Technical Specialist

Location & Title

Lansing, Michigan – Technical Specialist #1050418

If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities. We help employees achieve their personal best by offering many opportunities that develop and enhance their skills for career advancement.

• This role will support the Gas Engineering Asset Planning department by performing technical support functions within the Permit Coordination team.
• The Permit Coordination team is responsible for reviewing all preplanned work for needed permits, applying for permits, detailed permit tracking, bond recovery, among many other functions that support the goals and objectives of Geospatial & Gas Asset Management (G&GAM).
• This position serves as a technical support role for gas permitting in its assigned area, including:
• Monitor and utilize SAP tasks for each permit
• Complete check requests/bond requests & invoicing for jobs that have fees come in after the fact, including calculation of permit fees
• Notify city/state/township of construction dates
• Start notices
• Completion notices

• Permit Tracking – ensure understanding of all permits applied for / received
• Inspection Escrow Tracking – ensure understanding of all outstanding inspection escrows to ensure proper refunds
• Bond Tracking – ensure all outstanding bonds, request and obtain refunds
• Communicate with Restoration department on clean‑up schedule
• Communicate with Scheduling on construction schedule
• Track and coordinate all permits and bonds to quantify the annual work and spend in this area
• Deliver and pick up permits at Permit Agency buildings
• Support the entire gas permit department throughout lower Michigan

• Work independently, self‑starter, responsive in a fast‑paced environment, constantly tackling new challenges.
• Adjust tasks while maintaining full attention to detail and priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, sound judgment, quick learning, independent work with minimal direction, initiative, and ability to meet deadlines under pressure.
• Strong communication, analytical, diagnostic, facilitation and computer skills essential.
• Database management skills.
• Valid driver's license, ability to deliver and pick up permit packets.
• Flexible, strong administrative skills, set priorities in changing environment.
• Organization and ability to create, modify and utilize databases.
• Perform responsibilities in a manner that clearly shows effective communication and cooperation, promoting open exchange of information, respect, high ethical standards, professionalism.

• Experience utilizing SAP
• Experience with MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, Visio).
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with Micro Station.
• Construction print reading and interpretation.

• High School Diploma required.
• Associate's Degree or higher education preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, PC proficient.

At Fast Tek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories, also, doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old‑fashioned hard work for 24 years!

Fast Tek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start‑up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (Fast Tek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100%…