Senior Land Representative

Senior Land Representative

Plains is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil. We own an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key oil producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

We're on the lookout for passionate self-starters who thrive in fast-moving, collaborative, and innovative environments.

The Senior Land Representative will develop and implement land strategies to support capital expansion projects across their assigned area. This position is responsible for overseeing the negotiating, planning and execution of land contracts and initiatives. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of right-of-way acquisition, title research, and landowner negotiations within the oil & gas midstream sector.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage multiple capital expansion projects simultaneously; coordinate with contractors, surveyors, legal teams, and project managers to ensure alignment with project timelines.
• Negotiate damage settlements; acquire right-of-way; acquire fee property and negotiate lease terms for leased properties.
• Coordinate with and oversee third party land contractors engaged by Company to assist with acquisition of pipeline easements and other land rights associated with pipeline systems, facilities and other land related sites.
• Perform for Company operations, engineering, marketing, pipeline business development and legal departments, any and all land administrative support and services related to acquisition and divestiture of pipelines, facilities and other land related sites, including the drafting and reviewing of various land related documents, including easements, leases, licenses, permits, deeds, assignments, options, damage releases, tenants consents, construction work space agreements, and lien subordinations as may be acceptable to supervisor and Company attorney and/or VP Land.
• Assist in the acquisition and divestiture of pipeline systems, facilities and other land related sites.
• Organize, monitor, and update project related materials relating to acquisition of land rights for new or expansion projects, participate in project meetings and provide status updates on land matters related to projects.
• Participate in preparation of land-related budgets for projects as requested by project managers.
• Asset sales due diligence, including research and preparation of land database exhibits for the real estate, rights-of-way, leases and facility descriptions, and work with Company attorney and/or VP of Land in preparing the related conveyance documents.
• Assist in due diligence activities for asset acquisitions, including presentations and report of findings to Company.
• Negotiate with landowners, Government agencies (Federal BLM, BIA; State and Local), railroads and other entities for acquisition and renewals of leases, easements, and other land-related agreements in order to secure and maintain in effect Company land rights for its facilities.
• Review Company contractual obligations for pipeline abandonment or repurposing of existing pipeline systems, facilities and terminal sites, and coordinate with appropriate Company departments the necessary right of way releases to be filed of record for the abandonment or removal of Company pipelines.
• Analyze, interpret and integrate (if, as, and when required) acquired properties into the Land Department database management system.
• Provide support for the Land Department records and database management system (including land payables and land receivables).
• Record real estate documents in county/parish public records. Run records and abstract title in a county/parish courthouse.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:

• College degree from an accredited 4-year university, preferred.
• 8-10+ years land related work experience, or 5+ years land related work experience with Degree in Petroleum Land Management or Energy Management, or similar.
• Experience with business analysis is preferred.
• Must have strong negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills.
• Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent organizational skills.
• Must be able to articulately communicate with landowners and Company engineering, operations, and other interoffice personnel, including orally, in writing and through video meetings.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs with a high level of experience using MS Excel.
• Working knowledge of land laws and regulatory requirements in Texas and other oil-producing states.
• Strong initiative with the ability to work independently.
• Land records database experience
• Ability to travel in-state and out-of-state as required
• Notary Public preferred.

Qualifications:

• Valid driver's license with a clean abstract
• Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks
• Compliance with the Company's drug and alcohol policy including pre-employment D&A Testing
• This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for the duration of their employment