Land Management, Senior Specialist

About This Role

The Land Management, Senior Specialist at Southern California Edison (SCE) will apply their land management expertise to protect, optimize, and enhance company-owned properties crucial for California's clean energy future. This role involves overseeing land asset lifecycles, identifying revenue generation opportunities, and ensuring compliance across various land agreements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the post-acquisition lifecycle of land assets
• Maintain robust land records, tracking lease and license expirations
• Conduct regular reviews and field checks to prevent encroachment on easements or rights-of-way and verify adherence to land use agreements
• Identify opportunities for sale, lease, or licensing of surplus or underutilized company-owned land and manage the divestiture process
• Manage ongoing administration of leases, easements, and permits, ensuring continuous compliance and tracking expiration/renewal dates
• Address and resolve routine inquiries and minor encroachment issues from internal and external stakeholders
• Perform thorough property research on existing assets, interpret maps and parcel data, and utilize GIS tools
• Suggest and document improvements to routine land management operational procedures and workflows
• Coordinate with internal departments to facilitate information sharing and ensure alignment on existing land uses
• Ensure the protection of all physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly access and manage sensitive information and data with high standards of conduct and integrity

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in right of way or real property transactions and real estate acquisitions
• Valid Class C Driver's License

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Real Estate, Business Administration, GIS, Engineering, or related major
• Five or more years of experience performing right of way or real property transactions and real estate acquisitions.

Nice to Have

• 1+ years experience supporting utility transmission and distribution land requirements
• Experience working in regulated environments (land use, safety, reliability, environmental compliance)
• Experience supporting or leading small- to mid-scale land management projects or asset optimization initiatives
• Experience with utility ROW standards, eminent domain processes, and public utility easement requirements
• Experience managing divestiture, surplus property evaluation, or land revenue-generating opportunities for utility organizations
• Experience conducting or reviewing land research, title reports, legal descriptions, surveys, plats, and parcel maps related to utility infrastructure
• Experience with encroachment resolution, landowner negotiations, and resolving access or property use issues
• Experience and knowledge of California state utility commission regulations related to land rights or utility corridors
• Experience negotiating land use agreements, easements, and permits with landowners, municipalities, and regulatory agencies
• Experience with GIS platforms (e.g., ArcGIS Online, Google Earth, LandVision)
• Experience maintaining ROW and land documentation in compliance with utility standards using platforms like SharePoint, Excel, GIS databases, or proprietary systems
• Experience coordinating with engineering, planning, environmental, land survey, and construction teams for utility projects

Skills

* Required skills