Rainmaker Technology Corporation
Regulatory Permitting Specialist
El Segundo, CA
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About the role
- The Regulatory Permitting Specialist exists to ensure Rainmaker's domestic operations are never gated by missing state or local authority.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a state-by-state regulatory playbook that captures requirements, lead times, agency points of contact, and submission templates for every jurisdiction where Rainmaker operates or intends to operate
- Partner with Program Management to align regulatory timelines with contracted operational start dates and flag risks to those dates early
- Manage state-level environmental approvals, including state EPA-equivalent agency reviews, air quality determinations, and any state environmental review processes (e.g., CEQA in California, similar state-level NEPA equivalents)
- Respond to agency requests for information, prepare amendments, and manage the full lifecycle of each authorization through issuance
- Own NOAA Form 17-4 reporting under 15 CFR Part 908, including initial activity reports, interim reports, and final post-campaign reports
- Support Business Development and Government Affairs in evaluating regulatory feasibility and timeline for prospective new programs in new states or counties
Requirements
- Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to translate operational and technical realities into clear, persuasive regulatory submissions
- Direct experience with state weather modification permitting, operator licensing, or analogous state environmental permitting programs
- Familiarity with state-level environmental review frameworks (CEQA, SEPA, or other state NEPA equivalents)
- Experience with regulatory document and records management systems
- Coordinate with state water boards, water resource departments, and atmospheric resources agencies as required by each state's program
- Prepare and submit all state seasonal reports, post-operations summaries, and compliance documentation required by issued permits and licenses
- Maintain the master compliance calendar for all domestic state and local obligations, ensuring on-time submission of every required filing
- Maintain authorization records, renewal schedules, and the audit trail required to demonstrate compliance to any regulator on request
- Demonstrated experience preparing and shepherding regulatory submissions through a state government permitting process - environmental, water resources, air quality, precipitation enhancement, or directly analogous
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with state agency staff, internal program teams, and external stakeholders
- Self-directed and comfortable operating with minimal guidance in fragmented regulatory environments
- Willingness to travel domestically for agency meetings, public hearings, and on-site program coordination as required
- Background in state government, state environmental agencies, state water resources, or a state regulatory affairs role at a regulated operator
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., environmental policy, public administration, environmental science, water resources, atmospheric science, or related discipline); advanced degree or paralegal certification a plus
- Existing relationships with state permitting boards, water resource agencies, or state environmental regulators in the western United States
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., environmental policy, public administration, environmental science, water resources, atmospheric science, or related discipline)
- advanced degree or paralegal certification a plus
Skills
- Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to address water scarcity and inclement weather challenges worldwide.
- Rainmaker is building something that hasn't existed before.
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