Central Texas Resources Real Estate PM/Lead

Responsibilities

• Build strong, trust-based relationships with real estate staff, project managers, power delivery engineering, and operations leadership to support project execution and internal alignment.
• Serve as a cross-functional liaison to allow clear communication and effective resource coordination across departments.
• Identify project needs and collaborate on recruitment strategies to strengthen ROW staffing capacity.
• Equip staff with the tools, training, and mentorship necessary to support their growth and performance.
• Collaborate with leadership to forecast workload, align staffing plans, and optimize team utilization.
• Monitor staff performance and provide coaching, feedback, and recognition to confirm accountability and continuous development.
• Assist in local and national strategic pursuits and supporting proposal development.
• Collaborate with Area leadership to shape and implement effective capture strategies.
• Collaborate with power delivery staff to evaluate and optimize real estate team processes and procedures to develop efficiencies in the workflow.
• Represent HDR at local, regional, and national industry conferences to elevate the firm’s visibility and thought leadership in real estate services.
• Lead end-to-end execution of real estate projects across multiple market sectors.
• Oversee budgets, QA/QC, schedules, and deliverables on Resource Real Estate projects.
• Confirm all managed projects meet HDR’s standards for quality, safety, compliance, and client satisfaction.
• Monitor project scopes, contracts, and schedules to mitigate risk and avoid scope creep or delays.

Qualifications

• Texas Real Estate License
• Minimum of 10 years of recent, directly relevant experience in right-of-way acquisition, land rights, or real estate services for power and energy infrastructure.
• Experience must include: Leading multi-disciplinary ROW projects from initiation through closeout, Developing and executing pursuit strategies in competitive utility markets, Coaching, mentoring, or managing staff in a project or program setting.
• Professional certification or licensure preferred (e.g., SR/WA, Notary).
• Demonstrated leadership in managing diverse teams, guiding strategic initiatives, and delivering technical excellence.
• Strong alignment with HDR’s values and commitment to a collaborative, employee-owned culture.
• SR/WA Designation with the International Right of Way Association Required.
• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• The ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must