Wireless Site Development Lead — Full Lifecycle PM

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Illinois; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open salary policy

Full ownership of site lifecycle

Cross-functional exposure

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a Project Manager, Site Acquisition in Chicago, IL to own the full site development lifecycle for wireless infrastructure projects. You will coordinate zoning, permitting, commercial negotiations, and vendor partnerships across multiple active sites to keep projects on track.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in site acquisition or related fields, with strong communication and organizational skills to manage complex, multi-jurisdictional workstreams in

Qualifications

• 5+ years in site acquisition, site development, project management, or infrastructure delivery in wireless/telecom.

Responsibilities

• Lead site acquisition workstreams from candidate identification through zoning, commercials, and permitting for raw-land and colocations.
• Assemble diligence packages including access, utilities, parcel, title, survey, environmental, and FAA reviews.
• Drive zoning and permitting across jurisdictions and prepare public hearing materials.
• Lead commercial discussions on leases, amendments, option fees, rent escalators, and land rights.
• Manage external partners, landowners, tower companies, A&E, survey, and environmental vendors.
• Surface risks and timelines to support site-selection decisions with RF and engineering teams.
• Own internal processes, purchase requests, vendor onboarding, MSAs, and payment coordination.
• Maintain trackers and keep engineering, legal, finance, and construction aligned.
• Travel ~30% for hearings, vendor meetings, and site visits; manage 12+ concurrent active sites.

Skills

Site acquisition management

Zoning & permitting

Vendor coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a Project Manager, Site Acquisition in Chicago, IL to own the full site development lifecycle for wireless infrastructure projects. You will coordinate zoning, permitting, commercial negotiations, and vendor partnerships across multiple active sites to keep projects on track.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in site acquisition or related fields, with strong communication and organizational skills to manage complex, multi-jurisdictional workstreams in