Land Use Permitting and Policy Intern

About Blumen

Blumen is building software to streamline permitting, compliance, and regulatory hurdles for project developers and EPC companies powering renewables and infrastructure development int he US.

Initial traction for our permitting platform is very high, and we are pursuing many downstream opportunities as we perfect the platform. We’re looking for motivated players to continue to build our world-class platform and help developers breeze through the regulatory process, soup to nuts.

What we're looking for

Blumen uses federal, state, and local regulatory documents to derive permitting intelligence for our customers projects. We are looking for an intern that has a good grasp of GIS concepts and is focusing on a land use planning or policy, urban planning, or similar degree. We need someone that likes to dig in, find, and review documents to make determinations about the impacts on our customer's projects.

Responsibilities

Find and research county, city, and other municipal documents
Use a tracking system to update municipal documents with new zoning and comprehensive plan documents
Upload documents and run "test case" projects for our customers using Blumen software
Pitch in on other tasks as needed

Qualifications

Preferred working towards completion of a masters degree (or late stage completion of a bachelors degree)
General understanding of land use regulations and policy
General understanding of the term "authorities having jurisdiction"

Our values

Put yourself in the customer’s shoes. We care deeply about serving our customers above all else.
No job is too small. Details matter, even if nobody will ever see them.
Every problem is an opportunity. Any solution that is clever, difficult to reproduce, or takes serious guts is an opportunity to widen our moat.
Own the problem. Not your solution. Best idea wins.
It doesn’t get easier. We just get faster. There is no finish line. Every day is a step toward compounding success. This is a marathon toward excellence.