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Tierra Right of Way Services · 3 months ago

Right of Way Senior Agent

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$71K/yr - $77K/yr

3+ years exp

Tierra Right of Way Services is seeking a Senior Right of Way Agent to assist with land acquisitions, negotiations, and property research under the Uniform Act. The role involves conducting negotiations, analyzing complex titles, and preparing various land-related agreements while ensuring compliance with safety policies.

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Responsibilities

Researches complex titles and analyzes the impact and validity of recorded documents on property interests

Conducts negotiations to secure land, property rights and complete relocations

Reviews complex title reports and other information to determine ownership and real estate interest, encumbrances of record, creates the documents and releases required to secure clear title through negotiation activities, clears encumbrances from the title or assist escrow agencies in securing releases upon successful completion of negotiations

Directs Field Agents for successful completion of acquisition activities and provides acquisition and relocation training to Field Agents

Prepares, analyzes, reviews, interprets, organizes and/or directs the preparation of land and right of way related agreements, deeds, easements, leases, permits, licenses, reports, offer packages and acquisition and relocation documents for a variety of project assignments with little to no supervision

Prepares, analyzes, reviews and interprets Land and Right of Way related agreements, deeds, easements, leases, permits, licenses and reports

Participates in appraisal site inspections, reviews appraisal reports for accuracy and completeness, explains complex appraisal methodologies to landowners

Reviews survey drawings, writes complex legal descriptions, reviews deeds, easements, plats, title reports and plans related to right of way projects for a variety of project assignments

Completes and compiles all data for local, state and federal agencies permits, leases, agreements, etc. and serves as a liaison in pursuit of approved project activities

Researches and collects real property related documents and produces summary reports of data for multiple purposes, e.g. summary title report of encumbrances, relocation plans, market analysis, etc

Negotiates easements, licenses and fee interest purchases with landowners

Supports and assists in the translation and input of data from Right of Way documents into various internal and client management databases and performs quality assurance reviews of databases entries from Right of Way field agents

Prepares detailed project status, technical, and acquisition reports for the project team

Provides support to Right of Way management on document preparation and control, meeting agendas and other various project relate activities

Complies with company and site safety policies

Conducts surveys of households, businesses and other organizations; develops summary reports of survey details

Assists with and gathers information and required documentation necessary to support various claims for relocation assistance

Assists with and prepares relocation assistance claims and tracks relocation expenditures for displacees

Performs other related responsibilities as needed

Qualification

Right of Way AcquisitionReal Estate LawNegotiation SkillsSR/WA CertificationTitle ResearchLegal Document PreparationMS WordMS ExcelMS OutlookCommunication SkillsInterpersonal SkillsOrganizational Skills

Required

High School Diploma or equivalent and seven (7) years' experience in right of way acquisition and relocation; OR Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Real Estate or related field AND three (3) years' experience in right of way acquisition and relocation

Valid driver's license

Valid Real Estate license issued by the State Department of Real Estate in the state performing work

Ability to pass a background check