Right of Way Supervisor

CenterPoint Energy is looking for a Right of Way Supervisor to join our Right of Way Team, located in Evansville, IN.

You will have the ability to: perform a full range of supervisory and administrative duties with employees and monitors performance of contractor workers. Consults and provides advisory direction on a wide range of property rights topics and issues.

We want you to know.

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our vision to lead the nation in delivering energy, service and value drives our strategy and performance. We have an unwavering commitment to deliver electricity and natural gas safely and reliably to millions of people.

Diversity and Inclusion

CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities, and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

What we bring to you

* Competitive pay

* Paid training.

* Benefits eligibility begins on your first day.

* Subsides metro and parking discounts.

* Flexible work schedule, paid holidays, and paid time off

* Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston

* Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement.

* 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution with immediate 100% vesting.

To be successful in this role you will:

* Supervises and directs staff and contractors' negotiation activities with individual landowners, companies and corporations, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies.

* Supervises and directs staff and contractors in the document drafting and language negotiations of easements and fee acquisition agreements with individual landowners, companies and corporations, and federal, state, and local governmental agencies.

* Review all documents related to Company land rights for accuracy and completeness. Recommends, authors, drafts, and authorizes changes to legal documents utilized in the acquisition of rights on behalf of company for the installation of CenterPoint's real property assets.

* Responsible for identifying and submitting legal concerns to Legal for recommendations and subsequently advising staff. Responsible for making business decisions after receiving legal recommendations.

* Provides supervision, development, coaching and mentoring guidance to division personnel. Exercises disciplinary actions when necessary.

* Must have experience and substantial working knowledge in acquisitions through Eminent Domain and Prescriptive Rights.

* Directs land title research, utilizing both internal and external resources, to determine ownership and other land rights.

* Manages heavy workload, assigning projects as necessary, maintaining turnaround time goals, and responding to customer needs.

* Fields process, protocol, and land rights inquiries from within the department, service area directors, service consultants, developers, environmentalists, surveyors, engineers, attorneys, governmental agencies and landowners in order to resolve land and easement and fee related issues, advises and recommends next steps, and directs inquiries to appropriate parties, as necessary.

* Works with other department heads and internally to bring about process improvement.

* Conducts training and tutorial sessions in areas of expertise.

* Manages development of service consultants and engineers through the development, maintenance, and instruction of Right of Way land rights.

* Represents Company as liaison with other agencies conducting presentations on CenterPoint Energy easement standards, procedures, and processes.

* Negotiates both non-monetary and monetary terms and conditions for easements, deeds, access, agreements and licenses between individual landowners, Railroads, and other governmental entities to accommodate the installation and/or maintenance of CenterPoint's facilities on private properties.

* Analyzes and determines damages done to property and negotiates damage payments with property owners.

* Represents Company as a liaison with municipalities, governmental and regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with granted rights within CenterPoint Energy's fee and easement properties.

* Identifies marketing opportunities to purchase real property on behalf of Company.

* Conduct job fair recruiting activities.

* Initiates and/or participates on cross functional business unit teams.

* Coordinates with outside staffing sources, where needed.

* Advocates safety in all aspects and protects the public concerning the dangers involved with activities in the vicinity of gas and electric Company equipment or lines.

Your background includes:

* Requires a bachelor's degree in business administration or a technical discipline related to land surveying, civil engineering, right of way or a related field, from an accredited college or university. In lieu of, will consider relevant job-related CenterPoint Energy experience for non-degree candidates.

* Requires five (5) years of relevant work experience required in land-related activities (such as commercial real estate, land rights acquisition and/or land related land management), with an understanding of land transactions, legal documents, metes & bounds descriptions, land titles, abstracts, surveying, and GIS.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.