Permitting Specialist - Water Rights

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

Zanskar is an equal-opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local

fair employment practice laws.