Job Title: Entitlements Project Manager (specialty with zoning code)

Department: Development Services—Project Management

Job Reports to: CEO

Salary: $70,000 to $85,000—based on experience

Perks: Health care, paid holidays, flexibility in schedule


Job Summary
We’re looking for an entitlements specialist to help us manage a number of projects including supporting a strategic partnership with a secondary unit manufacturer to place over 100 3-D printed housing units throughout California and to assist with a number of entitlement projects in the Bay Area. We attain to integrate sustainability measures in all our projects through a partnership with Rincon and Associates, an environmental services company. We’re looking for someone with planning background and/or strong ability to read and understand planning and zoning code. Qualified candidates might include former city or county planners, former developers, architects, or entitlements processors/expediters. BuildZig helps consumers, developers, investors, and lenders manage their development projects through any phase of development, including site feasibility analysis, design, pre-construction, and construction.
Major Responsibilities/Activities
• Work with developers, investors, consumers, lenders to build successful projects
• Work with clients to build a team of professionals, including engineers, architects, contractors, and subcontractors
• Procure entitlements including General Plan Amendments, Zoning, Tentative Maps, Development Agreements et al, and process construction plans and permits with governmental/environmental agencies;
• Assist in land acquisition feasibility, potential risk analysis, and due diligence associated with land purchase process
• Present projects at relevant public hearings, meet with city staff, Planning Commissioners, and City Council members
• Manage consultants, procure contracts, compile budgets, consolidate and submit design review applications and process applications for approval
• Oversee project approvals and implementation (Conditions of Approval, Development Agreement)
• Lead a team toward a successful planning, building, and public works submittal packages and facilitate meetings needed to enable successful processing of projects
• Process invoices and maintain project budgets through transition of project to a construction project manager
• Prepare project schedules in consultation with the clients, the project design and engineering team, appropriate agency staff/timelines, and the CEO.
• Coordinate and manage project start-up process
• Prepare, submit and track project related utilities applications for client and in-house projects through both design and construction phases of a project.
• Research zoning code and site opportunities and constraints to produce feasibility reports for client project sites
• Work closely with the rest of the BuildZig Development Services team to enable success on client and in-house projects
• Coordinate with the engineering and detailing teams for the submittal and tracking of all shop drawings, as-built drawings, operation and maintenance manuals, commissioning reports, RFI’s and Change Orders
• Request quotes from subcontractors and consultants for review and selection with CEO and clients.
• Attend in-house preconstruction startup meetings• •
• Work with the development services team to continuously review and improve service delivery on client and in-house projects
• Work with the CEO and others to grow the number of entitlements projects and the types of clients served by the company
• Have fun while working hard
Minimum Requirements
• Ability to comprehend civil and architectural plans
• Understanding of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Project; Experience in the real estate/development/construction industry or has studied planning and zoning.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills (able to write reports on entitlements to clients in a way they will understand)
• Outgoing, professional demeanor with the ability to establish and maintain effective relationships;
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Ability to write well, with minimal mistakes and grammatical errors
• An ability to stay organized and focused under pressure.
• Adherence to our 7 core values and a willingness to continuously seek to improve oneself to align with and better represent these values
• Comfortable with using and learning new technologies
• Solid understanding of building and building processes

Company Summary:
BuildZig is a progressive, forward-looking development services company that exists to change the way the world builds by helping people build their dreams.
Our seven core values are HUMILITY, INTEGRITY, TEAM-ORIENTED, INNOVATION, AGILITY, EXPERTISE, and ACCOUNTABILITY. If you think you lack any, don’t apply. You won’t find this a good fit. Our core values are fundamental to our company in that our team members enjoy working with each other, learning from each other, and our company relies on people acting with INTEGRITY and ACCOUNTABILITY. HUMILITY should be a core value of everyone, but we just happen to take it very seriously because the process of learning starts with being humble. To be humble is to be modest, to understand that we are all still learning about the world so we must be open to learning from others. AGILITY is also important because this position requires the team member to respond to multiple demands of their time with grace, patience, and creativity. We strive to have a positive work place, so only positive-thinking people are encouraged to apply. We also strive to create a jovial and creative work environment that leaves plenty of room for the team members to have their own well-balanced lives, but because we are also an ambitious company, sometimes things can get a little stressful, though we work hard to minimize the times of stress. If you can manage your stress with grace under pressure, then this might be a good fit for you.
Our company offers comprehensive development services to the home owner or the high-rise builder, and we are constantly seeking out ways to improve, automate, and simplify the building process for those who want to build, but just need a bit of help. We train our staff in all aspects of the building process. We are also a very generous company, offering free training support, bi-weekly full staff lunches, paid time off, and profit-sharing. We support our team members and make it a priority to help them grow in their areas of interest, be it improving their management skills, learning to become a builder, becoming project managers, or just taking on more responsibility for higher salary. The owners live in Oakland and have grown this company from five employees just six years ago to over 25 employees today. BuildZig also builds its own projects, which tend to focus on building community, sustainability, and architectural uniqueness.