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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 Visa Sponsorship as a Permit Coordinator
Align your degree to permit coordination
Employers filing an H-1B for a Permit Coordinator must prove it's a specialty occupation. A degree in construction management, civil engineering, or urban planning creates a direct field match. A general business degree raises RFE risk.
Search LCA filings by job title
Use Migrate Mate to find employers who've already filed Labor Condition Applications under Permit Coordinator or related titles. Prior LCA filings confirm the employer has established a sponsorship workflow and understands the prevailing wage obligation.
Target construction and infrastructure employers specifically
Municipal contractors, civil engineering firms, and utilities file disproportionately more Permit Coordinator LCAs than general office employers. Focus your outreach on companies with active DOL filings in permit-heavy sectors like transportation or utilities.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your location and experience level. Run your title and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before salary discussions so you know the floor the LCA must certify.
Document jurisdiction-specific permitting experience
Permit Coordinator duties vary significantly by municipality. Highlight experience with specific permit types, like building, environmental, or right-of-way, and the agencies involved. This evidence strengthens the specialty occupation argument in an H-1B petition.
Confirm the employer files before accepting any offer
Some construction employers have never sponsored a visa and don't know the H-1B process. Before signing, ask HR whether they've used an immigration attorney and whether they're registered for the annual USCIS lottery. Discovering gaps after an offer wastes time for both sides.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Permit Coordinator role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It can, but it depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires that the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field. Permit Coordinator roles tied to construction management, civil engineering, or urban planning pass that test more reliably than generalist administrative versions of the title. If the job description lists duties any coordinator could perform without a specific degree, an RFE is likely.
Which visa types are realistic for a Permit Coordinator seeking sponsorship?
H-1B is the primary path if your employer can establish specialty occupation. TN visa is available to Canadian and Mexican nationals if the role maps to an eligible USMCA profession, though Permit Coordinator doesn't have a clean match on that list. For longer-term residency, EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification is an option once you're established with an employer willing to invest in the process.
How do I find Permit Coordinator jobs with employers who already sponsor visas?
Migrate Mate shows employers with verified LCA filing history for Permit Coordinator and related titles, so you can focus on companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process rather than educating an employer from scratch.
What degree background do I need for a sponsored Permit Coordinator role?
Construction management, civil engineering, urban planning, or architecture are the strongest fits for establishing specialty occupation. Environmental science or a related technical field can work if the permit work is environmental or regulatory in nature. A degree in business administration or project management without a technical concentration creates a harder argument for USCIS, since it doesn't tie directly to the technical permitting knowledge the role requires.
How long does the H-1B sponsorship process take for a Permit Coordinator position?
The employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL first, which typically certifies within seven business days. The H-1B petition then goes to USCIS, with standard processing running several months. Premium processing, which USCIS offers for an additional fee, can return a decision within days. If you're already in H-1B status with another employer, you can start the new role once your new employer files the petition, without waiting for approval.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Permit Coordinator jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.