For 20 years, Mr. Merritt has worked in New Hampshire where he has primarily served as a Senior Project Manager for a local civil engineering firm designing and permitting a variety of land development projects throughout the State. He graduated in 2001 from Clarkson University with a BS degree in Civil Engineering. After college, he worked in Boston designing and permitting telecommunication facilities throughout the city.
Jeff moved to New Hampshire with his wife in 2003 where he began to establish roots and learned the nuances of the State’s civil engineering process. He began designing commercial, industrial and residential site plans, commercial and residential land subdivisions, residential open space subdivisions, municipal improvement projects, commercial and residential septic designs, and utility main extension projects. He has extensive experience in land use permitting including local, state and federal permitting.
Mr. Merritt has significant practice presenting in front of Planning Boards, Zoning Board of Adjustments, and Conservation Commission public hearings. With 17 years of permitting knowledge in New Hampshire, he has the ability to comprehend and determine the applicability of local Zoning Ordinances, Site Plan Regulations, Subdivision Regulations, as well as state land use regulations and administrative rules.
Here at Granite, he will continue to utilize his experience in project management to coordinate sub-consultants, schedule project timelines for fast and efficient approvals, continue to foster relationships with regulators, and maintain cost-effective project budgets.
Civil Engineer & Project Manager, Since 2001