Director of Permitting

Inspected; Plantation (FL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible PTO

Health benefits

401(k)

Leadership role

Job summary

Inspected is seeking a Director of Permitting to lead and scale our national permitting operations from the Plantation, FL headquarters. This senior role oversees end-to-end permit lifecycle management across multiple states, building teams and playbooks to accelerate approvals and ensure compliance.

The successful candidate will design organizational structure, implement workflows, recruit and train market teams, and partner with senior leadership to drive rapid growth in new markets while

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in permitting, construction administration, or related field.
• Proven ability to lead and scale permitting teams across multiple markets.
• Deep knowledge of multi-trade permitting including doors/windows, HVAC, roofing, and electrical/plumbing.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with stakeholder management.
• Experience with Permit Hub or similar permitting software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop the Plantation, FL permitting team and related specialists.
• Own Florida permitting workflows from application to final closeout, ensuring accuracy and speed.
• Oversee permitting across multiple trades and ensure team understands trade-specific requirements.
• Build trade-specific checklists and submission standards for complete packages.
• Monitor permit pipeline performance and drive continuous process improvement.

Skills

Permitting

Leadership

Multi-trade

Team-building

Project management

Tools

Permit Hub

Electronic permit portals

Job description

Job Details

• DEPARTMENT: Permitting
• REPORTS TO: Lance Nossen, Managing Director
• LOCATION: 1250 S Pine Island Rd, Suite 400, Plantation, FL 33324
• CLASSIFICATION: Exempt, Full-Time
• SALARY RANGE: $105,000 – $135,000 (commensurate with experience)

ABOUT INSPECTED

Inspected is a fast-growing, tech-enabled construction technology company revolutionizing remote inspections and permitting for the construction industry. We serve homebuilders, HVAC, solar, roofing, pool, and commercial and residential contractors across Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and beyond — with additional markets launching soon.

Our proprietary platform, Permit Hub, is transforming a process that once took months into one that takes days. Inspected has performed over 250,000 remote inspections to date and is one of South Florida's fastest-growing companies, with 100% growth for three consecutive years. As we expand into new states, our permitting function is one of the most critical engines of that growth — and we are building the leadership team to match.

POSITION SUMMARY

Inspected is seeking an experienced, organized, and growth-minded Director of Permitting to lead and scale our permitting operations nationally. This is a senior leadership role responsible for owning the full permitting lifecycle — from permit application submission and municipal coordination through approval, inspection scheduling, and final closeout — across our existing Florida headquarters division and a rapidly expanding multi-state footprint. This role requires true multi-trade permitting depth: the successful candidate will have hands‑on experience permitting across multiple modalities — including doors and windows, HVAC, roofing, water heaters, solar, pools, electrical and plumbing updates or repairs, and other home improvement projects that require permits — and the ability to build teams and playbooks that handle each trade’s unique requirements.

The Director of Permitting will build, train, and lead dedicated permitting teams for each new market — Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia — while maintaining the operational excellence and speed our Florida contractors depend on. This is not a role for someone who simply manages an existing team. This is a builder's role. You will design the organizational structure, establish the workflows, hire the talent, and create the playbook that scales with the company.

This role is critical to Inspected's multi-state expansion strategy. Each new market requires jurisdiction‑specific registration, municipal relationship‑building, and a dedicated permitting team before inspections can begin. The Director of Permitting owns that pipeline from market entry to full operational capacity.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

HQ Permitting Operations — Florida

• Lead, manage, and develop the Plantation, FL permitting team — including Permit Coordinators and Registration & Activation Specialists
• Own all Florida permitting workflows from permit application through final approval and closeout, ensuring accuracy, speed, and compliance at every stage
• Oversee permitting across multiple trades and scopes of work — including doors and windows, HVAC, roofing, water heaters, solar, pools, electrical and plumbing updates or repairs, and other home improvement projects requiring permits — and ensure the team understands each trade’s permit requirements, product approvals, documentation, and inspection sequence
• Build trade‑specific checklists and submission standards so permit packages are complete and accurate the first time, regardless of modality
• Monitor permit pipeline performance daily using Permit Hub; identify bottlenecks and drive continuous process improvement
• Manage relationships with Florida Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), building departments, and municipal contacts
• Ensure all Florida permits are submitted, tracked, followed up on, and closed within established SLA targets
• Serve as the escalation point for complex or stalled permit applications, code interpretation questions, and AHJ disputes
• Maintain and continuously improve SOPs, documentation standards, and quality controls for the HQ permitting function

Multi‑State Market Expansion — TX, NC, SC, GA

• Build the permitting infrastructure for each new market from the ground up — including jurisdiction research, municipal registration campaigns, team hiring, and workflow design
• Partner with the Compliance and Registration & Activation teams to ensure each new jurisdiction is registered, activated, and operationally ready before permitting volume begins
• Recruit, hire, onboarding, and train dedicated Permit Coordinators and Registration Specialists for Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia as each market launches
• Establish market‑specific permitting playbooks that account for state licensing requirements, code adoption differences, fee structures, portal systems, and AHJ relationship protocols
• Coordinate with Managing Directors and anchor Inspectors in each new market to ensure permitting timelines align with inspection deployment schedules
• Monitor market entry timelines and proactively flag any permitting or registration risks that could delay inspection launch

Leadership & Team Development

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing, geographically distributed permitting organization — including both HQ and remote market teams
• Set clear performance expectations, KPIs, and quality standards for all permitting staff across all markets
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development conversations with direct reports
• Create training programs and onboarding materials for new permitting team members in existing and new markets
• Foster a team culture of accountability, urgency, accuracy, and contractor‑first service

Systems, Reporting & Process

• Own all permitting activity within Permit Hub — ensuring data accuracy, pipeline visibility, and reporting integrity across all markets
• Build and maintain dashboards and reporting cadences that give leadership real‑time visibility into permit volume, SLA performance, approval rates, and market‑by‑market status
• Identify and implement technology, automation, and workflow improvements that increase permitting throughput and reduce manual effort
• Maintain a master jurisdiction database — tracking municipal portals, AHJ contacts, fee schedules, submission requirements, and turnaround benchmarks by market
• Provide weekly permitting updates to Lance Nossen, Managing Director, and the leadership team covering pipeline health, capacity, and expansion readiness

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required

• 5+ years of experience in permitting, construction administration, building department operations, or a closely related field
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading a permitting or construction coordination team
• Strong knowledge of the residential and commercial construction permitting process, including AHJ relationships, plan review workflows, and permit lifecycle management
• Demonstrated multi‑modality permitting experience, including doors and windows, HVAC, roofing, water heaters, solar, pools, electrical and plumbing updates or repairs, and other home improvement projects that require permits
• Working knowledge of trade‑specific permit requirements, such as product approvals and impact‑rated opening documentation for windows and doors, equipment and load requirements for HVAC, and wind‑uplift and re‑roof requirements for roofing
• Proven ability to build systems, processes, and teams in a fast‑paced, scaling environment
• Excellent organizational and project management skills — ability to manage multiple markets, multiple deadlines, and multiple stakeholders simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate professionally with municipal officials, contractors, and internal leadership
• Proficiency with permitting software, construction management platforms, or related digital tools; experience with electronic permit portals preferred
• Experience hiring, training, and developing team members across diverse functions

Preferred

• Experience managing permitting operations across multiple states or jurisdictions simultaneously
• Familiarity with Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia permitting systems, code adoption patterns, and AHJ networks
• Background in Private Provider inspection and permitting services
• Experience working with or implementing a permit management or workflow platform (e.g., Permit Hub, Accela, EnerGov, or similar)
• Track record of leading multi‑market operational buildouts in a high‑growth company environment
• Experience with contractor‑facing or B2B service operations

MARKET EXPANSION CONTEXT

The Director of Permitting will be instrumental in the following market launches. Below is the current planned expansion timeline:

• Florida (HQ) — Active; Full lifecycle management — coordinate, submit, track, close across all FL jurisdictions; Operational — team in place
• Texas — Live Now; Jurisdiction registration complete in priority municipalities; Permit Coordinator hire immediate; First inspections active
• North Carolina — Q4 2026; Jurisdiction research underway; registration campaign beginning; Permit Coordinator hire Q3 2026; Launching
• South Carolina — Q1 2027; Compliance research begins Q3 2026; Permit Coordinator and activation team to follow; Pre‑launch planning
• Georgia — Q1–Q2 2027; Concurrent research with SC; Permit Coordinator hiring begins Q4 2026; Pre‑launch planning

WHY JOIN INSPECTED

• Competitive salary: $105,000 – $135,000 commensurate with experience
• Flexible PTO policy
• Health, dental, and vision benefits + 401(k)
• A leadership seat at one of South Florida's fastest-growing tech companies — 100% YoY growth for three consecutive years
• Direct ownership of a critical function driving national expansion across 5 states
• The opportunity to build something from scratch — organizational design, team, and systems are yours to shape
• A high‑energy, entrepreneurial leadership team that moves fast, values expertise, and rewards ownership

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position carries significant supervisory responsibility and will grow substantially as Inspected enters new markets. Current and near‑term direct and indirect reports include Permit Coordinators (FL HQ), Registration & Activation Specialists, and market‑specific permitting staff to be hired for Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The Director of Permitting will be responsible for building this team from the ground up across all markets.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & TRAVEL

This is a primarily in‑office role based at Inspected's headquarters in Plantation, FL. The Director of Permitting will oversee remote market teams and may be required to travel periodically to new market locations — including Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia — to support team onboarding, municipal relationship‑building, and market launch activities. Travel estimated at 10–20% during active market expansion phases.