Transmission Right of Way Agent

Duties and Responsibilities

• Negotiate easements, rights-of-entry, and associated land rights required for survey access, environmental studies, and construction/operation of high-voltage transmission facilities.
• Draft and prepare documentation, contracts, and acquisition files in accordance with client and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct cold calls and in-person meetings with landowners to obtain right-of-way permissions.
• Resolve landowner concerns, disputes, damages, and compensation-related issues.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including eminent domain processes when applicable.
• Cook up and coordinate closely with survey, engineering, environmental, permitting, and legal teams.
• Review alignment sheets, plan/profile drawings, and survey documents to support negotiations.
• Aid in route refinement and identification of constraints and risks.
• Attend and support public meetings, open houses, and stakeholder outreach sessions.
• Maintain detailed documentation and reporting within client systems (e.g., PMIS, SharePoint, proprietary databases).
• Work with title research, curative processes, and parcel verification.
• Provide periodic status updates and acquisition progress reports to project leadership and clients.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of experience in right-of-way, land acquisition, or related real estate work.
• Exposure on at least two high-voltage transmission projects, strong preferred, preferably 345kV, 500kV or 765kV.
• Proven ability to manage negotiations, resolve conflicts, and build strong landowner relationships.
• Experience with condemnation / eminent domain, including supporting legal processes.
• Proficiency with GIS platforms, parcel mapping tools, and title research.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, surveys, and construction plans.
• Comfortable working collaboratively with engineers, attorneys, permitting staff, and client representatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; excellent documentation discipline.
• IRWA certification or coursework (or equivalent experience) strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with regional land-use laws (or willingness to rapidly learn region-specific requirements).
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Ability to pass background, MVR, and drug screening (if required by client).