Modular Permitting Coordinator

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do. TAS, a Houston-headquartered company and part of Comfort Systems USA, delivers innovative packaged modular systems for data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility applications. With over 520 packages delivered to 33 countries, TAS operates five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, totaling 1.2 million square feet. The company manages all logistics and transportation, accelerating construction at customer sites, and is a leader in modular data center solutions.

About the role

The Modular Permitting Coordinator manages regulatory compliance and jurisdictional approval for factory-built modular data center assemblies, ensuring seamless transit and site integration.

Responsibilities

• Align production milestones with local municipal code requirements and state building approvals.
• Interface with engineering, quality, production, logistics, product management, project management, and field execution teams to verify documentation accuracy.
• Maintain compliance records, tracking logs, and agency correspondence in enterprise resource platforms.
• Use strong writing, verbal, organizational, and communication skills with various levels of management, customers, employees, and external stakeholders.
• Work under minimal supervision daily.
• Apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent; Associate or Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or Construction Management preferred.
• 3-5 years’ experience in modular permitting preferred.
• Experience in modular construction and state compliance programs.
• Knowledge of state and regional transportation or building regulatory frameworks.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with external officials and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to create purchase requisitions.
• Proficiency in using ERP tools, specialized state permit portals, and customer portals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Sheets.

Skills

• Deep understanding of state regulations, permit requirements, and regional building codes or knowledge of how to retrieve such information.
• Mastery of compliance tracking software, engineering change notices, and submittal packages for jurisdictional approval.
• Skill in bridging technical language between TAS employees from multiple departments and municipal inspectors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework or certification in CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) or PMP.

Work Environment

• Position is 70% to 85% desk-based, working with a computer.
• Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects, including the human body.
• Performs physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.
• Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception, and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions.

TAS maintains a tobacco-free workplace policy; smoking or use of tobacco/nicotine products is prohibited on premises or during work hours.