Permits, Licensing, Agreements and Approvals Manager

Dragados Canada, Inc., the Canadian construction arm of the ACS Group (one of the world's largest international construction and engineering companies), is seeking a talented and experienced Permits, Licensing, Agreements and Approvals Manager to join its dynamic and energetic team.

Dragados Canada was established in 2008 and has grown steadily into an industry-leader in Canada, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal, successfully performing a variety of large-scale transportation, bridge, dam, tunnel, and other major infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Apply for various permits to City of Toronto, MTO, TPUCC, MECP as needed for construction and follow up in a timely manner with the reviewer to ensure permit application is under review and immediately advise of any comments
• Coordinate the use of the tracking system to tracks the progress of PLAA's throughout the project
• Managing and maintaining a PLAA register to give the project team an oversight on upcoming and expected permits
• Create and maintain permitting tracker to track comments, responses, submissions, resubmissions of all permit applications
• Liaising with Metrolinx, City of Toronto, and other key internal and external stakeholder
• Update Design Manager every week on progress of each permit application and to advise of critical issues that can hold up permit approvals
• Coordinate the internal PLAA working group meetings, including minute taking and issuance of invitations
• Writing monthly reports and spreadsheets pertaining to PLAA's processes, progress, and updates
• Prepare various senior management permitting updates as required
• Work with document control to keep track of project report and plan submittals
• Coordinate with team members from different design and construction disciplines to incorporate necessary input for each permit in a timely manner. This shall include but not limited to meetings with the designers and the technical department discipline managers
• Track document submittals, alerting team members of risks related to reports and plans due dates required by contracting authority and coordinate a non- conformance report with team members on extensions needed on plans and reports
• Document and report progress on PLAA's and document submissions and update project lead with updates
• Coordinate with the design team on design packages for PLAA's and document submissions to different stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering is preferred
• 7-10 years of experience with permitting, licensing and approvals
• Knowledge of PLA processes in the construction of major infrastructure projects in the GTA particularly with the City of Toronto
• Acquainted with project management processes and techniques
• Well versed in civil engineering principles, theories, applications
• Working knowledge of permit application and approval procedures associated with major transportation infrastructure design and construction, located primarily on a public right-of-way
• Working knowledge of plan review and approval procedures associated with major transportation infrastructure design and construction, located primarily on a public right-of-way
• Ability to understand and interpret requirements and responsibilities articulated within project-related agreements related to PLAA
• Capacity to identify and manage all the essential components of a PLAA tracking system
• Actively participate in external and internal project meetings, and to provide leadership to peers and other team members when dealing with PLAA issues
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office, SharePoint, Aconex, Primavera P6 and Bluebeam
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team and lead people
• Able to perform in a fast-paced environment

**No agency phone calls/emails/submissions please**

Dragados is an equal opportunity employer. While only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview, be sure to continually check our website for other related positions as they are posted.

Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process.

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