Site Acquisition and Permitting Manager

Site Acquisition and Permitting Manager

Norconsulting is currently looking for one of there mahir clientes for a Site Acquisition and Permitting Manager.

Builds and maintains an organizational structure for the project SA and permitting team together with the client project management, region/sub region SA management organization

SA and permitting work
Ensures Site Acquisition activities meet customer and clients requirements. Leads permitting processes with local authorities. Participates in meetings with local authorities as required. Prepares together with project manager and regional project manager roll out schedule based on realistic lead times. Ensures SA and permitting resources are properly considered and demand plan is prepared. Follows up subcontractor resources and their performance. Prepare and implement corrective actions.

Service supplier  interface
Interface for Site Acquisition and permitting service suppliers. Responsible for following up their performance.  Organizes trainings and provide support to the local SA and permitting service suppliers as required.

Customer interface
Agrees model site drawings with the project team and lease fee frames with customer. Agrees with customer site Acquisition Manager on lease approval process. Reviews and discusses progress of lease approvals and resolves open issues. Participation in customer meetings as required.

Cooperation with other functions
Cooperates with network planning, construction works, implementation and design manager to secure a smooth SA and permitting progress. Supportive actions, eg giving statement of site candidate leasability and permitability. Ensures all local issues are considered and clients and customer site acquisition and permitting standards and guidelines are followed.

Meetings and reporting
Supports PM in preparation/updating roll-out schedule. Supports PM in SA quality planning and managing risks related to site acquisition and permitting. Participates in "daily" progress meeting with project team. Reports to project manager all SA and permitting deviations from the original plan, ie Extra works, delays, cancellations, etc

Tools usage and data update
Manages the SA and permitting process according to agreed time schedule with customer. Make sure all tools are used correctly and all data related to SA/Permitting is up to date.

Documentation
Ensure SA and permitting documents control and storage system set up and used properly. Ensures legal documents are stored securely. Implements and enables project specific SA/Permitting site-documentation.

Requirements:
- EXPERIENCE FROM SWISS ACQ MARKET IS A MUST
- Degree in Engineering/Law
- Min 7 years experience with 4-5 years in Telecom
- Customer's business goal, expectation and time target understanding
- Knowledge of local rules and regulation pertaining to permits and approvals
- Agree and implement the local rollout process and final site acquisition process as 

Well as permit requirements, detailed scope of work, responsibilities and interfaces  - Acquisition of pertinent documents as required by local government
- Validation of property and legal documents to establish the ownership of candidate

Site
- Finalization of lease contract for execution by operator and the site owner
- Established connection to local authorities and permitting bodies
- Understanding of challenges associated with site acquisition
- Efficient management of site acquisition process and parties