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Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Ferrovial is also leading the development of the New Terminal One at JFK International Airport. Ferrovial shares trade under the ticker symbol FER on two stock markets: Nasdaq in the U.S. (Nasdaq100 Index) and the Spanish Stock Exchanges (IBEX 35). Ferrovial is included in globally recognized sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 22,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial’s activity is carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.
Founded in 1963, Webber, part of Ferrovial Construction, is a leading construction company that specializes in heavy civil, waterworks, energy and infrastructure management and is dedicated to safely providing intelligent solutions to its clients and community. Webber is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices and projects in the United States and Canada. Webber supports a wide range of project models to meet client needs, including traditional design bid build, design build, alternative delivery models and public private partnership (P3) solutions. Webber also has an in-house engineering services department to help optimize building efficiency and quality while solving complex project challenges using field experience, innovative construction methods and BIM technology. As a subsidiary of Ferrovial, Webber has access to a global network of skilled engineers, best-in-class technology and vast resources.
Why Ferrovial?
- Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
- Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
- Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
- Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
- Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.
Job Description:
Join Our Team as a Permit Coordinator and Start Your Career with Webber
Inspiring Career Opportunity
Are you wanting to get your foot in the door at a fast-growing Company? Webber, an industry leader in construction and infrastructure, is seeking a dynamic Permit Coordinator to join our team.
Your Role: Driving excellence through technical expertise and innovation
Will provide program processes and oversight for permit coordination, review, tracking and compliance monitoring. Will also facilitate permit applications and engineering plans, site visits of proposed projects, final inspections and closeout, attendance at pre-construction meetings.
What You Will Do:
- Responsible for working with the Department one stop permit, assigning reviews, environmental, structures, utilities, and maintenance of traffic.
- Monitors routine work plan activities such as traffic control and maintenance work.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Webber Permit Processing Program in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner.
- Processing of utility, driveway, special use, drainage, house moving, road closure and landscaping permits and all necessary paperwork involved.
- Act as a company representative in providing information to DOT regarding policy concerning permits when requested. Coordinate and handle problems that may occur between Webber, the public, utility companies and the Department.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Consultant to staff in the review of plans and specifications, including phases for maintenance of traffic, utility conflicts and erosion control. This involves reviewing entire sets of plans as submitted by the applicant for roadway and right of way encroachment. This review is to be founded on a knowledgeable interpretation of, but not limited to, the following administrative rules: vegetative rules, private right-of-way usage, use of state highway facilities, regulation of signs, utility installation, building moving permits, temporary closing and special use of state roads, drainage connections, and state highway system connections access management.
- Present monthly summary and permit status reports to the Project Manager. These reports shall include, but not limited to the following: Number of permit applications received by type for the subject month; number of days to issuance date from date application is received; current and outstanding issues impacting the expeditious handling and issuance of permits, and any pertinent communications with the Department.
- Schedules and coordinate work to be performed. Assist with roadway characteristics through RCI inventory.
- Assists Project Manager to determine best approach (self-performance or sub-contract) for bringing assets into contract compliance considering cost, timelines and efficiency.
- Present and ready for work every work day on time.
- Inspects in-process and completed work to insure compliance with contract requirements.
- Identifies opportunities for changes and improvements in work methods, processes, efficiency, and cost reduction.
Create and manage successful completion of all work orders.
Who You Are: A Profile of Success
- High School or GED required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in related industry
- Clean, valid Driver’s License, Class 1, is required.
- DOT Certifications preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office to include Excel, Word, and Team
Demonstrated excellence in time management.
What You'll Love: The Webber Advantage
- Competitive base salary
- Comprehensive benefits and a commitment to equal employment opportunities.
- 401k match up to 6%
- Learning and development programs and education reimbursement
- Opportunities for professional growth in a company that values innovation and sustainability.
A collaborative culture that values each member of our team.
Ready to Seize the Challenge and Move the World Together?
At Webber, we are not just building infrastructure; we are building careers. If you are eager to contribute to a company that is shaping the world on the move, we want to hear from you. Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career where you can truly make a difference.
Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!
Webber, a Ferrovial company, and its group of companies, are equal opportunity employers. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.
#WeAreFerrovial
Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Ferrovial is also leading the development of the New Terminal One at JFK International Airport. Ferrovial shares trade under the ticker symbol FER on two stock markets: Nasdaq in the U.S. (Nasdaq100 Index) and the Spanish Stock Exchanges (IBEX 35). Ferrovial is included in globally recognized sustainability indices such as the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 22,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial’s activity is carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.
Founded in 1963, Webber, part of Ferrovial Construction, is a leading construction company that specializes in heavy civil, waterworks, energy and infrastructure management and is dedicated to safely providing intelligent solutions to its clients and community. Webber is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices and projects in the United States and Canada. Webber supports a wide range of project models to meet client needs, including traditional design bid build, design build, alternative delivery models and public private partnership (P3) solutions. Webber also has an in-house engineering services department to help optimize building efficiency and quality while solving complex project challenges using field experience, innovative construction methods and BIM technology. As a subsidiary of Ferrovial, Webber has access to a global network of skilled engineers, best-in-class technology and vast resources.
Why Ferrovial?
- Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
- Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
- Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
- Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
- Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.
Job Description:
Join Our Team as a Permit Coordinator and Start Your Career with Webber
Inspiring Career Opportunity
Are you wanting to get your foot in the door at a fast-growing Company? Webber, an industry leader in construction and infrastructure, is seeking a dynamic Permit Coordinator to join our team.
Your Role: Driving excellence through technical expertise and innovation
Will provide program processes and oversight for permit coordination, review, tracking and compliance monitoring. Will also facilitate permit applications and engineering plans, site visits of proposed projects, final inspections and closeout, attendance at pre-construction meetings.
What You Will Do:
- Responsible for working with the Department one stop permit, assigning reviews, environmental, structures, utilities, and maintenance of traffic.
- Monitors routine work plan activities such as traffic control and maintenance work.
- Develop, implement, and maintain the Webber Permit Processing Program in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner.
- Processing of utility, driveway, special use, drainage, house moving, road closure and landscaping permits and all necessary paperwork involved.
- Act as a company representative in providing information to DOT regarding policy concerning permits when requested. Coordinate and handle problems that may occur between Webber, the public, utility companies and the Department.
- Serve as a Subject Matter Consultant to staff in the review of plans and specifications, including phases for maintenance of traffic, utility conflicts and erosion control. This involves reviewing entire sets of plans as submitted by the applicant for roadway and right of way encroachment. This review is to be founded on a knowledgeable interpretation of, but not limited to, the following administrative rules: vegetative rules, private right-of-way usage, use of state highway facilities, regulation of signs, utility installation, building moving permits, temporary closing and special use of state roads, drainage connections, and state highway system connections access management.
- Present monthly summary and permit status reports to the Project Manager. These reports shall include, but not limited to the following: Number of permit applications received by type for the subject month; number of days to issuance date from date application is received; current and outstanding issues impacting the expeditious handling and issuance of permits, and any pertinent communications with the Department.
- Schedules and coordinate work to be performed. Assist with roadway characteristics through RCI inventory.
- Assists Project Manager to determine best approach (self-performance or sub-contract) for bringing assets into contract compliance considering cost, timelines and efficiency.
- Present and ready for work every work day on time.
- Inspects in-process and completed work to insure compliance with contract requirements.
- Identifies opportunities for changes and improvements in work methods, processes, efficiency, and cost reduction.
Create and manage successful completion of all work orders.
Who You Are: A Profile of Success
- High School or GED required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience in related industry
- Clean, valid Driver’s License, Class 1, is required.
- DOT Certifications preferred.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office to include Excel, Word, and Team
Demonstrated excellence in time management.
What You'll Love: The Webber Advantage
- Competitive base salary
- Comprehensive benefits and a commitment to equal employment opportunities.
- 401k match up to 6%
- Learning and development programs and education reimbursement
- Opportunities for professional growth in a company that values innovation and sustainability.
A collaborative culture that values each member of our team.
Ready to Seize the Challenge and Move the World Together?
At Webber, we are not just building infrastructure; we are building careers. If you are eager to contribute to a company that is shaping the world on the move, we want to hear from you. Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career where you can truly make a difference.
Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!
Webber, a Ferrovial company, and its group of companies, are equal opportunity employers. We treat all job applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.
#WeAreFerrovial
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Permit Coordinator
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
USCIS requires that Permit Coordinator duties demand at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Highlight coursework in urban planning, construction management, or civil engineering on your resume to show the employer exactly how your credential maps to the role's regulatory and analytical duties.
Verify prevailing wages before accepting offers
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the prevailing rate for your specific location. Run the OFLC Wage Search using the correct SOC code before you negotiate, so you know the floor the DOL will hold your employer to at each worksite.
Target employers with active LCA filing histories
Use Migrate Mate to find employers who have already filed certified LCAs for Permit Coordinator or closely related titles. Prior filings confirm the company understands the specialty occupation argument and has cleared DOL compliance hurdles before, which shortens your path to an approved petition.
Confirm each worksite gets its own LCA
Permit work is location-specific, and USCIS requires a certified LCA for every worksite where you'll work. If your role spans multiple jurisdictions or project sites, ask the employer early whether their attorney plans public access files for each location, not just the primary office address.
Account for the full six-year status window in your plan
H-1B status starts at three years and can be extended once to reach the six-year maximum. If your employer is a government contractor or operates across jurisdictions, confirm the initial petition period covers a realistic project timeline so you're not filing an extension mid-critical permit cycle.
Review the O*NET profile before your petition is filed
The O*NET occupation profile for permit-related roles lists the typical education and task requirements USCIS officers reference. Cross-check that your actual job description matches those task categories closely, because a mismatch between your offer letter and O*NET is a common source of Requests for Evidence.
H-1B Visa Permit Coordinator: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Permit Coordinator role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Not automatically. USCIS requires the position to normally demand a bachelor's degree in a specific, directly related field. Permit Coordinator qualifies when employers build the role around degree-level duties, such as environmental compliance analysis, zoning interpretation, or project-level regulatory planning in construction management or urban planning. Roles that are primarily administrative coordination without degree-specific analytical tasks will not meet the specialty occupation standard.
Which academic fields most commonly support a Permit Coordinator H-1B petition?
Urban planning, civil engineering, construction management, environmental science, and architecture are the degrees most frequently cited in approved petitions for permit-related roles. The key is that the degree must directly relate to the position's core duties. A general business or liberal arts degree is unlikely to satisfy USCIS unless the employer provides a detailed nexus explanation supported by industry standards.
How does the LCA process work for a Permit Coordinator who travels between project sites?
Each worksite where you perform H-1B duties requires its own certified Labor Condition Application. Your employer files each LCA with DOL through the FLAG system and must maintain a public access file at every location. If your assignments shift frequently, your employer's attorney should prepare short-term placement documentation for temporary worksites rather than attempting to cover all locations under a single LCA.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for Permit Coordinator roles?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified LCA filing histories for permit and regulatory coordination roles, organized by location and job title. This lets you focus your applications on companies that have already navigated the specialty occupation argument and DOL certification process, rather than spending time educating employers who have never filed an H-1B petition before.
Can I switch Permit Coordinator employers while on H-1B status?
Yes, through H-1B portability. If you've been in valid H-1B status for at least 180 days and your new employer files an I-129 petition before your current status expires, you can begin working for the new employer once USCIS receives the petition. The new employer must still file a certified LCA for your role and worksite, and the position must again meet the specialty occupation standard.