities which match their Comprehensive Growth Plans
• Conduct feasibility analysis including Land Planning, provide yield, on-site and off-site cost analysis, and develop project entitlement and timeline expenses.
• Manage Feasibility process to include review and recommendations on title, Phase I environmental report, geotechnical studies, topo, endangered species, utility availability, traffic impact and any other relevant aspects of the project, which may impact cost or timing.
• Assist the Land Manager with transfer of the project entitlements to development partner/assignee to ensure seamless transition
• Serve as a liaison and “area expert” for developer partners to help coordinate administrative and permitting issues that may arise, including coordination of platting processes.
• Development of preliminary development budgets and timelines

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Construction Management, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• A minimum of 3+ years of experience in land acquisition and development, preferably within the construction industry.
• Residential Real estate entitlement / development experience
• Background in land planning, law, engineering or real estate
• Homebuilding industry experience, a plus