Real Estate Project Manager

Descriptions

• Ability to effectively negotiate, and to manage and guide other contract personnel in negotiations with private landowners and governmental agencies for the acquisition of various land rights for construction, operation and maintenance of existing and new facilities, including but not limited to, fee simple, rights-of-way, leases, temporary workspace agreements, licenses, permits, ordinances.
• Ability to plan and organize workload, adjusts to changing priorities, and work well under pressure with minimal supervision and guidance from Owner.
• Perform internal and external due diligence to ensure accuracy and completeness of land rights or to identify and bring forward deficiencies requiring curative action.
• Serve as liaison with landowner/tenant on ownership, easement rights, damage claims and access issues.
• Effectively use Owner's established policies, procedures, processes to perform work.
• Represent company at public meetings before governmental agencies such as municipalities, zoning boards, townships, drainage boards, county commissioners and similar organizations.
  
  

Qualifications

• Knowledge of settlement instruments and contract terms.
• Able to interpret survey drawings, engineering, construction and plan and profile drawings, title and abstracts.
• Must be proficient in land title research.
• Must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in the Right of Way/Real Estate industry and proven experience in having managed large projects.
• Project Manager may work independently as a highly skilled individual on project assignments or could be assigned a project team to manage.
• An active Michigan Notary (preferred)
• 4-6 years relevant experience desired
• Strong negotiation skills
• Solar land acquisition strongly preferred
• Ability to interpret technical and real estate documents
  
  

Benefits

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.

Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.