Senior Real Property Asset Specialist

Salary range is $81K to $134K with a midpoint of $88K. Total compensation includes project-based premiums that reflect project complexity, political sensitivity, size, and strategic importance. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint of the base range, however, we may go higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Under general direction, drafts and routes the more complex and complicated property management agreements including leases, licenses, rights of entry, easements, and other documents that relate to requests for incidental use of Sound Transit properties.  Collaborate with Federal Transit Administration (FTA); to research, review, and interpret policy; obtains legal and risk management approvals; ensures compliance with all terms and conditions for Sound Transit properties and interacts with Inter-agency Coordination with a variety of other Sound Transit departments and other agencies addressing a wide range of overlapping property-related interests and needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Drafts leases, licenses, easements, rights of entry, amendments, and other real estate documents that relate to requests for Sound Transit properties; reviews and negotiates feedback with stakeholders; obtains legal and risk management approvals for agreements.
• Defines conditions for the use of ST property and monitors such use, issues revocable use agreements, prepares a variety of letters and notice documents to be delivered to property owners as part of encroachment resolution process.
• Recommend and help develop strategies, plans and schedules for right-of-way and property projects in coordination with project teams: identify the need for permits, obtain property rights: and monitor project construction.
• Track and document grant compliance with external funding agencies and support federal, state, and internal audits
• Works with land surveyors, engineers, landscape architects and other professionals in the course of identifying property boundaries.
• Develops plans to remove private encroachments and developing appropriate restoration plans.
• Responds to inquiries, providing information to the public regarding real property policies and procedures.
• Foundation to review and understand engineering drawings and plans
• Processes all third-party request for use applications for incidental uses of Sound Transit property; prepares departmental response packages, routes accordingly to appropriate Sound Transit department.
• Conducts complex research of documents relating to projects including permits acquired from Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Northern Pacific Railroad, various governmental and municipal agreements, legal descriptions, drawings, parcel maps, and right of way maps to confirm owne