Manager of Permitting-Power

Williams Companies, Inc.; Tulsa (OK); Ibrido; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Descrizione del lavoro

Williams Companies, Inc. is seeking a Permitting Manager - Power Innovation to lead a team of environmental and permitting professionals across gas-fired generation, battery storage, pipelines, and site development. The role focuses on strategy, risk management, and accelerated timelines for major projects.

The position requires deep regulatory knowledge, strong leadership, and collaboration with multiple internal teams and external partners to ensure compliant, constructible outcomes.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, natural resources, planning, or related field required.
• Minimum eight years in energy, infrastructure, or environmental permitting with five years in supervisory/leadership roles.
• Preferred: certifications in engineering, project management, environmental permitting, air quality, or land-use planning.

Mansioni

• Establishes consistent permitting processes and decision records for Power Innovation projects from screening through handoff.
• Manages work plans, schedules, and procedures to align permitting with cross-functional commitments.
• Leads permitting strategy and execution for fast-paced, large-scale projects.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Environmental permitting

Stakeholder management

Air permitting

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Office

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, natural resources, planning, or related field

Strumenti

Microsoft Office

Descrizione del lavoro

TX Houston - Tower

UT Salt Lake City - Office

OK Tulsa - Headquarters

Relocation Eligible

Full time

R112575

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The Permitting Manager - Power Innovation is responsible for providing mentorship and proactive leadership to a team of environmental and permitting professionals supporting Williams' Power Innovation portfolio, including gas-fired power generation, battery storage, pipeline, interconnection, water, land, and site development workstreams. This role leads permitting strategy and execution for fast-paced, large-scale projects serving data center and other strategic customers, and requires an effective leader who can align cross-functional teams, manage regulatory and stakeholder risk, and advance compliant, constructible projects on accelerated timelines.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Establishes consistent permitting processes, accountabilities, and decision records for Power Innovation projects from screening through development, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff

• Manages work plans, methods, schedules, and procedures to ensure permitting support aligns with Project Development, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Commercial, Legal, Land, Government Affairs, and customer commitments

• Ensures priorities and performance of the permitting team are aligned with Power Innovation portfolio goals, including schedule certainty, risk mitigation, constructability, compliance, and speed-to-market objectives

• Develops and delivers training, permitting playbooks, and lessons learned for internal project teams, contractors, consultants, and external business partners

• Leads, supports, and participates in environmental incident response, permit compliance reviews, and corrective-action planning for project-related construction and operational issues

• Coordinates internal resources and external consultants for air permitting/modeling, water, wetlands, cultural resources, threatened and endangered species, noise, zoning, building permits, utility/PUC matters, and construction compliance

• Provides technical support and interpretation of federal, state, and local environmental, land use, utility, and construction-related requirements affecting power generation, battery storage, pipelines, water sourcing, and site development

• Collaborates with land, government affairs, public affairs, engineering, commercial, legal, project controls, and operations teams to establish key performance indicators, permitting milestones, risk registers, and compliance tracking tools

• Develops and leads high-performing teams capable of managing multiple complex Power Innovation projects across different states, regulatory regimes, customers, technologies, and development stages

• Leads early-stage permitting due diligence and siting evaluations, including air attainment status, PSD/NSR pathways, water availability, land entitlements, constructability constraints, community opposition, and critical-path schedule impacts

• Represents Power Innovation permitting priorities in customer, contractor, agency, community, and leadership forums; clearly communicates risks, options, mitigation plans, and decision needs

• Other duties as assigned

  Education/Years of Experience:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, natural resources, planning, or related field; a minimum of eight (8) years' experience in energy, infrastructure, power generation, environmental permitting, land development, or related project execution, including a minimum of five (5) years' supervisory/management or project leadership experience

• Preferred: License, certification, or advanced training in engineering, project management, environmental permitting, air quality, land use planning, or construction compliance

  Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills

• Broad knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental, air quality, land use, zoning, building, water, cultural, and construction-related permitting requirements applicable to large-scale energy infrastructure

• Experience with air permitting and environmental review for natural gas-fired generation, combined-cycle or simple-cycle facilities, battery storage, compressor stations, pipelines, or other major industrial infrastructure

• Experience interacting with federal, state, and local officials, utility commissions, local authorities having jurisdiction, customers, landowners, community stakeholders, and permitting agencies related to permitting, land development, and compliance

• Excellent communication, negotiation, executive briefing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex regulatory, technical, land, and community issues into clear recommendations for senior leaders

• Preferred: Experience with environmental due diligence, site screening, public affairs/community engagement, utility interconnection, PUC/PSC proceedings, data center-related infrastructure, or accelerated capital project execution

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