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VP of Corporate Real Estate

Clean Harbors
Norwell, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/11/2025

The VP of Corporate Real Estate is responsible for overseeing the Company’s owned and leased real properties, including acquisitions, lease administration, property life cycle management, consolidation opportunities, and disposition of excess real estate. Insures all corporate real estate is in compliance with required regulatory and policy mandates with respect to location, usage, maintenance/upkeep, access and security. Leads team responsible for execution of all aspects of corporate real estate management. Supervises the corporate office and regional office building managers and oversees team responsible for the Norwell corporate office campus and monitors subcontractor performance.

Position is located onsite at our company headquarters in Norwell, MA.

Clean Harbors (NYSE: CLH) is North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies. Its customer base spans a number of industries, including chemical, energy and manufacturing, as well as numerous government agencies. These customers rely on Clean Harbors to deliver a broad range of services such as end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services. Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary, Clean Harbors also is North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil and a leading provider of parts washers and environmental services to commercial, industrial and automotive customers. Founded in 1980 and based in Massachusetts, Clean Harbors operates in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and India. For more information, visit www.cleanharbors.com.

Clean Harbors offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

  • Competitive annual salary
  • Opportunities for growth, development and internal promotion
  • Health, Dental and Life Insurance
  • 401k, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off
  • Company paid certifications, licenses and training

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Ensures that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and always acts in a safe manner.
  • Directs, oversees or executes the acquisition of new properties and facilities, including coordination and facilitation of site acquisition requests and approvals, conducting specific site searches and validating that sites meet corporate guidelines, negotiating purchasing or leasing terms, facilitating contract business terms and legal department review, retaining legal documents, preparing contract abstracts and/or database updates, and maintaining electronic and hard copy property documents folders, such as critical correspondence, blue prints, layouts, and photographs.
  • Directs, oversees or executes administration of real property leases, including verifying and monitoring critical lease terms and dates to lease abstracts or original documents, tracking security deposits, initiating and reviewing vendor payments, recurring rents, and operating expenses, auditing allocated and charged expenses, initiating invoices for sublease rentals and monitoring subsequent collections, validating property taxes and other fees or taxes, interfacing with outsourced service providers, monitoring and reporting occupancy status by confirming, on a periodic basis, the occupancy status with field personnel and alerting field personnel of upcoming critical action dates.
  • Ensures property lifecycle management through tracking property utilization, identifying property consolidation opportunities, facilitating, coordinating, initiating early terminations or subleases, and end of term renewal or termination, facilitating property initiative opportunities, disposing or subleasing current permanent excess property, determining alternative use or sublease of current temporary excess property and property that will not meet future need, including developing transition dates & plans.
  • Works with Operations business leaders to identify and resolve real property issues, concerns and problems.
  • Leads, oversees and directs actions of the corporate real estate team.
  • Leads, manages, and oversees the property management team.
  • Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related required. Combination of relevant experience and education in lieu of degree.
  • 10-15 years of experience.
  • Strong documentation reviewing, drafting and editing skills.
  • Working understanding of various real property contracting, leasing and disbursement arrangements.
  • Strong negotiation skills sets; looks for win-win scenarios.
  • Basic Understanding of all Clean Harbors Business Systems; Understanding of Corporate Safety and Compliance Policies.
  • Ability to travel 25-50%.


40-years of sustainability in action.
At Clean Harbors, our mission is to create a safer, cleaner environment through the treatment, recycling, and disposal of hazardous materials. Clean Harbors is the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Everywhere industry meets environment, Clean Harbors is on-site, providing premier environmental, energy and industrial services. We are solving tough problems through innovation and proven methodology – come be part of the solution with us.

Join our safety focused team today! To learn more about our company, and to apply online for this exciting opportunity, visit us at https://careers.cleanharbors.com/.

Clean Harbors is an equal opportunity employer.

Clean Harbors is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact ect@cleanharbors.com or 1-844-922-5547.

Clean Harbors is a Military & Veteran friendly company.

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