Vice President, Land Development Full Time NEW

Toll Brothers, America’s leading luxury home builder, seeks a Vice President of Land Development for our division located in Orlando, Florida.

What is the opportunity?

The Vice President of Land Development manages and oversees a team of land development professionals charged with entitling, estimating, budgeting, constructing of, and dedicating site improvements.

This position is on-site 5 days per week.

What are the primary responsibilities?

• Office Operations
  • Oversight of project schedules and budgets
  • Help select and create community amenities, entrances, and landscaping themes
  • Review/approval of Purchase Orders, Change Orders & Land Development Contracts
  • Analyses, negotiation and recommendations for justification of awards of bids/contracts for all communities within given division(s) or region.
  • Land Acquisition Oversight – Performing due diligence review, understanding/leading entitlements, preparing approvals, development schedules & development budgets
  • Entitlements and approvals management – managing consultants, plan review, value engineering
  • Review and comment on land purchase & utility agreements, deeds and other legal documents
  • Review RFPs, award bids and contracts, approve budgets and schedules
  • Oversight of Bond & LOC acquisition, management, reduction and release
  • Oversight of permit renewals and close out
  • Accountable for site improvement/homebuilding lot inventory schedules
  • Participate in Project/Land Reviews and assist with departmental training & LD personnel professional development.
• Entitlements
  • Review proposals, negotiate and award contracts for professional services, attorneys & consultants
  • Facilitate project approvals/entitlements/land use and zoning changes through coordination with land sellers, brokers, agency review staff, governmental officials, elected officials, & Toll Operations.
  • Manage & direct engineering & professional consultant objectives, schedules & work product
  • Initiate & obtain wetlands permits, Environmental Site Assessments, noise, fiscal & transportation studies as needed for approvals & Zoning efforts
  • Work with utility consultants & franchise utilities
  • Initiate preparation of HOA documents, possibly serve on HOA BOD’s
  • Establish, track, monitor, update project approvals timelines & schedules
  • Lead professional team in municipal/agency land use hearings/meetings
• Field Operations
  • Overseeing land development staff for division(s) or region
  • Monitor sites for QA/QC to Toll standards for appearance, safety, and efficiency
  • Leading meetings with governmental agencies/inspectors/HOA’s
  • Coordinating land development work with homebuilding operations
  • Set and monitor projections for dedication and bond release work
  • All other duties as assigned

This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the nation’s most respected Fortune 500 companies!

Qualifications

Does this describe you?

You have experience demonstrating the following knowledge and skills:

• Competencies:
  • Analytical Thinking: Able to collect, sort and analyze data
  • Communicating: Able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally across all levels, both internally and externally
  • Initiative: A self-starter, able to identify problems and solve them
• Technical Knowledge:
  • Scheduling Software: Advanced
  • Microsoft Office Suite: Advanced
  • Construction Drawing Comprehension: Expert
  • Entitlements/Due Diligence – Expert

Do you have these qualifications?

• Essential:
  • 15+ years’ experience in Land Development Management
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Value Engineering expertise
  • Ability to independently improvise/adapt/overcome obstacles (solving complex development issues)
  • Ability to manage a team of ALDM’s, LDM’s, SLDM’s, Directors & support staff (Supervisory Experience 6+ years)
  • Experience in preparing & conducting senior management level presentations for project status, schedule and financial performance
  • Experience in preparing & conducting government level presentations for site plan, zoning, and land use approvals
  • Experience managing multiple complex projects & master planning of larger communities
  • Value engineering expert
• Preferred:
  • Bachelor’s degree, preferable in Construction Management or Civil Engineering
  • Professional Engineering License
  • Ability to lead regular management meetings with cross-functional project teams for multiple projects
  • Expert knowledge of local market for contracting, manpower, pricing, & entitlements
  • Mentoring & personnel management experience
  • Contract & legal document review experience

Source: Toll Brothers Career Page

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