Right of Way Manager
Wood
Houston, TX
Description
Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.
Wood is seeking a Right of Way Manager to join our Oil, Gas & New Energies business focusing on delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies. This opportunity is Hybrid.
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The Role
Wood is currently seeking a Right of Way Manager to join our team. The role will advise company Management, Field Managers, Supervisors and Agents on all right-of-way matters to ensure company goals are achieved. They will be responsible for the implementation and enforcement of all company guidelines, policies, and procedures.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets. Our team brings low-carbon concepts to reality and are on the forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come.
What we can offer
- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across our Oil, Gas & New Energies sector.
- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs.
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.
- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.
- Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle.
- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests.
- Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession.
Typical responsibilities:
- Responsibility for right-of-way budget and to support the Right of Way Manager II with budgeting and cost responsibilities.
- Responsibility for all client relationships for the right-of-way department
- Responsible for employee management
- Responsible for managing the invoice review and approval process.
- Responsible for managing project setup for all new projects.
- Assignments cover broad and complex subject matter where issues and factors may be characterized by unusual demands and require additional analysis to determine the nature and scope of the problem.
- Devises new approaches to problems encountered and develops unique or multiple solutions for complex technical problems.
- Anticipates potential problems, and proactively solves complex problems through creative thinking and creative use of internal/external resources both inside and outside of discipline expertise.
- Responsibility for and impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change.
- Assignments are made in terms of a broad practice, precedents, policies, and goals.
- Receives general guidance and direction.
- Seller-Doer, including Right-of-Way business development, networking, proposal writing, and client management. Responsible for nurturing client relationships, winning contracts, and delivering quality technical service.
Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood, now or in the future.
What makes you remarkable?
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected:
- Minimum of ten years of proven experience in all aspects of the Right of Way profession with special emphasis on the acquisition of the necessary rights, both fee and easement, required by the company for the construction of the pipeline and related facilities
- Associate's degree in business, Law, Engineering, or Real Estate or equivalent experience in title research, pre-law, surveying, or abstracting
- Right of way professional certification preferred.
- Ability to effectively execute and manage assignment/project scope, budget, and schedule.
- Strong knowledge of right-of-way leases, grants, and fee purchase mechanism
- Familiar with real estate public records and is knowledgeable of ownership rights associated with these documents.
- Familiar with condemnation procedures
- Understand mapping and drawings pertinent to the project scope.
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend timely and cost-effective solutions.
- Ability to present detailed status reports as prescribed by the company.
- Ability to coordinate outside land services as needed.
- Demonstrates proficiency in mentoring, knowledge transfer, and project planning.
- Ability to persuade individuals with differing opinions or interests to change criteria or methods, accept findings, or reach an agreement on technical points.
- Ability to manage multiple projects.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality.