Role Overview
Title: Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and UIC
Hours: Full-time; Salaried
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Pay: $105,000 annual
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Manager: Head of Land
Mission – Why we exist and why we need you
Geothermal energy is the most abundant renewable energy source in the world. However,
historically it’s been hard to find and expensive to develop. At Zanskar, we’re using better technology
to find and develop new geothermal resources in order to make geothermal a cost-effective and
vital contributor to a carbon-free energy future. We are revolutionizing the exploration process,
setting new industry standards for discovery rates and finding new prospects at an unprecedented
scale. The growing development team at Zanskar is advancing a multi-gigawatt portfolio of firm,
carbon-free energy projects, and needs a Permitting Specialist to coordinate all permitting related to
water.
Outcomes - Problems you’ll solve
Operationally, the Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and Underground Injection Control will work
in close coordination with the cross disciplinary exploration, development teams at Zanskar and
expert third-party consultants to obtain key state or federal permits pursuant to Office of State
Engineer and Water Rights agency requirements and the Bureau of Land Management, when
necessary, that allow Zanskar to expand its pipeline of late stage projects into drilling and flow
testing phases.
This is a time of both changing industry regulations and Zanskar growth. In addition to obtaining
temporary water permits, a successful Permitting Specialist - Water Rights and UIC will assist our
Government Affairs team to improve the permitting process to increase speed and scale of
permitting Zanskar operations. This requires creative thinking, in-person engagement and
partnership with internal and external subject matter experts, and top-notch communication skills
across a wide range of project stakeholders.
Competencies – What we’re looking for
The ideal candidate should demonstrate:
● Ability to work with third-party consultants to avoid, minimize, and mitigate potential
community/ water right impacts, with the end goal of accelerating scalable data collection
campaigns
● Strong project management, team leadership and technical writing/communications skills
● Entrepreneurial thinking to create new processes and systems, collaborative spirit, team-
player mentality with strong attention to detail
● A high degree of business acumen and experience with stakeholder engagement, particularly
within the energy industry
● Ability to effectively engage directly with federal, state, and local jurisdictions with authority
and community leaders
● A strong understanding of laws, regulations, and processes governing water rights in states
throughout the west.
● An extensive background and expertise in hydrology or related disciplines, preferred.
All candidates require:
● BS in related field;
● 5+ years of relevant experience in; environmental consulting, in-house energy development,
permitting experience, and/or agency employment in the western United States.
● Working knowledge of water rights ownership and permitting in the Western US
● Working knowledge of Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Control
regulation, specific to Class V wells
Location and Benefits
● The position is based out of our headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah
● Benefits include:
○ Paid holidays
○ 18 days PTO + PTO accrual increase based on tenure
○ Medical, dental & vision coverage
○ 401k
○ Stock options
○ Growth opportunities at a company with a direct impact in displacing carbon
emissions
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local
fair employment practice laws.
