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Project Development Associate (Compliance & Regulations)

The Boring Company

Job Location:

Nashville, TN - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 26 August 2026 (9 days ago)

Application Deadline: 23 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Department:

Operations

Job Summary

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 Companys 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

Were 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.

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.

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