Permitting & External Relations PIC

NEPTUNE OFFSHORE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 120,000,000 - 210,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NEPTUNE OFFSHORE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. in Jakarta seeks a seasoned Permitting and External Relations Lead to manage the entire permit lifecycle, ensure correct applicant entities and vessel flags, and coordinate with Indonesian partners, customs brokers and port authorities.

You will establish matrices for client, consortium and subcontractor duties, integrate approvals across marine, environmental, health and QA/QC domains, and track conformity and renewals with project controls.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in Indonesian oil and gas permitting and external relations.
• Experience as Manager or lead interface for at least 3 years.
• Experience coordinating permits, ports/maritime, customs, and foreign personnel administration.
• Ability to verify licences and service-provider outputs.
• Strong negotiation and escalation under pressure.
• Proficient Indonesian for government engagement; English for client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead permit lifecycle and external relations to ensure readiness for applicant entity and vessel flag.
• Coordinate Indonesian partners, compliance advisers, ship agents, customs brokers and local interfaces.
• Establish applicability and responsibility matrices for client, consortium, vessel-owner and subcontractor duties.
• Track submission, clarification, approval, renewal and closure with Project Controls.
• Coordinate NIB, KBLI, and certificate verifications; review qualifications of diving, survey and specialists.
• Manage relationships with government, port offices, communities and local partners; record issues and actions.
• Resolve access blockages and escalations; observe anti-bribery requirements and maintain records.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Policy compliance

Contract management

Negotiation

Project coordination

Regulatory knowledge

Bahasa Indonesia

English communication

Education

Law degree or equivalent permitting credentials

Job description

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Lead the permit lifecycle and external relations, ensuring readiness for the correct applicant entity, vessel flag, personnel-entry route and work scope, while resolving external constraints and maintaining site access and constructive stakeholder relationships. Reports to the Project Manager and coordinates Indonesian partners, compliance advisers, ship agents, customs brokers and local external interfaces.

Key responsibilities

Establish permit applicability and responsibility matrices, distinguishing client, consortium, vessel-owner and subcontractor duties; verify approved scope, validity and executing entity.

Integrate corporate, personnel, vessel/equipment, marine/environment/site and acceptance/demobilisation approvals into backward plans; track preparation, submission, clarification, approval, renewal and closure with Project Controls.

Coordinate (OSS) business registration number (NIB), business classification (KBLI) and applicable Standard Certificate verification; review executing qualifications of diving, survey and other specialists.

Coordinate vessel arrival/operation, navigational notices, statutory and competency evidence with owners, agents and port/maritime offices; arrange temporary import, clearance and re-export with customs brokers.

Coordinate foreign manpower utilisation plan (RPTKA) and applicable work/stay authorisations with Human Resources (HR) and immigration providers; distinguish direct vessel arrival, air-entry vessel joiners and shore staff, managing rosters and renewals.

Progress approval for conformity of marine-space utilisation activities (PKKPRL), environmental and land interfaces; obtain client-owned approvals and coordinate entry/equipment/personnel evidence with Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC).

Maintain relations with local government, port/maritime offices, communities, land-right holders, fishers and local partners; convene meetings and record issues, commitments and owners.

Resolve access blockages, grievances, road/marine-use conflicts and port/customs exceptions; establish facts and impacts, propose lawful actions, elevate promptly and close issues in writing.

Control external-service contracts, official fees and adviser deliverables within delegated authority; observe anti-bribery requirements and avoid unauthorized compensation or approval commitments.

Coordinate renewals, personnel exit, re-export and acceptance-support documentation; maintain complete records and promptly notify management and construction teams of permit gaps.

About you

Degree in law, public administration, international relations, business, maritime studies or a related field, or equivalent permitting/external-relations credentials.

At least eight years in Indonesian oil and gas, offshore, port or major-infrastructure permitting and external relations, including three years as Manager or accountable interface lead.

Practical interfaces with Indonesian permits, ports/maritime, customs and foreign-personnel administration; determine requirements by entity, flag and work scope rather than visa-only experience.

Proven submissions, clarification and approval tracking; ability to verify licences and service-provider outputs and maintain prerequisite/expiry registers.

Community, land, fishery or site-access coordination and work-blockage resolution experience, with negotiation, evidence preservation and timely escalation under pressure.

Professional Bahasa Indonesia for government/community engagement, documents and field negotiation; professional English for client meetings, registers and reports is required.

Willingness to be based at remote sites and travel frequently, with integrity, confidentiality, cost discipline and legal Indonesian work eligibility for the agreed employment.