Senior Right of Way (ROW) Agent

Location: Richmond, VA, United States; Hybrid

Great communities are built on connection. From vibrant economic centres, resilient communities, and public spaces where we gather to the roads, bridges, transit systems, airports, and ports that connect us, our work touches everyday life. We bring together diverse perspectives and expertise to deliver meaningful outcomes.

Join us to help plan, design, and engineer community and mobility solutions that improve everyday life. Whatever the distance, wherever the destination, our designs lead you there.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a highly motivated Senior Right of Way (ROW) Agent to support transportation and infrastructure projects. This position offers the opportunity to work alongside project managers, engineers, utility owners, government agencies, and private landowners to facilitate utility coordination, right-of-way acquisition, easement procurement, and entitlement activities for a variety of transportation projects. 

As a Senior Right of Way Agent you will perform and possess a good working knowledge of all right of way disciplines; title, permitting, acquisition, relocation and documentation, VDOT Right of Way Manual of Instruction, The Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (URA) and Virginia Administrative Code.

This is a hybrid role with projects dictating needs in the field versus in office or at home. 

Your Key Responsibilities

• Performs right of way title research activities Including the research of records and closings
• Familiarity of courthouse records, including but not limited to: Deeds, Leases, Easements, Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, Wills, Probate Records, Court Cases, Delinquent Taxes and any other instrument that may affect surface ownership
• Ability and possessing skills necessary to conduct title searches of up to 100 years
• Familiarity with online databases and public records to aid in landowner identification and title research (ie. County GIS and other associated databases)
• Performs thorough quality control (QA/QC) of own work and that of others
• Prepares reports for weekly project status meetings and reports on the status of right of way acquisition.
• Performs other right of way duties of a similar nature and level as assigned
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional organizational, planning, prioritization skills and attention to detail
• Analytical, problem-solver, and detail-oriented
• Must be comfortable using a variety of different technologies.
• Excellent customer service skills
• Meeting with property owners to secure signed easements.

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