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— Austin Texas
About Zipline Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. We are on a mission to serve all humans equally by ensuring access to food, medicine and essential goods anytime, anywhere. We design, build, and operate the world’s largest autonomous logistics system, delivering critical supplies quickly and reliably.
Today, Zipline operates on four continents, makes a delivery somewhere in the world every 30 seconds, and has completed millions of deliveries to date, including blood, vaccines, medical supplies, food, and retail products. Our customers include the world’s largest and most prominent healthcare systems, governments, retailers, restaurants and global businesses who rely on us to save lives, reduce emissions, increase economic opportunity, and provide delivery from point A to point B as fast as possible. The drone is only 15% of what we’ve built to enable seamless, reliable, global operations.
Our system strengthens supply chains, reduces congestion, and gives people time back. With more than 140 million commercial autonomous miles safely flown, Zipline is redefining access to healthcare, consumer products, and food across the globe. We operate at a global scale and are looking for practical problem solvers who thrive on real-world challenges and rapid growth.
Our team is motivated by building systems that have a direct, meaningful impact on people’s lives and by scaling the future of logistics. We are seeking people who sculpt from first principles, enjoy facing adversity, and can do the impossible at record breaking speeds. About You and The Role Zipline is building ground infrastructure that enables autonomous delivery networks to serve communities.
You will coordinate customers, jurisdictions, utilities, contractors, and Zipline teams to turn approved sites into safe, operational launch sites. Your work determines whether expansion sites are approved, built, commissioned, and ready to support network deployment on schedule and within cost targets.
What You'Ll Do
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• Develop pre-construction strategies to secure entitlements, permits, inspections, and approvals from jurisdictions and Authorities Having Jurisdiction. • Hold contractors accountable for construction safety, quality, approved designs, permit conditions, inspections, and commissioning acceptance before operational handoff. • Partner with Engineering, Real Estate, Government Affairs, Legal, Finance, Superintendents, customer teams, utilities, city staff, and inspectors to resolve site constraints.
What You'll Bring • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Real Estate Development, Finance, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field. • 6+ years of real estate development or construction experience delivering infrastructure or commercial projects.