Lead Right-of-Way Agent

• This position is responsible for working with all office staff, ensuring a healthy work environment and the satisfaction of all staff.
• Responsible for purchasing property by negotiating with the property owners, analyzing property appraisals, and making recommendations to the client using real estate practices, legal concepts, governmental standards, and regulations.
• Responsible for preparing lawsuit packages for condemnation proceedings, assisting the client’s attorney, and serving as an expert witness in mediation or trial if the negotiation process fails.
• Responsible for recommending to the client whether a reasonable compromise is likely and further negotiations should be pursued or whether to pursue condemnation litigation.
• Represent the client in complex negotiations with property owners and attorneys.
• Contact the owners of interests in land regarding the acquisition of real property rights, amendments of rights, notifications of entry, settlement of claims and other matters.
• Responsible for recommending payment increases to the client if the property owner has a legitimate basis for seeking a substantially higher amount.

CLS is looking for an experienced Lead Right of Way Agent local to Columbus, OH. This position is responsible for the field level investigations to obtain all information needed for land values, agencies requiring permits, crop data, potential areas of concern along the route, etc. This person is an experienced agent, able to perform a variety of duties independently. May be responsible for making recommendations as to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion, or any other change of status of project personnel.

• Must have 6-9+ years of Right of Way experience.
• Must be able to work effectively and professionally with office staff, the client, and landowners.
• Ability to learn new computer programs rapidly.
• Intermediate computer skills and familiarity with general PC operation.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, percentages, and decimals.
• Ability to be a team player.
• Prior Distribution experience is preferred!
• Intermediate software skills with all Microsoft Office applications.
• Must maintain minimum automobile liability insurance in the amount of $100,000/$300,000/$100,000.
• Requires excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Ability and willingness to move rapidly from place to place and meet timeline constraints.
• Extensive acquisition experience.
• Must be local to Columbus, OH.
• Understanding of environmental issues.
• Must have supervisory abilities to guide the activities of less experienced agents.
• Experience in interpretation of documents and in the use of all of the tools required in the Right-of-Way field.
• Well qualified in a specialized area such as regulatory matters or acquisition that they are selected to work only in this area of special expertise.
• Must have extensive background in the ROW industry and must have demonstrated superior ability.
• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university and three or more years of Right-of-Way experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Prefer at least 3 years of management experience.
• Must have valid driver’s license.
• Must be able to write clearly and concisely to prepare reports, specifications and correspondence.
• Capacity to be flexible, multi-task and maintain a great attitude.
• Capable of working unsupervised in a variety of roles.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Broad array of knowledge in all phases of Right-of-Way.