Project Manager, Real Estate Project Manager, Real Estate Development

Position Overview

Power your future with Qualus in our Program Management department as a PMO Property and Right of Way Project Manager. The position is responsible for managing real property and right-of-way activities in support of Project Management Office capital projects, operations, maintenance activities and external customer requirements where property rights are affected, need to be acquired, or must be protected. The position leads acquisition documentation, landowner coordination, Land Agent consultant oversight, and easement requirement construction support related to fee property, easements, access rights, licenses encroachments, and other land rights required for utility facilities.

The position coordinates with project managers, contractors, government agencies, landowners and other stakeholders, if directed, to ensure property and ROW requirements are identified, scheduled, budgeted, obtained, documented, and maintained in accordance with company standards and project delivery needs.

• Manage property and right-of-way activities that support capital projects, operations, maintenance activities and external customers where real property rights are affected or must be acquired.
• Lead the acquisition and administration of easements, fee property, access rights, rights of entry, licenses, encroachments, temporary work areas and related property agreements.
• Support projects through planning, scoping, routing, public involvement, permitting, acquisition, condemnation, construction and reclamation phases.
• Identify project property and ROW requirements; provide budget estimates, expected durations, anticipated dependencies, and schedule inputs for project planning and project controls.
• Coordinate with project managers, and other internal stakeholders, as directed, to align property and ROW activities with design, construction and operational requirements.
• Research and evaluate title, ownership, land rights, property boundaries, parcel information, legal descriptions, recorded documents, existing easements and related real estate records.
• Coordinate, as directed, with cadastral survey, land survey, engineering and design teams to establish ownership, parcel boundaries, easement locations, legal descriptions, exhibits and temporary or permanent property requirements.
• Prepare, review, administer and maintain property and ROW documents under the direction of the Company PMO and Property Group Leadership, including easement exhibits, offer letters, rights-of-entry agreements, permit applications, landowner correspondence, stipulation records and project support documents.
• Negotiate with landowners, agencies and third parties regarding easements, compensation, access, stipulations, temporary work areas, construction impacts, restoration obligations and other terms needed to support project execution.
• When directed by the project manager, oversee ROW contractors, acquisition consultants, appraisers, surveyors and related service providers to ensure company standards, schedules, documentation requirements and project commitments are met.
• Coordinate landowner communications before construction to determine all access and construction requirements and support project manager during construction to resolve landowner issues, access concerns, construction conflicts, property damage concerns and stipulation compliance issues that could affect construction progress.
• Track compliance with landowner stipulations and construction-related property commitments; coordinate temporary work areas, access changes, release forms, damage claims and post-construction restoration or reclamation issues.
• Support project management with documentation, data, settlement activities, mediations, testimony or…