Project Development Associate (Compliance & Regulations)

The Boring Company; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid vacation

Equity for all permanent employees

Job summary

An innovative infrastructure firm in Nashville seeks a Project Development Associate to support legal, business, and regulatory affairs. This role involves ensuring compliance with permits and approvals, synthesizing complex documents into actionable guidance, and collaborating with various teams. Strong organizational and communication skills are required. The company offers competitive benefits, including employer-paid medical and equity for permanent employees.

Qualifications

• Experience in permitting, regulatory compliance, infrastructure or legal support is preferred.
• Ability to quickly synthesize complex topics.
• Willingness to work extended hours as needed.

Responsibilities

• Maintain knowledge of permits, approvals, and regulatory conditions.
• Interpret and summarize complex legal and regulatory documents.
• Track compliance milestones and identify risks proactively.
• Prepare briefings and updates on project status.
• Coordinate systems and processes across teams.

Skills

Exceptional organizational skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to read and interpret legal documents

Process-oriented systems creation

Job description

Overview

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

The Project Development Associate will assist the legal, business, and regulatory affairs of the Company, working directly with The Boring Company’s Head of Legal Affairs, Project Development team and other principals. You will problem-solve from the ground up (and down). You must be highly adaptable and excited about high-level strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of all applicable permits, approvals, regulatory conditions, and reporting obligations, ensuring project activities remain fully compliant.
• Read, interpret, and summarize legal, regulatory, and technical documents, translating complex requirements into clear, actionable guidance for internal teams.
• Track compliance milestones, submittals, agency correspondence, and deadlines, proactively identifying risks and coordinating mitigation strategies.
• Prepare external-facing briefings and written updates on project status and site-specific details.
• Maintain detailed meeting notes, regulatory commitments logs, and organized project documentation to support audits, inspections, and agency reviews.
• Work closely with the engineering, construction, and operation teams to develop and implement internal systems and processes to ensure timely communication, accountability, and completion of tasks across teams.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable reading and interpreting legal, regulatory, and technical documents.
• Ability to quickly understand and synthesize a wide range of complex topics.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Process-oriented with demonstrated ability to create systems and workflows.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineers, construction teams, regulators, and executives.
• Willing to work extended hours as project needs require.
• Comfortable working in field environments and getting hands-on when necessary.
• Experience in permitting, regulatory compliance, infrastructure, construction, legal support, or public agency coordination is strongly preferred.

Culture

We're a team of dedicated, smart, and scrappy people. Our employees are passionate about our mission and determined to innovate at every opportunity.

Benefits

We offer employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, paid vacation, and a competitive amount of equity for all permanent employees.

Equal Opportunity

The Boring Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with The Boring Company is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.