Full-Time
ROW Agent
Posted on 11/20/2025
Virginia Department of Transportation
Plans, builds, maintains Virginia transportation infrastructure
No salary listed
Petersburg, VA, USA
In Person
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- Ability to calculate right of way estimates.
- Ability to communicate complex information a wide variety of individuals both orally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals both inside and outside the agency, including the general public.
- Knowledge of highway construction.
- Knowledge of state laws pertaining to real estate conveyances, easements, and contracts
- Knowledge of various appraisal methods.
- Conduct Title Examinations: Current owner to 60 year examinations for submission to Staff Attorney for review and approvals
- Document management: Update or record documents as needed. Maintain and update RUMS as related to assignment.
- Hearings and Meetings: Attend Public Hearings and other Preliminary Engineering meetings. Document landowners project related comments and concerns in RUMS.
- Lien Coordination: Coordinate efforts with attorneys, lien holders and property owners to insure all liens have been partially or fully released.
- Market Research: Research local real estate market to determine comparable replacement housing consistent with decent, safe and sanitary housing and compute replacement housing payment.
- Prepare Basic Administrative Report: Prepare Basic Administrative Report (BAR) for negotiation by preparing or analyzing available market data.
- Prepare Petitions and Orders: Prepare Petitions and Orders for AAC packages, draw down request, and Certificate Invalidation.
- Prepare negotiation packages: Prepare negotiation packages including the marking of plans, preparation of correspondence, legal documents and descriptions.
- Real estate closings: Conduct real estate closings after preparing and submitting written release documents for Deeds of Trust or other liens.
- Relocation : Compute relocation assistance payments and present offers to displaces.
- Relocation services: Provide relocation services to displaced individuals, conducting interviews prior to initiation of negotiations.
- Right of Way Knowledge: Learn the Right of Way disciplines and associated body of knowledge (laws, policies and procedures). Acquire knowledge in property appraisal, negotiation, relocation, and legal obligations.
- Time Processing: Maintain and record time charges to appropriate projects and leave types in Cardinal.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.
- Considerable knowledge of Federal and State highway policies and procedures pertaining to right of way acquisition, removal of conflicts, and Federal participation in right of way costs.
- Considerable knowledge of State laws pertaining to real estate conveyances, easements, contracts, and eminent domain, and techniques and methods of relocating conflicting utilities.
- Considerable knowledge of various appraisal methods.
- General knowledge of various appraisal methods.
- Skill in understanding and making accurate estimates of right of way costs.
- Skill in understanding highway plans and construction methods, and ability to explain them orally and in writing to property owners.
- Experience in Right of Way or appraisal work.
- Knowledge of Federal participation in right of way costs.
- Knowledge of eminent domain policies and procedures.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) manages Virginia’s transportation network. It plans, builds, maintains, and operates roads, bridges, and tunnels to keep travel safe and efficient. Its work includes long-range planning (looking 20–25 years ahead), transportation modeling for regional partners, and public outreach to keep citizens informed and involved, such as campaigns promoting safer roundabouts. Unlike private companies, VDOT is a state government agency funded to serve the public interest rather than earn profits. Its goal is to provide a reliable, safe, and accessible highway system for all Virginians and to address future transportation needs through coordinated planning and infrastructure projects.
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- HRBT Expansion adds twin tunnels, finishes spring 2027.
- $604K federal grant funds wildlife crossing sites.
- Data-driven stops reduce crashes at Goosley Road.
What critics are saying
- Underfunding defers 25% bridge maintenance, collapses in 12-24 months.
- Sea level rise erodes 15% coastal assets by 2030.
- Maryland poaches 10-15% engineers in 18-36 months.
What makes Virginia Department of Transportation unique
- VDOT manages Virginia's roads, bridges, and HRBT tunnels uniquely.
- VDOT leads 20-25 year transportation planning statewide.
- VDOT promotes roundabouts via public campaigns for safety.
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Company News
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program has awarded a grant of $604,318 to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to support the identification of wildlife crossing sites across the state.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) worked with the National Park Service (NPS) to create a new traffic pattern on Goosley Road at the Route 17 intersection in York County.