Primary Responsibilitie

A Right of Way project Manager is a professional that is well versed in all aspects of right-of-way services for power, transportation, water, and oil and gas projects and helps recruit, develop, and manage a group of right-of-way professionals. The primary duties include: responsible for area coordination and working with team to identify market drivers, develop goals and lead team toward growth; participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations; monitor and improve technical competencies of staff and products to meet client needs; collaborate with area operations leadership, marketing and project management; participate in Right of Way business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices; implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews; participate in regional business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation; track and balance staff workloads and utilizations; work with leads to establish internal and external training programs and training schedules; assist with business development efforts and provide support on proposal preparation; plan for project needs and recruit/hire staff accordingly, and drive Right of Way business class to meet project goals for growth, client satisfaction, and service diversification.

Responsibilities

• Build and retain strong relationships with team, project managers, and client development managers throughout Massachusetts and New England Area.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risk, quality, and client commitments across multiple projects
• Direct multidisciplinary and distributed teams, balance workloads, and support staff loading and workshare across the region
• Coordinate right-of-way work with design, environmental, utility, survey, legal, construction, and program management teams.
• Maintain effective QA/QC procedures, technical standards, and consistent project delivery practices.
• Mentor, develop, and retain staff; identify training, licensing, and advancement opportunities.
• Help area ROW Leadership plan for project needs and support recruiting, hiring, and onboarding of right-of-way professionals.
• Support strategic planning, marketing, proposals, interviews, and business development in the Resources and Transportation markets.
• Perform other duties as needed
  Preferred Qualifications
• 5 or more years of project management experience leading right-of-way work and teams for complex infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing right-of-way projects in both the Resources and Transportation markets, including utility, power, energy, roadway, transit, or rail programs.
• Broad experience across acquisition, relocation, title, appraisal, property management, permitting, stakeholder coordination, and construction support.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the full project lifecycle, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risk, quality, change, and client communication.
• Experience developing work plans, scopes, fee estimates, staffing plans, schedules, forecasts, invoices, and project controls.
• Experience coordinating right-of-way activities with multidisciplinary design, environmental, utility, survey, legal, construction, and program teams.
• Experience with DOT, federally or state-funded transportation, rail, or transit projects, including railroad coordination, access, permitting, or third-party agreements.
• Experience with electric transmission, distribution, substations, renewable energy, pipelines, or other Resources-sector projects.
• Knowledge of New England clients, agencies, regulations, and right-of-way delivery environments.
• Preferred credential such as SR/WA, PMP, R/W-AC, R/W-RAC, appraisal or relocation certification, or state real estate licensure; experience with GIS-based parcel tracking or comparable project delivery systems is a plus.
• Demonstrated sound professional judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate clearly with clients, property owners, technical teams, and leadership and project stakeholders.
• Preference given to candidates who reside locally

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(Note: This position will be subject to passing a drug screening)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and related professional experience
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must