Manager-Right of Way

Kinder Morgan provides all employees with a safe, honest, trustworthy, ethical, respectful and professional work environment. We believe in building friendly and personal long-term relationships by supporting our employees with ongoing training, continued growth and internal advancement while cultivating teamwork and diversity with a culture of inclusion from various experiences and backgrounds. Dedicated to providing security to our employees, we offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), retirement contribution (pension plan) and more.

Join our team and help shape the present and future of North America's energy infrastructure with a career at Kinder Morgan. Responsible for Leading, directing, monitoring, and improving a group of approximately 5-7 KM direct employee ROW Agents. Manager position will be within the Operations Support Group that provides support to the following internal customers:
Operations, Project Management, and the KM Commercial Groups. The OSG provides support to all 4 Business units:
Natural Gas, Terminals, Products, and CO2/Energy Ventures.

• Direct management of KM right of way agents responsible for company property, easement and lease acquisitions, as well as ongoing ROW duties associated with maintaining our existing pipeline easements. Also provides guidance to internal KM right of way agents directing 3rd party right of way agents.
• Ensures compliance with all company and departmental policies and procedures.

• Mentors staff members in their research, review, and analysis of land titles; identification of defects and outline curative.
• Works with internal customers closely on gauging expectations and performance of the ROW Agent group.
• Ensures the ROW Agents acquire right-of-way and other property interests, as necessary to accommodate the construction, operation, maintenance of company facilities, in such a manner to minimize litigation and makes decisions needed to complete such acquisitions.
• Supports the ROW Agents with completion of property damage settlements and loss claims associated with capital projects and day-to-day pipeline operations necessary to maintain company facilities, seeking favorable outcome on behalf of the company.
• Responsible for this group’s Book of Business by ensuring all budgetary aspects of costs associated new land negotiations and existing land obligation payments are budgeted and forecasted accurately on a monthly basis.
• Reviews and ensures accuracy of KM ROW agent’s cost estimates associated with land and right-of-way project acquisition.
• Supports customers and ROW Agents with acquisition of civil permits necessary for the construction and maintenance of company facilities.
• Reviews, prepares, analyzes, and interprets Land and Right-of-Way related agreements, deeds, easements, leases, franchise agreements, permits & licenses.
• Serves as liaison between internal departments, developers, cities, counties, etc., in support of right-of-way activities.
• Works with the internal team to resolve encroachments, damage claims, landowner complaints and inquiries at a minimal cost to company.
• Works directly with all KM Business Units to support their ROW activities.
• Works with ROW agents to ensure Land/ROW compliance of Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements on our assets.
• Plans and coordinates weekly team meetings, participates in quarterly departmental management meetings, maintains oversight of right-of-way project management, reporting and departmental training. Works 1 on 1 with each individual ROW Agent to ensure successful performance.
• Provides safety leadership to staff members and 3rd party right of way agents.
• Attends and gains feedback from internal customer team meetings on a monthly basis.