OSP Permit Coordinator

Kids for the Future; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lightpath is seeking an OSP Permit Coordinator to support fiber network construction. You will work with Engineering Vendors and project teams to submit designs for municipal permits and manage the permitting lifecycle from start to finish.

You will build relationships with municipalities, track design packages, and ensure timely deliverables while using our project management tools. Strong MS Office skills and attention to detail are essential.

Qualifications

• College degree or equivalent with 3–5 years of experience.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to read and interpret civil drawings.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Ability to pass a drug test.
• Team player and eager to learn.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and submit permits to municipalities; review and redline permits between engineering vendor and municipalities.
• Ensure engineering firms submit consistent design packages and title blocks per requirements.
• Read and interpret civil drawings.
• Build relationships with municipal contacts to meet timelines for approvals.
• Collaborate with municipalities to improve permitting efficiency and speed.
• Maintain project trackers in the PM software to track permit status.
• Coordinate bonding requirements and deliver bonding paperwork as needed.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Detail oriented

Microsoft Office

Excellent communication

Team player

Willing to learn

Education

College degree or equivalent

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Lightpath is building the fiber infrastructure the digital economy depends on - owning, operating, and expanding dense, high-performance networks for enterprises, public institutions, carriers, and cloud innovators. Our all-fiber network supports mission-critical environments, from financial markets and healthcare systems to AI platforms and next-generation cloud architectures. As we expand across the Northeast and into high-growth markets nationwide, we invest ahead of demand - building infrastructure with precision, resilience, and accountability.

To support that growth, we’re building a team of people who take ownership, think long-term, and take pride in tackling complex work with care and integrity. At Lightpath, every role contributes to infrastructure that powers critical systems and real-world outcomes. We look for individuals who value precision, accountability, and collaboration and who want to help build networks, processes, and partnerships that are engineered to last.

Job Summary

Lightpath is seeking an OSP Permit Coordinator who will be responsible for supporting the construction of the fiber network. The candidate will be working with Engineering Vendors and Lightpath project team who are physically designing the network and submitting the designs to municipalities for permits. The permitting coordinator will be responsible for maintaining relationships with each municipality, tracking each design package, and the permitting process with municipalities from beginning to end to ensure a timely deliverable.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and submitting permits to entities, reviewing/ redlining permits between engineering vendor and municipalities.
• Ensuring Engineering firms are all submitting consistent packages to all municipalities from a design standpoint, title blocks as an example and following municipality requirements on meeting expectations on what must be on the design drawings.
• Experience reading/ interpreting civil drawings.
• Building relationships with key individuals at the municipalities to ensure we understand requirements and timelines for approvals.
• Work with municipalities to find ways of being more efficient with the process so we can receive permits in a timelier manner.
• Able to effectively communicate between municipalities and engineering vendors to resolve issues from a design submittal perspective and provide timely updates.
• Work within our Project Management software system or creating project trackers to ensure all packages are recorded and reportable as to the status of permitting for all fiber segments or spans.
• Work with internal teams to pull any bonding requirements for municipalities and deliver such bonding paperwork to ensure timely permit release.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• College degree and/or equivalent 3 to 5 yrs experience in similar field.
• Positive attitude, and eagerness to learn new things, team player.
• Must be detail oriented with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to understand/learn the fiber network engineering and construction process.
• Working on a computer and Microsoft Office with advanced knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Understanding and interpreting plant maps to understand contiguous permitting requirements.
• Must have clean driving record.
• Ability to pass drug test.
• Ability to work with others on all responsibilities.

Additional Requirements

• Requires sitting, hearing, and talking, occasional standing and walking, and infrequent bending at the waist, twisting of the upper body, kneeling, walking on uneven surfaces, squeezing and crouching.
• Close detail work requiring visual acuity.

Lightpath is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.

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