Asset Manager – Rights of Way, Transactions, and Leasing - Natural Resource Specialist ; NRS

Asset Manager – Rights of Way, Transactions, and Leasing - Natural Resource Specialist 4 (NRS4)

Full‑time, Permanent, Represented position (WFSE)

Location: South Puget Sound Region – Enumclaw, WA

Salary: $5,506.00 – $7,399.00 Monthly (includes general wage increase of 2% effective July 1, 2026) and additional 5% King County duty station pay.

• Independently support region and agency efforts to acquire, grant, and resolve easements, land transactions, and trespasses.
• Serve as the agency expert on rights‑of‑way granting and acquisitions, ensuring projects on state lands meet trust obligations and applicable laws.
• Research, coordinate, and prepare ROW agreements and land transaction documentation.
• Assist internal and external customers with ROW needs and track responses to trespasses.
• Collaborate with partners across real estate, contract law, forestry, engineering, agriculture, utilities, natural resources sciences, environmental law, and more.
• Supervise and provide technical guidance to the Contract Specialist 1, managing SFP auctions, permits, and related activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in natural resources, engineering, real property, or a related field AND two years of professional experience in right‑of‑way, land transactions, forestry, real property, contracts, engineering, or surveying (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Experience planning, negotiating, budgeting, and collaborating with diverse customers and partners.
• Experience evaluating complex proposals and agreements with significant financial, management, or operational ramifications.
• Proficiency with word processing, Excel, proprietary databases, and document tracking.
• Experience utilizing GIS to research and map ROW‑related issues and supervise edits.
• Knowledge of real estate law for ROW documentation, real‑property appraisal practices, land use licenses, and land transaction processing.

• Highly developed public outreach skills.
• Proven ability to negotiate acceptable terms with difficult parties and evaluate complex proposals.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.
• Adherence to applicable laws, regulations, and public records retention policies.
• Core competencies:
  
  Personal Accountability, Value Others, Compassionate Communication, Inspire Others, Commitment to Excellence.

• Mostly office work, with occasional field visits to remote, rugged, steep, or rocky sites that may require off‑highway or foot access; field visits may occur year‑round and in all weather.
• Occasional travel, generally no more than two overnight visits per year.

• Knowledge of DNR asset management and trust land management responsibilities.
• Knowledge of Forest Practice Regulations and SEPA.
• Additional education specializing in business administration, communication, or land management.
• Experience managing assets across large forested landscapes with complex public interest.

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources is an equal‑opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disability, persons over 40, veterans, military spouses, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.

• Commitment to health and wellness, including health insurance, paid holidays, retirement plans, sick leave, and vacation.
• Work/life balance and employee resource groups.
• Professional development, educational assistance, and loan forgiveness eligibility.
• Other benefits such as wildland fire suppression assignments and public service loan forgiveness.