Role OverviewThe Land Professional role is responsible for supporting land, title, right-of-way, lease, easement, acquisition, and real estate activities for utility-scale power generation, energy storage, transmission, and other grid-connected energy infrastructure projects across the U.S.
What You Will Do
Support land acquisition strategies, right-of-way activities, title review, lease and easement negotiations, and coordinate with landowners, tenants, local officials, community stakeholders, surveyors, title companies, outside counsel, land agents, right-of-way consultants, utilities, RTOs/ISOs, transmission providers, and other project stakeholders.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The ideal candidate will have experience in energy land, right-of-way, leasing, easement acquisition, title, land administration, real estate, project development, utility-scale infrastructure, IPP, utility, consulting, land services, or project acquisition environments.
Requirements
- Land management, real estate, business, energy, environmental, engineering, planning, law, or other relevant degree
- Relevant experience in energy land, right-of-way, leasing, easement acquisition, title, land administration, real estate, project development, utility-scale infrastructure, IPP, utility, consulting, land services, or project acquisition environments
- Experience supporting land acquisition, site control, lease negotiation, easement negotiation, right-of-way acquisition, title review, curative coordination, landowner engagement, document management, and real estate diligence for energy or infrastructure projects
- Experience working on energy infrastructure projects, including renewable energy, energy storage, transmission, gen-tie lines, utility interconnections, utility coordination, hybrid projects, oil and gas-adjacent land matters, or other grid-connected facilities
- Experience in multiple U.S. regions and familiarity with regional differences in landowner practices, title matters, agricultural land uses, mineral rights, water rights, county recording practices, permitting requirements, and local stakeholder expectations
- Good understanding of land and title processes, including ownership research, title commitments, ALTA surveys, boundary surveys, surveyor coordination, legal descriptions, mineral interests, oil and gas interests, encumbrances, easements, access rights, subordinations, consents, assignments, recordings, and curative requirements
- Ability to review and summarize leases, easements, rights-of-way, purchase agreements, option agreements, crossing agreements, amendments, memoranda, consents, and other real estate instruments
- Experience coordinating with landowners, tenants, title companies, surveyors, outside counsel, land agents, right-of-way consultants, local officials, utilities, transmission providers, oil and gas operators, developers, contractors, and internal project teams
- Working knowledge of how land rights support project siting, engineering design, permitting, interconnection, transmission, construction access, financing, operations, and long-term asset management
- Experience supporting project acquisitions, co-development opportunities, commercial diligence, land file review, title diligence, document gap analysis, real estate risk assessment, or investment approval materials preferred
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, document control discipline, and ability to maintain accurate trackers, land files, parcel matrices, title reports, curative logs, agreement summaries, and stakeholder records
- Strong communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with landowners, consultants, legal counsel, local stakeholders, internal teams, commercial partners, and senior management
- Commercially minded, proactive, organized, flexible, solution-oriented, respectful in landowner interactions, and able to manage multiple priorities across a dynamic development portfolio
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Initiatives designed to support physical and psychological health
- Cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance productivity and efficiency
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