Senior Land Rights Specialist

About CORE

CORE Electric Cooperative is the largest member-owned electric distribution cooperative in Colorado dedicated to providing reliable, affordable, clean, and safe electric service to our communities. With a commitment to innovation and member satisfaction, we strive to meet the evolving needs of our members while maintaining the highest standards of service excellence.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Planning Manager, the Senior Land Rights Specialist is responsible for managing land acquisitions, conducting negotiations, performing property research, handling titles, permits, leases, zoning, surveys, and other property-related matters for assigned projects. Project management responsibilities include ensuring that projects are completed within budgetary and schedule constraints. Review projects for compliance with company policies and standards. Build client and team relationships and ensure a smooth interface with other disciplines within the company. Support the department goals and objectives, including: technical and production leadership, team development, industry leadership, and project quality. Provides work direction to less experienced Land Rights Specialists and Land Agents.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

- Negotiates and acquires rights-of-way, easements, fee ownership, letters of agreement, and permits for properties needed for electric utility facilities up to and including the process of condemnation.

- Reviews appraisals for easement or land acquisitions following company procedures while maintaining contact with property owners and directing surveyors and appraisers to potential acquisition sites.

- Recommends and provides support to Legal Counsel in condemnation or eminent domain actions, including exhibits, appraisal updates and trial testimony.

- Prepare easement packages, perform abstracting and other title research.

- Prepare applications for applicable permits from railroads, federal, state and local agencies, including Site Plans, Conditional Use, Storm Water, Grading and Erosion Control.

- Evaluates documents, construction plans, plats, maps and legal descriptions to obtain right of way details and ownership information.

- Perform planning, route alternative analysis, selection and development of sites and corridors for electric facilities.

- Assist with government referrals and property mergers.

- Coordinates with local and state governmental public work agencies related to road projects.

- Creates and maintains accurate field notes, project status reports and databases.

- Prepares estimated property market values to assist with land value analysis.

- Negotiates and settles damage claims.

- Ensures the maintenance of project compliance with federal, state and local regulations.

- Reviews invoices to maintain a level of consistency with company policy.

- When necessary, represents the company at various public meetings.

- Consistently exercises discretion and judgment as related to the performance of the duties and responsibilities described above. Evaluates courses of action and makes sound decisions in the best interests of the company.

- Work closely with other departments on multi-discipline projects.

- Ensures compliance with company and site safety standards and policies.

- Represent the company in a thoughtful, positive, and progressive manner to institutional peers, professional organizations, and business associates.

- Train and mentor staff.

- All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Of Position

- High school diploma or equivalent certificate required.

- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, real estate or a related discipline and 10 or more years of practical right of way and management experience desired. Willing to consider an equivalent combination of training, education and experience providing the required skills, knowledge and abilities in lieu of education requirements.

- Membership in the International Right of Way Association preferred.

- Notary Public in the state of Colorado.

- Ability to be licensed as a real estate agent in Colorado preferred.

- Proficient with MS Office 365 Suite, Adobe and Bluebeam.

- Requires valid Colorado driver’s license with satisfactory driving record within Cooperative standards.

- Satisfactory background check results.

- Satisfactory results of a pre-employment drug screen.

Knowledge And Skills

- Integrity: Exhibits a high degree of integrity and honesty.

- Diplomacy: Able to use appropriate diplomacy and tact with employees, members, customers and other contacts. Ability to effectively read, write and speak the English language to communicate in a clear, straight-forward, and professional manner.

- Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

- Public Speaking: Conveying information to an audience effectively through delivery of speeches or presentations.

- Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

- Problem Solving: Identifying problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

- Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

- Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.

- Monitoring: Monitoring/assessing performance of oneself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

- Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

- Time Management: Managing one’s own time

- Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

- Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

- Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

- Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

- Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

- Project Management: Organizing and directing production of a limited scope plan or undertaking.

- Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

- Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

- Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

- Confidentiality: Able to exercise discretion, confidentiality and objectivity in complex and sensitive situations.

The application deadline is estimated to be November 7, 2025, or until the position is filled. The posting may close earlier or remain open longer depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. We encourage interested applicants to apply promptly.

Working Conditions And Physical Requirements

- Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

- The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

- The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.

- The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

- The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour. Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.

Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned.

CORE Offers a Comprehensive Benefits Package Including The Following...

- 9/80 work schedule: every other Friday off!

- Eight paid holidays per year

- 160 Hours of accruable PTO per year

- Paid parental leave

- Education and training reimbursement

- Volunteer paid time off

- 100% Cooperative paid benefits, including:

- Defined benefit pension plan

- Medical insurance

- Dental insurance

- Vision insurance

- Short term disability

- Long term disability

- Employee assistance program

- Life insurance

- HSA with employer contribution

- 401(k) with up to 4% match. Immediately 100% vested

- Wellness reimbursement: Up to $300 per year

- Travel assistance & identity theft support services

- Length of service program

- Free Onsite EV charging stations (at certain locations)

- Onsite micro market (at certain locations)

- Onsite gym with golf simulator and massage chairs (at certain locations)

CORE is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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- Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled

- We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap or disability, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran in accordance with federal law. If you need assistance, please reach out to us at hr@core.coop