Director of Permitting

*SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.*

Job Description Summary

The Director of Permitting is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategy, structure, and performance of SOLV Energy’s permitting program across all project types, including utility-scale solar, BESS, high-voltage, and O&M. This role establishes enterprise-wide permitting standards, develops and manages a team of Regional Permitting Managers, and serves as the executive point of escalation for complex regulatory, jurisdictional, and stakeholder matters. The Director is SOLV Energy’s senior external relationship holder with regulatory agencies and clients on permitting-related issues, and plays a key role in business development, contract development, and cross-functional alignment.

This role can be based full-time with regular in office presence in San Diego, CA or Edison, NJ, or remote in Dallas, TX or Denver, CO. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.Job Description:

* *This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned*

Position Responsibilities and Duties

Program Leadership & Strategy

• Develop and own SOLV Energy’s enterprise permitting strategy, standards, and processes across all project types and geographies
• Build, lead, and develop a team of Regional Permitting Managers (West, Central, East) who handle day-to-day permitting execution
• Define regional coverage models, workload allocation, and staffing plans aligned with the project pipeline
• Establish and maintain permitting playbooks, templates, and best practices that can be deployed consistently across all regions
• Drive continuous improvement of permitting workflows,