Permitting Specialist Water Rights and UIC
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Job Location:
Salt Lake, UT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Role Overview
Title: Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and UIC
Hours: Full-time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City UT
Pay: $105000 annual
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Land
Mission Why we exist and why we need you
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. However
historically its been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar were using better technology
to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cost-effective and
vital contributor to a carbon-free energy future. We are revolutionizing the exploration process
setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented
scale. The growing development team at Zanskar is advancing a multi-gigawatt portfolio of firm
carbon-free energy projects and needs a Permitting Specialist to coordinate all permitting related to
water.
Outcomes - Problems youll solve
Operationally the Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and Underground Injection Control will work
in close coordination with the cross disciplinary exploration development teams at Zanskar and
expert third-party consultants to obtain key state or federal permits pursuant to Office of State
Engineer and Water Rights agency requirements and the Bureau of Land Management when
necessary that allow Zanskar to expand its pipeline of late stage projects into drilling and flow
testing phases.
This is a time of both changing industry regulations and Zanskar addition to obtaining
temporary water permits a successful Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and UIC will assist our
Government Affairs team to improve the permitting process to increase speed and scale of
permitting Zanskar operations. This requires creative thinking in-person engagement and
partnership with internal and external subject matter experts and top-notch communication skills
across a wide range of project stakeholders.
Competencies What were looking for
The ideal candidate should demonstrate:
Ability to work with third-party consultants to avoid minimize and mitigate potential
community/ water right impacts with the end goal of accelerating scalable data collection
campaigns
Strong project management team leadership and technical writing/communications skills
Entrepreneurial thinking to create new processes and systems collaborative spirit team-
player mentality with strong attention to detail
A high degree of business acumen and experience with stakeholder engagement particularly
within the energy industry
Ability to effectively engage directly with federal state and local jurisdictions with authority
and community leaders
A strong understanding of laws regulations and processes governing water rights in states
throughout the west.
An extensive background and expertise in hydrology or related disciplines preferred.
All candidates require:
BS in related field;
5 years of relevant experience in; environmental consulting in-house energy development
permitting experience and/or agency employment in the western United States.
Working knowledge of water rights ownership and permitting in the Western US
Working knowledge of Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Control
regulation specific to Class V wells
Location and Benefits
The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City Utah
Benefits include:
Paid holidays
18 days PTO PTO accrual increase based on tenure
Medical dental & vision coverage
401k
Stock options
Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon
emissions
Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal state and local
fair employment practice laws.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Agriculture
- Asset Management
- Data Structures
- ABAP
- Application Programming
- Agile Testing
