Land Rights Acquisition Lead, Rail

1 month ago

Montreal, Quebec, Canada WSP Canada Full time
Job Opportunity:

WSP Canada is seeking a highly skilled Land Rights Acquisition Lead to join our Rail team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for leading the acquisition of property for a large rail capital infrastructure project.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead a team responsible for supporting a client with the acquisition of property for a large rail capital infrastructure project.
  • Prepare and implement a Lands Management Plan for the project, which sets the approach to identify and acquire the lands required for the project.
  • Support the client with the negotiation of Land Agreements with Indigenous communities, provinces, municipalities, and other public agencies, private companies, and private landowners.
  • Lead property valuations exercises and prepare documents required to support project cost estimation.
  • Work with other disciplines within the project team to understand the effects on surrounding properties within the project boundaries and offer solutions on how to minimize disruption.
  • Work with other disciplines to capture property acquisition timelines and create a schedule for property acquisitions.
  • Identify risks associated with property acquisition and develop, implement, and monitor risk mitigation strategies.
  • Be responsible for the preparation of presentations, drawings, internal work flows as necessary to complete the works associated with the scope of land rights acquisition.
  • Manage sub-consultants supporting the land rights acquisition process.
Requirements:
  • A university or college degree with appropriate commensurate experience.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the land acquisition process of at least 3 high-value capital infrastructure projects (rail and transit preferred) within the last 10 years.
  • Knowledge of the project management process, including an understanding of the need to meet cost and schedule requirements.
  • Experience with real estate acquisition and negotiation skills.
  • Requires sound judgment; excellent organizational, analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, verbal communication, and technical report writing skills.
  • Bilingual in both of Canada's official languages.
  • International Right of Way Association designation preferred but not required.
  • Familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geo Warehouse is an asset.
  • Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) would be considered an asset.
  • Knowledge and/or experience with property expropriation processes would be considered an asset.
  • Proven leadership and management skills.
  • Ability to work successfully in multi-disciplinary teams and across different business units in a matrix organization with little to no supervision.
  • Ability to adapt well to changes in direction and priorities in a project and deadline-oriented environment.
  • Experience in a Consulting Engineering environment is an asset.
  • Property acquisition experience on transit or transportation projects with CN Rail, CP Rail, and/or the MTO (Ministry of Transportation Ontario), Metrolinx, TTC (Toronto Transit Commission), or their Quebec equivalents is an asset.
About WSP Canada:

WSP Canada is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future-proof our cities and environments. We have over 65,000 team members across the globe, with 12,000+ people in Canada involved in various projects, from environmental remediation to urban planning, engineering iconic buildings, and designing sustainable transportation networks.

We value our people and our reputation, are locally dedicated with international scale, future-focused, and challenge the status quo. We foster collaboration in everything we do and have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

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