Land Professional

Land Professional

The Land Professional role is responsible for supporting land, title, right-of-way, lease, easement, acquisition, and real estate activities for utility-scale power generation, energy storage, transmission, and other grid-connected energy infrastructure projects across the U.S. The role is intended for a land and real estate professional with relevant experience in energy infrastructure development, landowner engagement, rights-of-way, site control, lease and easement negotiation, ALTA survey coordination, title review, curative coordination, utility coordination, oil and gas-related land matters, project acquisitions, and land due diligence. The individual will support projects from early-stage site screening and land strategy through land acquisition, title review, permitting support, interconnection-related land needs, construction readiness, financing support, and transition into construction and operations.

The position will be based in Ferrovial’s U.S. office in Austin, Texas and reports to the U.S. Land and Title Manager. The Land Professional will work closely with the U.S. Development team, legal, engineering, construction, interconnection, transmission, environmental, permitting, finance, commercial, M&A, and asset management teams. The role will help manage land and title workstreams across multiple U.S. regions, coordinate internal and external land consultants, support project acquisitions and co-development opportunities, maintain land-related project trackers, and help advance projects while maintaining development discipline, landowner trust, commercial focus, and strong stakeholder relationships.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support land, title, right-of-way, lease, easement, acquisition, and real estate activities for utility-scale renewable energy, energy storage, transmission, hybrid, and other grid-connected energy infrastructure projects from early-stage screening through construction readiness.

• Assist with development and execution of land acquisition strategies, including site control planning, parcel analysis, landowner outreach, lease and easement negotiations, access agreements, crossing agreements, option agreements, purchase agreements, and other land-related documents.

• Support right-of-way activities for generation tie-lines, transmission interconnections, access roads, collection systems, drainage improvements, utility crossings, fiber routes, and other project infrastructure.

• Coordinate with landowners, tenants, local officials, community stakeholders, surveyors, title companies, outside counsel, land agents, right-of-way consultants, utilities, RTOs/ISOs, transmission providers, and other project stakeholders.

• Review and support negotiation of leases, easements, rights-of-way, amendments, assignments, subordinations, consents, crossing agreements, surface use agreements, and other real estate instruments needed for project development, financing, construction, and operations.

• Support title review, title commitment analysis, exception review, mineral ownership review, curative tracking, survey coordination, legal description review, encumbrance analysis, and resolution of title, access, ownership, and boundary issues.

• Work closely with legal, development, engineering, construction, environmental, permitting, interconnection, and transmission teams to align land rights with project layouts, site plans, gen-tie routes, access needs, setback requirements, environmental constraints, constructability requirements, and commercial objectives.

• Support project acquisitions, co-development opportunities, and M&A diligence by reviewing land control status, title issues, lease terms, easement coverage, right-of-way requirements, curative items, landowner obligations, schedule risks, and key real estate assumptions.

• Prepare and maintain land schedules, parcel matrices, ownership reports, title and curative trackers, landowner contact logs, document status reports, consultant scopes, risk registers, budget inputs, and internal business updates.

• Coordinate ALTA surveys, boundary surveys, title surveys, title searches, environmental access, field investigations, appraisal support, landowner meetings, surveyor deliverables, document execution, notarization, recording, and closing-related activities.

• Conduct land and real estate analysis across multiple U.S. regions, including regional landowner practices, agricultural uses, mineral rights, water rights, oil and gas activity, surface use constraints, and related matters to support project development and operations.

• This role requires a deep understanding of land rights, title review, and coordination with legal and engineering teams to support complex energy infrastructure projects across the United States.

• Qualifications, experience, and the specific job requirements beyond those listed may be provided in the full job description on Ferrovial's careers site.

• Benefits and working environment are described as part of the employer's offer, with opportunities for collaboration across functions and geographies, career growth, and participation in innovative projects such as major infrastructure developments and energy transition initiatives.

• Industry: Energy / Infrastructure