Land Agent

Airswift; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Land Acquisition professional to support energy infrastructure projects in the Philadelphia area. The role focuses on securing land rights, route selection support, and coordinating with survey, environmental, engineering, and permitting teams to keep projects compliant and on schedule.

The ideal candidate will manage landowner outreach, negotiations for easements and property rights, and track acquisition progress across multiple parcels, while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Experience supporting land acquisition activities for project delivery.
• Experience negotiating easements, rights-of-entry, temporary workspace agreements, licences, and property purchases.
• Experience with landowner outreach, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience coordinating title research, ownership verification, and execution and recording of agreements.
• Experience tracking acquisition progress, managing critical path parcels, and supporting acquisition cost estimating and project development budgets.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as survey, environmental, engineering, and permitting.

Responsibilities

• Support land acquisition activities for project delivery, including identifying affected parcels and required property rights.
• Coordinate route selection and route optimization activities.
• Negotiate access, staging area rights, and property-related agreements; manage damage claims and restoration discussions.
• Provide acquisition status updates to project teams and leadership; track progress and budgets.

Skills

Land acquisition

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Route optimization

Risk management

Job description

Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia area) or Northern Delaware

About Airswift:

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

Role Overview:

This opportunity supports the delivery of energy infrastructure projects by securing land rights and stakeholder agreements needed to keep work moving safely, legally, and on schedule. The role sits within a technical project environment and focuses on land acquisition, route selection support, title coordination, and cross-functional collaboration with survey, environmental, engineering, and permitting teams. This company is a diversified energy delivery business with operations across natural gas, electricity, propane, compressed natural gas, and renewable natural gas solutions.

Required Experience:

• Experience supporting land acquisition activities for project delivery, including identifying affected parcels and required property rights
• Experience negotiating easements, rights-of-entry, temporary workspace agreements, licences, and property purchases
• Experience with landowner outreach, relationship management, and stakeholder engagement
• Experience coordinating title research, ownership verification, and execution and recording of agreements
• Experience tracking acquisition progress, managing critical path parcels, and supporting acquisition cost estimating and project development budgets
• Experience working with cross-functional teams such as survey, environmental, engineering, and permitting

Required Skills:

• Ability to support route selection and route optimisation activities
• Ability to identify and manage land acquisition risks across project phases
• Strong negotiation skills across access agreements, staging area rights, and property-related arrangements
• Ability to manage damage claims and property restoration discussions
• Ability to provide acquisition status updates to project teams and leadership