Land Entitlement Manager

David Weekley Homes is hiring a Land Entitlement Manager to join our Raleigh teamThis person will collaborate with the Raleigh 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 Raleigharea.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 teract 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.Qualifications3 - 5 years of relevant experience in residential development and building industry, preferably in the Raleighmetro area.Bachelor’s degree in finance, engineering, real estate, urban planning, or other related field.Familiarity of reading and understanding civil engineering construction documents.Proficient in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and fortable with financial proformas and modeling.Excellent people skills, as well as verbal and written communication skills.Strong project management skills.Ability to schedule and manage numerous professional consultants efficiently and effectively.Ideal Candidate will possess these characteristics:Team player who can balance important relationships and high achievement.Considerable initiative and ability to start and drive the process.Ability to balance multiple and competing priorities.Driven to press for results with measured sense of urgency.Ability to see global picture while maintaining focus on daily details that result in a successfully developed and completed community.Ability to influence numerous external people to place your priorities first, with tempered assertiveness.Ability to determine order of priorities.Professional demeanor with a persistent and positive attitude.Additional Information .What We Offer:Come build your future with our winning team, recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For " 19 times David Weekley Homes builds in 19 markets across the U.S. and is one of the largest private home builders in America. We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:Health Insurance - Medical, Dental and Vision401k and discretionary 8% matchEmployee Stock Ownership PlanProfit SharingVacation, Paid Holidays, plus PTONew Home Discount for Team Member and FamilyCollege Scholarship ProgramCommunity OutreachSabbaticalsAnd moreDavid Weekley Homes is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by state or federal law.

Created: 2025-12-08