Right of Way Agent – Groesbeck / Centerville, TX [Field / Courthouse]

Purple Land Management; Centerville (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Purple Land Management, LLC is seeking experienced Right of Way (ROW) Agents for an immediate midstream project across East-Central Texas, including Limestone and Leon Counties. This mobile, field-based role requires daily on-the-ground execution, negotiating surface rights and easements, and coordinating with landowners and survey teams.

You will review ownership records, prepare easement packages, and ensure compliance with Texas regulations while supporting construction activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5+ years of active ROW field acquisition experience in midstream pipelines or utility infrastructure.
• Mandatory Texas real estate license/ERW registration for surface acquisition in Texas.
• Experience with title runsheets, county records, and landowner negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Locate, contact, and negotiate ROW agreements, easements, SUAs, TWAs, and road-use permits with landowners
• Review ownership reports and records to confirm ownership and authority
• Prepare, present, and execute easement packages and damage releases in line with TX standards
• Maintain landowner negotiation records and logs in PLM/client systems
• Secure survey access and serve as field liaison between survey crews, engineering, and landowners
• Resolve property line issues and review alignment sheets for accuracy
• Conduct post-construction walkthroughs, assess damages, and negotiate settlements

Skills

ROW field acquisitions

Real estate licensing

Geographic knowledge of East-CentralTX

Read/interpret alignment sheets & GIS

Valid driver’s license

Negotiation & professional writing

Education

Texas Real Estate license / ERW registration

Tools

Landboss

Quorum

Excel

Job description

Purple Land Management (PLM) is a tech-enabled energy land services brokerage delivering precision and operational excellence across the United States. We partner with operators and midstream leaders to execute complex title, leasing, right-of-way, due diligence, and regulatory projects.

PLM is seeking experienced Right of Way (ROW) Agents for an immediate midstream infrastructure project operating in the corridor between Groesbeck (Limestone County) and Centerville (Leon County), Texas.

This is a mobile, field-based role requiring daily on-the-ground execution. Candidates will be responsible for end-to-end surface rights acquisition, landowner negotiations, preliminary survey permissions and staking coordination, and active field support during pipeline/infrastructure construction.

Responsibilities

Surface & Easement Acquisitions

• Locate, contact, and negotiate right-of-way agreements, pipeline easements, surface use agreements (SUAs), temporary workspace agreements (TWA), and road-use permits with private and institutional landowners
• Review surface ownership reports, title runsheets, and county records across Limestone and Leon Counties to confirm legal ownership and verify execution authority
• Prepare, present, and execute easement packages, damage releases, and ancillary agreements in compliance with project guidelines and Texas statutory standards
• Maintain thorough, contemporaneous landowner negotiation records and contact logs within PLM and client tracking databases

Survey Coordination & Route Staking

• Secure ingress/egress permissions and survey access from landowners ahead of route planning and civil survey crews
• Serve as the field liaison between civil survey contractors, engineering teams, and landowners, resolving property line discrepancies and routing objections in real time
• Review preliminary alignment sheets, survey plats, and metes-and-bounds descriptions for accuracy against executed easements and recorded plats

Construction Liaison & Damage Settlement

• Serve as the frontline project representative during pre-construction, active trenching/clearing, and restoration phases
• Ensure pipeline construction contractors strictly observe landowner-specific special conditions (fencing, livestock protection, timber salvage, depth of cover, and topsoil preservation)
• Conduct post-construction cleanup walkthroughs, assess crop/timber and property damages, negotiate settlements, and obtain final landowner sign-offs and damage releases

Required Qualifications

• Industry Experience: Minimum 3-5+ years of active right-of-way (ROW) field acquisition experience in midstream pipelines, gathering systems, or utility infrastructure
• Licensing / Regulatory: Current Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) Easement or Right-of-Way (ERW) registration or an active Texas Real Estate Salesperson/Broker License in good standing (mandatory for surface acquisition in Texas)
• Geographic Knowledge: Prior experience navigating title, local landowners, and courthouses in Limestone, Leon, Freestone, Robertson, or surrounding East-Central Texas counties
• Technical Proficiency: Ability to read and interpret pipeline alignment sheets, route maps, GIS layers, survey plats, and complex legal descriptions. Familiarity with cloud-based land management software (e.g., Landboss, Quorum, Excel)
• Field Readiness: Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation capable of rural lease-road access, and active automobile insurance meeting commercial thresholds
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal negotiation, conflict de-escalation, and professional writing capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Active member of the International Right of Way Association (IRWA) or American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL)
• SR/WA, R/W-AC, or RL/RPL certification
• Direct background working on pipeline construction spreads and open-trench installations

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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.