The Williams Companies

Manager of Permitting-Power

The Williams Companies • $110K — $130K *
Salt Lake City, UT 84118In-Person
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, natural resources, or related field
  • Minimum of eight years of experience in energy, infrastructure, or environmental permitting
  • Five years of supervisory or project leadership experience
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and PC skills
  • Broad knowledge of permitting requirements for large-scale energy projects

Responsibilities

  • Establish consistent permitting processes for projects from development to operational handoff
  • Manage work plans and schedules to align permitting with project commitments
  • Ensure team performance aligns with portfolio goals for compliance and speed
  • Develop training materials and permitting playbooks for project teams
  • Lead environmental compliance reviews and incident response efforts
  • Coordinate resources for various environmental permitting and construction compliance
  • Represent permitting priorities in customer and community forums

Benefits

  • Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
  • Hybrid work options and flexibility in many roles
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company match and contributions
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies
  • Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
  • Employee stock purchase plan and resource groups for wellness and community engagement
Full Job Description
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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Here's a look at what that means:

  • Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
  • Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
  • 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
  • Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
  • Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
  • Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarter
  • Clear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
  • Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
  • HSA and FSA options
  • Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Domestic partner benefits
  • Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about


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About The Williams Companies

Williams is an energy infrastructure company that connects North America's hydrocarbon resources to growing natural gas markets. The company owns and operates midstream gathering and processing assets, and interstate natural gas pipelines. Williams' interstate gas pipeline and gathering and processing operations span the United States, including strategic assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Rockies, the Pacific Northwest, and the Eastern Seaboard. The company was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with major offices located in Houston, Pittsburgh, and Salt Lake City. It currently employs more than 5,000 people.

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Learn more about The Williams Companies
Size
4,783 employees
Market Cap
$39.7 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$211 million
Founded
1908
5 Year Trend
+7.2%
Revenue
$7.7 billion
NASDAQ
WMB
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