Land Entitlement Manager

David Weekley Homes is looking for a Land Entitlement Manager to join our Indianapolis team.This person will collaborate with the Indianapolis Land Acquisition Managers in support of the growth, profitability and vision of David Weekley Homes.Job Responsibilities:Entitlement ActivitiesCoordinate the entitlements and due diligence of multiple residential projects, including zoning and rezoning approvals, development agreements, preliminary plan approvals, site civil construction documents, development permits, dry utility plan coordination, and recording plats.Facilitate the community planning process, including site analysis, yield studies, land planning, landscape design, signage, and monumentation, amenity programming and planning, and common open space planning.Develop and maintain positive professional relationships with officials and employees of municipalities and agencies with jurisdictional control over community land development in the Greater Indianapolis area.Assist with the coordination, engagement, and management of all consultants, including Civil Engineer, Landscape Architect, Environmental, and Geotechnical Engineer, HOA consultants, with Division Land Acquisition Managers.Coordinate Due Diligence related to the entitlements of all proposed land acquisitions.Serve as liaison to all municipal and agency officials, and other trade partners, in the execution of planning and entitlement tasks.Manage scopes of work and compliance with schedule for consultants for all planning and entitlement tasks.Assist with troubleshooting and resolutions of entitlement issues and conditions prior to and during land development.Utilize existing HOA/CCR templates for community specific approval and use.Interact with internal and external legal counsel.Development ActivitiesWork interactively with Land Acquisition Managers with strategic thinking about feasibility of potential land purchases, land planning ideas, pre-planning, and development cost info during the conceptual and planning phases of communities.