Permit Coordinator – Project Management Consultancy (PMC)

About the Company

Turner & Townsend is dedicated to creating impactful outcomes for clients, empowering employees, and fostering a prosperous society. Operating globally with over 110 offices, the company champions sustainability and Net Zero initiatives as part of its 2025 vision. The team is known for its dynamic, innovative, and client-centric approach combined with a collaborative and enjoyable work culture. Their expertise and integrity enable involvement in exciting high-profile projects worldwide.

Role Summary

The Permit Coordinator acts as the regulatory and permitting expert within the Project Management Consultancy team, managing the full spectrum of permits, approvals, licenses, and authorizations essential to the Solar PV, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), HVAC transmission, substations, and Indonesia-Singapore subsea interconnector projects. Serving independently on behalf of the project owner, this role provides governance, oversight, tracking, and coordination of permitting processes undertaken by EPC contractors, suppliers, consultants, utilities, and government bodies. The coordinator ensures timely regulatory approvals that align with project milestones, energization, and commercial operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee the Project Permit Management System and maintain a comprehensive Master Permit Register, including workflows, reporting, and governance frameworks.
• Plan and identify all required permits across environmental, construction, electrical infrastructure, marine, and subsea domains including relevant environmental and regulatory approvals.
• Maintain a live Permit Register integrating permit details, authorities, submission milestones, dependencies, conditions, expiry, and renewal necessities linked with project schedules.
• Facilitate coordination with regulatory agencies and government authorities in Indonesia and Singapore such as EMA, BCA, MPA, URA, NEA, and others.
• Manage permit-related activities of EPC contractors, including review of plans, tracking compliance, aligning schedules, and mitigating risks.
• Provide support for international EPC contractors and suppliers with regulatory compliance, documentation review, and translation requirements.
• Oversee marine and subsea permitting activities, coordinating with marine contractors, port authorities, maritime regulators, environmental and fisheries agencies, managing risks and critical approval pathways.
• Coordinate land access and third-party approvals for utility crossings, easements, construction routes, ensuring alignment with project timelines.
• Monitor adherence to permit conditions, support audits and environmental compliance, and collaborate closely with HSE and construction teams.
• Manage multiple interfaces between contractors, regulators, agencies, utilities, and construction and commissioning teams to integrate permitting needs into project execution.
• Incorporate permitting milestones into Integrated Master Schedule, tracking timelines, escalating approval delays, and focusing on critical construction and operation dates.
• Maintain a Permitting Risk Register, identify approval risks, regulatory changes, submission gaps, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Prepare comprehensive reports and dashboards detailing permit status, risks, delays, and management action plans for leadership visibility.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, Construction Management, Law, Public Administration, or related fields.
• At least 10 years of experience in permitting, regulatory affairs, environmental approvals, or major infrastructure project delivery.
• Demonstrated competence managing permits for large-scale infrastructure, energy, power, or marine projects.
• Strong understanding of project development, construction procedures, and regulatory stakeholder engagement.
• Preferred experience includes utility-scale solar, BESS, high-voltage transmission, marine infrastructure, subsea cable, or renewable energy sectors.
• Highly advantageous to have experience within Indonesian and Singapore regulatory frameworks, cross-border infrastructure projects, and working with international EPC contractors on projects exceeding US$1 billion.
• Familiarity with environmental, maritime, utility, and grid connection approvals is desirable.

Personal Competencies

• Expertise in permit strategy, planning, regulatory coordination, and compliance monitoring.
• Proficiency in project delivery control such as integrating schedules, risk mitigation, stakeholder and interface management.
• Strong communication skills for relationship building, negotiation, executive reporting, and cross-functional coordination.
• Technical knowledge of renewable energy, power infrastructure, BESS, high-voltage transmission, marine and subsea cable permitting.
• Experience managing multi-jurisdictional regulatory approvals and international EPC contractor relations with cultural awareness.

Additional Information

The company fosters a respectful, inclusive workplace that supports work-life balance and values diversity. Equal opportunity employment is promoted with active encouragement for applicants from all backgrounds. The recruitment process is free from fees for candidates, and only authorized recruitment agencies with formal agreements are permitted to submit candidates.