Land Development Director

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Who are we?

Since 1967, Toll Brothers has been building luxury homes and communities in the best locations in the U.S. Today, we’re a Fortune 500 company operating in over 60 markets. We’re the country’s premier luxury builder with the widest range of product offerings and price points in the industry, serving first-time, move-up, active-adult, and second-home buyers.

From the homes we build to the talent we recruit, we know that to be the best, we have to work with the best. Toll Brothers is a place where diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and where employees of all backgrounds are treated with fairness, dignity and respect. We believe every employee should feel safe to be their true and authentic self at work. Our employees are our family, and we strive to uphold the values that our founders instilled in us, creating an exceptional place to work that is inclusive to all.

Toll Brothers , America's Leading Luxury Home Builder, seeks a Land Development Director for our division located in Novi, Michigan.

What is the opportunity?

The Director of Land Development will be responsible to manage & oversee entitlement, estimating, budgeting, development, dedication of site improvements and feasibility studies for all communities within given division(s) or region.

What are the primary responsibilities?

Field Operations

Overseeing land development field operations for all communities and managers within given division(s) or region Managing contractors, verifying work completed/monitoring progress Leading meetings with governmental agencies/inspectors/HOA’s Coordinating land development work with homebuilding operations Lead project dedication and bond release work including final negotiations with the homeowner run HOA BOD/municipalities/governing agencies

Entitlements

Request proposals, preparation & bid solicitation, negotiation, award, and contracting for professional services, attorneys & consultants Manage & direct engineering & professional consultant objectives, schedules & work product Facilitate project approvals/entitlements/land use and zoning changes through coordination with sellers, brokers, agency review staff, governmental officials, elected officials, & Toll Ops. Initiate & obtain wetlands permits, Environmental Site Assessments, noise, fiscal & transportation studies as needed for approvals & Zoning efforts Work with utility consultants & provide load requirements & assist with franchise utilities (electric, gas, telephone, CATV, water, sewer) dry utility layout and negotiate agreements Assist with preparation of HOA documents and serve on HOA BOD’s as needed Track, monitor, update project approvals timelines & schedules & routinely distribute to team Attend/participate in municipal/agency land use hearings/meetings All other duties as assigned

Office Operations

Review and oversite of project schedules for all communities within given division(s) and oversite of project budgets for all communities within given division(s) including detailed and well thought out project cashflows Invoice review/approval. Preparing and issuing Purchase Orders, Change Orders & Land Development Contracts for all communities within given division(s) Analysis, negotiation and recommendations for justifications of award of bids/contracts for all communities within given division(s) 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) Budget, bid, contract and RFP generation and review Oversight of Bond & LOC acquisition, management, reduction and release Lead plan review discussions and perform value engineering for plans and plats Oversight of permit renewals and close out Develop/maintain site improvement/homebuilding