Land Manager, Land Services (CnP)

Jacobs; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Land Manager to join their Land Services team in a hybrid role. This position involves acquiring land rights necessary for client infrastructure projects across the U.S. You will negotiate with landowners, conduct title research, and prepare legal documents, all while collaborating with multi-disciplinary project teams. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact by ensuring that essential land rights are secured for critical projects. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are committed to excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Stock purchase plan

Performance discretionary bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of ROW or Land acquisition experience required.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate land rights for construction and maintenance of client facilities.
• Conduct title research to determine property ownership and interests.
• Prepare legal documents for land rights acquisition.

Skills

ROW or Land acquisition experience

MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Interpersonal relationship skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Education

Real Estate License

International Right-of-Way Association Membership

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Base pay range

$73,500.00/yr - $128,600.00/yr

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

At Jacobs, we challenge what is currently accepted, so we can shape innovative and lasting solutions for tomorrow. Through the delivery of our operations and maintenance services, you’ll make it simpler and more seamless for our utility clients to operate safely and efficiently, empowering communities to focus on what matters most to them – people.

As a Land Manager, in a hybrid role, based out of a Jacobs US office (with potential to report into client offices) with possibility of required travel to support client projects, you working to support the Land Services team and clients that are located across all US time zones. Additionally, you are primarily responsible for acquiring easements or other land rights necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of client infrastructure across the country. The candidate will work with the Land Services and client project teams, from start to finish, to ensure that all land service responsibilities are completed, and that all land rights are successfully obtained to execute the project. Some of the essential job functions include, but are not limited to

• Handle negotiations with landowners (or their designees) for the acquisition of land rights relative to the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of client facilities.
• Settle damage claims with property owners (or their designees) relative to property damage caused or created because of the client’s projects, or their contractors, during the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, or removal of client facilities.
• Conduct title research, including courthouse and other records offices to determine present property ownership and other property interests of record.
• Review and interpret legal documents, legal descriptions, survey drawings, and related reports.
• Prepare approved legal documents for the acquisition of land rights relative to the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of client facilities.
• Record easements and legal documents at the local recorder’s office.
• Attend all project related meetings, as requested and/or required.
• Provide functional support to other Jacobs organizations as needed.
• Maintain property owner and project files, maps, drawings, exhibits, and progress reports, utilizing Jacobs and/or client information systems as required.
• Support land and right-of-way (ROW) project planning, including development of scopes of work, estimates for work to be completed, and preliminary schedule activities and durations.
• Support all required change management procedures.
• Follow all client technical guidelines or procedures for land services.
• Collaborate with all client contractors or Jacobs’ subcontractors, as necessary.
• Act as a liaison for land services as part of multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Track the project quality, milestones, and performance against the Project Execution Plan (PEP).
• Monitor project closeout process as established by our clients, including documenting any lessons learned as part of land service support.
• Act as a witness and/or assist in selection of witnesses in connection with any condemnation and/or other court action involving the acquisition of land rights or other court actions which may result from the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of client facilities.
• Represent Land Services on internal process improvement teams or initiatives.
  
  
  

Bring your team-focus, adaptability, and commitment to excellence, and we’ll help you grow what drives you – and deliver the world’s most challenging and impactful projects, together.

This is a HYBRID position, based out of a Jacobs US office (with potential to report into client offices), with possibility of travel to support client projects when needed.

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We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• Minimum of two (2) years of ROW or Land acquisition experience
• Must be proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Valid state driver’s license
• Understand ROW regulations and requirements
• Strong inter-personal relationship skills, and verbal and written communications skills
• Willing to work outside normal business hours to accommodate our clients and projects across the country, and the specific needs of acquiring land rights
  
  
  

Ideally, you'll also have

• Active state Real Estate License.
• International Right-of-Way Association Membership, or the ability to obtain within 60 days of hire
• Active notary or ability to obtain within 60 days of hire
• Willing to travel throughout the country
  
  
  

Posted Salary Range Minimum

73,500.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

128,600.00

Jacobs’ health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $73,500.00 to $128,600.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Design Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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