Land Solutions, Right of Way Acquisition Specialist (Solar) – Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan

About the role

Atwell, LLC is seeking experienced Right of Way Acquisition Specialists to support utility-scale solar energy projects across the Midwest, with a primary focus on Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. This role supports early-stage solar project development across multiple areas of interest.

Responsibilities

• Support right of way and land acquisition activities for utility-scale solar energy projects.
• Conduct landowner outreach and build positive relationships with property owners, agricultural landowners, and local stakeholders.
• Facilitate negotiations for easements, options, rights-of-entry, solar lease agreements, purchase agreements, survey permissions, and related project documents.
• Auxiliary competitor research, including identifying active or prior renewable energy agreements, land control activity, and competing project activity within assigned Areas of Interest.
• Auxiliary online mapping, parcel review, ownership verification, and project tracking using GIS, county records, tax rolls, and other research platforms.
• Cook with project managers, title resources, survey teams, document teams, client stakeholders, and internal land teams.
• Review and maintain accurate parcel, landowner, acquisition, deed, and project documentation.
• Auxiliary field-based activities, stakeholder engagement, issue resolution, and project close-out documentation.
• Travel throughout assigned project areas in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan as project needs require.

Qualifications

• Prior right of way, land acquisition, easement acquisition, renewable energy leasing, or landowner negotiation experience required.
• Experience supporting solar energy, renewable energy, utility, electric transmission, pipeline, or other large-scale infrastructure projects preferred.
• Strong communication, negotiation, documentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently in rural communities, agricultural areas, and field-based project environments.
• Comfortable coordinating with landowners, project teams, title resources, document teams, and client stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of property ownership research, land rights, deeds, easements, option agreements, lease agreements, purchase agreements, and real estate documentation.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Able to maintain accurate parcel files, acquisition records, and landowner communication logs.
• Active Notary Public commission preferred, or ability to obtain quickly.
• Willingness to travel throughout assigned Midwest project areas as project needs require.

Preferred Backgrounds

• Utility-scale solar energy projects.
• Renewable energy land acquisition.
• Solar lease, purchase, easement, option, and right-of-entry agreements.
• Agricultural landowner negotiations.
• Competitor research and land control research.
• Surface title, courthouse research, deed review, and parcel documentation.
• GIS/online mapping coordination.
• Utility, electric transmission, pipeline, or other infrastructure projects.
• Rural community engagement and stakeholder coordination.
• Document execution, recording, and project close-out support.