ROW Project Manager

Western Land Services, Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading land services company in Oklahoma City is seeking a Right of Way Project Manager to lead project teams for various clients. Responsibilities include managing project scopes, budgets, and timelines, while maintaining communication with clients and ensuring compliance with regulations. Candidates should have at least four years of relevant land-related experience and a preferred bachelor's degree. Professionalism and strong leadership abilities are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of land-related experience in relevant industries.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely project delivery within scope and budget.
• Conduct cost analysis and prepare budgets.
• Address client concerns and maintain communications.
• Ensure compliance with various regulations.
• Guide and train project team members.

Skills

Familiarity with Microsoft Office

Training project team members

Coordination of project meetings

Database management

Team leadership

Time management

Client relationship building

Professionalism

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

4+ years of land-related experience

Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification

Job description

The Right of Way Project Manager will lead project teams supporting one or multiple clients. Serve as primary contact point with clients on project updates and issues. Responsible for planning, organizing, and executing projects, ensuring they meet quality standards, budgetary constraints, and deadlines.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Conduct cost analysis, estimating expected costs for the project. Prepares and implements a budget based on estimates.
• Pull budget reports as instructed by Project Director.
• Conduct risk assessments: reports identified risks to management; provides recommendations for mitigation of risk.
• Address questions, concerns, and/or complaints throughout the project.
• Act as a liaison between company, customers, and vendors.
• Communicate issues, changes, and feedback to clients.
• Meet with client representatives to provide project updates, discuss project timetables, and work parameters.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, industry, contractual, and company regulations, standards, specifications, and best practices.
• Provide direction and guidance to staff on decisions related to the performance and execution of project objectives.
• Make work assignments to project team members.
• Train and develop Project Coordinators and staff.
• Makes employment-related decisions including hiring, termination, performance evaluations and recommendations concerning compensation.
• Engage current and prospective clients to further develop relationships in the pursuit of future work and to cross-sell WLS services.
• Reconcile credit card database by pulling report twice a month to ensure there are no missing/unimported credit card receipts from the statement.
• Uphold Western Land Services’ Core values in all aspects of work.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Familiarity with basic Microsoft Office software including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Capable of teaching and training project team members on client reporting platforms and databases.
• Coordinate and facilitate project team meetings with both internal team members and external clients.
• Ability to create and maintain information databases, spreadsheets, and text documents.
• Demonstrated success in leading teams and coordinating work assignments in accordance with project timelines.
• Ability to prioritize and organize work to meet project deadlines.
• Ability to gain the trust of clients and landowners to facilitate the lease negotiation process.
• High level of professionalism and ethical standards.
• Significant travel and work outside normal work hours may be required.

Required Education & Experience

• Minimum 4 years of land-related experience, preferably in Electric Utility Transmission, Oil & Gas pipelines, and/or Department of Transportation (DOT) right‑of‑way acquisitions.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• Project Manager Professional (PMP) certification preferred.