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Land Entitlement Manager

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Job Description

David Weekley Homes is looking for a Land Entitlement Manager to join our Phoenix team.

This person will collaborate with the Phoenix Land Acquisition Manager and Land Development Manager in support of the growth, profitability, and vision of David Weekley Homes.

The successful candidate will have 3+ years of direct or comparable experience in residential community planning/engineering/entitlements in the greater Phoenix area.

Job Responsibilities:

• Oversee the entitlements and due diligence of multiple residential projects, including assisting managers in zoning and rezoning approvals, development agreements, sketch and preliminary plans, site civil construction documents, development permits, dry utility plan coordination, and recording plats.

• Assist with the community planning process, including site analysis, yield studies, land planning, landscape design, signage, and monumentation, amenity programming and planning, and common open space planning.

• Develop and maintain positive professional relationships with officials and employees of municipalities and agencies with jurisdictional control over community land development in the Greater Phoenix area.

• Manage pre-acquisition activities related to project due diligence, entitlements, feasibility budgets, schedules, and plan review

• Review site plans, civil design documents, improvement plans and preliminary plats for project coordination and accuracy

• Review, analyze, and summarize all risks, related to environmental, political, entitlement, engineering, scheduling, budgetary, and development

• Attend all public hearings, neighborhood meetings related to entitlement process

• Determine availability of all utilities and associated fees

• Assist with pre-construction meetings with subcontractors, governmental agencies, utility companies, and consultants in conjunction with land development team

• Responsible for managing land entitlement and due diligence activities until site is shovel ready for construction

  Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning, or other related field preferred

• 3 – 5 years of relevant experience in the residential development and building industry in the Phoenix area

• Must be able to read and interpret grading plans, blueprints, civil plans, landscape plans etc

• Proficient in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and Project

• Comfortable with financial proformas and modeling

• Excellent people skills, as well as verbal and written communication skills

• Strong project management skills

• Ability to take initiative, be a self-starter, and advocate for projects

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret due diligence reports, municipal code, and legal documents

  Ideal Candidate will possess these characteristics:

• Team player who can balance important relationships and high achievement

• Considerable initiative and ability to start and drive the process

• Ability to balance multiple and competing priorities

• Driven to press for results with measured sense of urgency

• Ability to see global picture while maintaining focus on daily details that result in a successfully developed and completed community

• Ability to influence numerous external people to place your priorities first, with tempered assertiveness

• Ability to determine order of priorities

• Professional demeanor with a persistent and positive attitude

  What We Offer:

Come and join our winning team recognized by Fortune Magazine as “One of the Top 100 Companies to Work For” 18 times. David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets from coast to coast and is the largest privately held builder in America.

We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:

• Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision

• 401k and discretionary 8% match

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan

• Profit Sharing

• Vacation, Holidays & PTO

• New Home Discount for Team Member & Family

• Team Member Product Discount

• Community Outreach

• College Scholarship Program

• And More!

Note to Job Seekers: No telephone calls please. Interviews are by appointment only. Your resume will be reviewed and qualified candidates will be contacted in the event that there is a potential job match, or if further information is needed.