Principal Permitting Specialist, Offshore Wind Development
National Grid
- Brooklyn, NY Melville, NY
- $155,000-182,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible to Lead workstreams to deliver Federal, State and Local Permitting of Large Infrastructure Projects within the NGV Portfolio.
- Collaborate with a diverse set of employees (NG and JV) and consultants in a matrix organization to compile, organize, and assemble information leading to successful permit approvals
- Answer any formal or informal questions related to permit applications and/or environmental issues, or other submissions to regulatory agencies.
- Provide insights and thought leadership to adjacent organizations in the development overall strategic engagement of external stakeholders within the regulatory (permitting) space
- Engage directly and indirectly with key Stakeholders and Agencies, as necessary to facilitate the permitting process.
- Work within a matrix environment to contribute to bid submission(s) of projects that support the clean energy transition.
- Review reports, analysis and assessments completed by partnering consultants for completeness and overall accuracy prior to submission to regulatory agencies
- Provide direct feedback to engineering colleagues during the design phase of projects to mitigate overall project risk when/where possible.
- Coordinate with all Joint Venture Permitting and Development teams to implement best practices across partnering organizations.
- Coordinate, Communicate and Collaborate with Joint Venture teammates to facilitate overall project delivery.
- Keep a focus on overall Health, Safety and Environmental issues when reviewing plans or conducting site visits for field related reports, studies, data collection, assessments, etc.
- Contribute to Project Risk Registers, as necessary.
- Demonstrated Experience in Federal, State (NY/NJ) and/or Local Permitting Processes
- Possess a comprehensive understanding of Federal and/or State permitting and environmental processes/requirements.
- Possess a comprehensive understanding of typical environmental studies required to permit infrastructure projects within New York and/or New Jersey and on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
- Have a general understanding of processes to obtain easements, requirements within right-of-ways, and processes to acquire and develop real estate.
- Bachelor's degree
- Ten+ years of job-related experience.
- Experience interfacing with State and/or Federal Agencies strongly preferred
- Technically proficient within subject matter or demonstrated ability to learn the business.
- Proficient within the Microsoft Office suite of programs
- Valid driver's license required
- Some travel will be required