Renewable Land Agent / Landman - Wind & BESS [Field / Courthouse]

Purple Land Management; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Purple Land Management, LLC seeks an experienced Renewable Land Agent to lead land outreach, optioning, and site control acquisition for utility-scale wind and BESS projects across Northwest Minnesota and the Eastern Dakotas. The role requires field presence in Fargo, ND, with daily regional travel and strong relationships with landowners.

You will manage title reviews, encumbrance analysis, and waiver negotiations while coordinating with communities, agricultural stakeholders, and permitting

Qualifications

• Experience as a field landman with a track record in utility-scale wind or solar land acquisition.
• Strong knowledge of real estate and agricultural land dynamics in Midwest states.
• Proficiency in option and lease negotiation, contract structuring, title curative work, and GIS/mapping data review.

Responsibilities

• Landowner outreach, optioning, and negotiating leases/easements.
• Develop site control strategies to assemble contiguous footprints for wind assets.
• Perform title reviews, identify encumbrances, and secure waivers to protect layouts.
• Represent the project in local communities and navigate permitting requirements.

Skills

Field landman experience

Real estate knowledge

GIS data review

Option/lease negotiation

Tools

GIS/ESRI

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Renewable Land Agent / Landman to lead land outreach, community relations, and site control acquisition for utility-scale wind assets and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). This role focuses on managing designated project areas across target Areas of Interest (AOIs) in Northwest Minnesota and the Eastern Dakotas to support upcoming phases of project development.

Responsibilities

• Landowner Outreach & Optioning: Initiate contact, build local relationships, and negotiate options to lease, long-term lease agreements, and easements with private landowners.

• Site Control Strategy: Execute acquisition strategies to successfully assemble the contiguous acreage footprints required for utility-scale wind assets.

• Title & Risk Mitigation: Perform surface title reviews, analyze tract maps, identify encumbrances, and secure mineral non-development or accommodation waivers to protect the project layout.

• Community & Stakeholder Relations: Act as the primary face of the project in the field, navigating local community dynamics, agricultural concerns, and public permitting requirements.

Requirements

• Experience: Field landman experience with a documented track record in utility-scale wind or solar land acquisition.

• Regional Expertise: Strong working knowledge of real estate, agricultural land dynamics, and tract mapping in Minnesota and/or the Dakotas.

• Technical Skills: Proficient in option and lease negotiation, contract structuring, title curative work, and reviewing GIS/mapping data.

• Logistics: Field-based, on-site position based out of Fargo, ND and the surrounding areas, requiring daily regional travel to target project locations. Reliable transportation suitable for field travel is required.

Company Description

Purple Land Management, LLC (“Purple”) is one of the nation’s largest tech-enabled providers of land services that negotiates the buying, selling, and leasing of energy rights, determines and cures title, prepares mineral ownership reports, and performs other related services required for all types of energy companies. Overdrive, Purple’s proprietary software-as-a-service (“SaaS”), allows customers to track lease, well, and contract data in a web-based geographic information system (“GIS”) mapping platform powered by ESRI, a leader in GIS mapping software. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, and founded in 2010, Purple has the financial support of Satori Capital, a Texas-based multi-strategy investment firm founded upon the principles of conscious capitalism. Satori’s private equity business partners with leadership teams of companies that operate with a long-term perspective, commit to their mission, and create value for all stakeholders.