Manager Right of Way

Other Jobs To Apply

About the position

This position oversees, observes, and develops trends to promote right of way efficiencies and provide for continuous improvement. It manages the property acquisition function to acquire land, easements, leases, licenses, and permits for capital projects. The role is responsible for managing right of way to protect title and interest, prevent encroachment, trespass, and environmental misuse. It also serves as a liaison with senior management, the Legal Department, and outside counsel regarding legal instruments and represents the Company in industry and professional associations. The Manager Right of Way oversees negotiations for land and easement acquisition, manages the preparation of appraisals and market studies, and provides guidance to Company personnel on right of way matters. Additionally, this role is responsible for maintaining accurate land rights records, developing and monitoring functional area budgets, and managing staffing levels, including selecting, developing, training, motivating, and evaluating employees.

Responsibilities

  • Recommends long and short term strategic plans to promote right of way efficiencies and provide for continuous improvement.
  • Oversees, observes and develops trends and takes necessary action as required.
  • Monitors and evaluates all right of way activities to assure compliance with federal, state and local regulations and Company policies, procedures, standards and safety requirements.
  • Manages the property acquisition function to acquire land, easements, leases, licenses and permits for the timely completion of capital projects.
  • Responsible for management of right of way to protect title and interest, prevent encroachment, trespass and environmental misuse.
  • Serves as liaison with senior management, Atmos Legal Department and outside legal counsel with responsibility for review and recommendation for the execution of legal instruments, including easements, encroachments, licenses, warranty deeds, blanket releases and other conveyance documents necessary for the successful construction, operation and maintenance of facilities.
  • Interacts with all levels of management to develop and achieve key strategies and objectives.
  • Oversees right of way negotiations and develops positive relationships with landowners, developers and governmental entities regarding encroachments, permissible usage, relocation / reimbursement obligations, and on-going operation / maintenance activities.
  • Represents the Company through participation in industry and professional associations.
  • Manages negotiations for acquisition of land and easement right of way to assure that good faith negotiations lead to agreement and if not, to a true impasse before recommending eminent domain proceedings.
  • Manages the preparation of appraisals and market studies to determine the fair value of land or easement right of way to be purchased or sold.
  • Responsible for providing assistance and guidance to Company personnel in matters relating to right of way and land rights.
  • Responsible for maintaining complete and up-to-date records that accurately reflect Company land rights including the timely filing of legal documents with various governmental entities.
  • Develops and monitors functional area budgets to assure efficient utilization of resources.
  • Plans and directs the achievement of area goals and objectives within established Company policies.
  • Maintains adequate staffing levels to assure proper administration of activities.
  • Selects, develops, trains, motivates and evaluates the performance of assigned employees.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Real Estate, Engineering or related field and five years of progressively responsible professional experience in in the natural gas industry; or equivalent.
  • Excellent verbal and written skills so as to persuade and/or influence internal customers (including senior management) and external stakeholders (including landowners, attorneys, developers and governmental officials) on matters regarding easement/land rights, contractual issues and operational issues.
  • Ability to perform basic mathematical functions and algebraic operations.
  • Knowledge of various software applications to create documents, reports, and presentations.
Back to blog

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...