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Robin Wall

Oklahoma City,OK

Summary

Dedicated Right of Way professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Right of Way Project Manager

Coates Field Service, Inc./NextEra Energy MPVD
Oklahoma City, OK
06.2022 - Current
  • Identify plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Manage project from survey through construction.
  • Direct project plans to meet organizational needs.
  • Develop and and monitor performance of project team.
  • Assist project team with problem landowners for survey access and acquisition.
  • Analyze route variance requests and submit recommendations to client for review.

Right of Way Project Manager

TRC Companies/Summit Carbon Solutions
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
07.2021 - 05.2022
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Managed projects from procurement to commission.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
  • Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
  • Recruited and oversaw over 20 right of way agents and administrative staff in the execution of the largest pipeline project in the United States in over 50 years.
  • Participated in public project meetings in Iowa and South Dakota for the Summit Carbon Solutions Project.
  • Assisted field staff with survey and acquisition negotiations.

Right of Way Supervisor

TRC Companies/Permian Highway Pipeline
Fredericksburg, TX
10.2018 - 07.2021
  • Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
  • Supervised a team of agents in the central segment of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline (400 miles of 42" natural gas transmission line) in the Texas Hill Country.
  • Acquired voluntary and court ordered survey access.
  • Successfully negotiated easement agreements and assisted with real estate purchases.
  • Coordinated survey activities with the crews and landowners
  • Resolved routing and environmental issues with landowners on specialized properties (wineries, livestock and professional hunting operations).
  • Preliminary and post-construction support interacting with landowners and construction personnel to resolve issues.

Supervised a team of four agents in the central setmenet of a 400 mil 42" natural gas transmission line in the Texas Hill Country.

Lead Right of Way Agent

Coates Field Service, Inc./AEP Windcatcher Project
Oklahoma City, OK
01.2018 - 08.2018
  • Supervision of the Central Segment Acquisition Team consisting of four agents and one support personnel.
  • Negotiated with landowners for survey access.
  • Negotiated purchase contract for substation site.
  • Acquired Option for Easements - 765 kV Electric Transmission line.
  • Coordinated with the Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office for access to state school lands.
  • Resolution of routing and environmental issues with landowners on specialized properties (cattle and farming operations).

Right of Way Agent/Survey Coordinator

Coates Field Service/Mountain Valley Pipeline
Rocky Mount, Virginia
09.2014 - 01.2018
  • Performed title curative research in Virginia (primarily Franklin County).
  • Negotiated with landowners for survey permission.
  • Acquisition of easements, access roads, and temporary workspaces.
  • Coordinated activities between survey crews, security detail, field land agents and landowners, including personally accompanying survey crews and security staff to landowner properties.
  • Testified in various district courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia to obtain temporary restraining orders for survey activities.
  • Cooperated with local and state law enforcement to ensure survey activities were conducted in accordance with state law.
  • Coordinated with landowners and engineering team members to resolve routing and environmental issues on specialized properties (residential subdivisions, cattle, dairy and organic farming operations).
  • Finalized acquisition of easement from county owned properties.

Document Supervisor

Coates Field Service, Inc./Ameren Services
Springfield, IL
01.2013 - 05.2014
  • Developed landowner list and coordinated data integration with database administrator.
  • Prepared master acquisition documents for approval by client.
  • Supervision of document staff regarding file and document preparation, database information input, payment processing, document recordation, file closing and transfer of closed files to client.
  • Responsible for communicating compensation totals to client for maintenance of escrow account.
  • Attended management planning meetings with client.
  • Review of title documents and approval of title certificates and supporting documents.
  • General office management duties (procurement of supplies, furniture and equipment).
  • Review and approval of acquired easement packets submitted by field agents for curative purposes.

Senior Agent/Title Supervisor

4D Acquisition/OneOk Sterling III And New Frontier
Shawnee, OK
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Responsible for securing outside title company for 30 year title research.
  • Performed complex title research in multiple counties in Oklahoma for Oklahoma segment of OneOK's Sterling III natural gas pipeline.
  • Reviewed and approved title research for New Frontier proposed natural gas pipeline in North Dakota and Montana.
  • Reviewed legal descriptions in drafted easement agreements.
  • Assisted lead acquisition and field acquisition agents as needed.

Document Supervisor

Coates Field Service, Inc./Dominion Gateway
Eight-Four, Pennsylvania
09.2008 - 01.2011
  • Responsible for development of landowner list and capturing all pertinent data into the database.
  • Prepared master acquisition documents for approval by client.
  • Supervision of document staff regarding file and document preparation, database information input, payment processing, document recordation, file closing and transfer of closed files to client.
  • Responsible for communicating compensation totals to client for maintenance of escrow account.
  • Attended management planning meetings with client.
  • Reconciliation of individual client payment accounts for transmission to Dominion Accounting.
  • Review of title reports and supporting documents.
  • General office management duties (supply, office furniture and equipment purchases).
  • Review and approval of documents submitted by field agents for curative purposes and corporate easements.

Skills

  • Client and Landowner relations
  • Excellent Computer skills
  • Flexibility to manage multiple tasks on projects
  • Dedicated to achieving client goals

Certification

Active TREC license

Additional Information

I began my career in the energy industry as a petroleum exploration and production assistant, geological assistant, and progressed to a routing assistant for natural gas pipelines. I later transitioned to the legal side and became a paralegal working for attorneys who specizlied in oil and gas, real estate, corporate, governmental and criminal law.

Timeline

Right of Way Project Manager

Coates Field Service, Inc./NextEra Energy MPVD
06.2022 - Current

Right of Way Project Manager

TRC Companies/Summit Carbon Solutions
07.2021 - 05.2022

Right of Way Supervisor

TRC Companies/Permian Highway Pipeline
10.2018 - 07.2021

Lead Right of Way Agent

Coates Field Service, Inc./AEP Windcatcher Project
01.2018 - 08.2018

Right of Way Agent/Survey Coordinator

Coates Field Service/Mountain Valley Pipeline
09.2014 - 01.2018

Document Supervisor

Coates Field Service, Inc./Ameren Services
01.2013 - 05.2014

Senior Agent/Title Supervisor

4D Acquisition/OneOk Sterling III And New Frontier
01.2011 - 01.2013

Document Supervisor

Coates Field Service, Inc./Dominion Gateway
09.2008 - 01.2011
Robin Wall