Real Estate Manager

Blue Energy • Chevy Chase, MD

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About The Position

The Real Estate Manager will own and execute Blue Energy’s real estate, land control, and title processes across its U.S. gas-to-nuclear and nuclear development portfolio. This role is responsible for securing, structuring, and maintaining site control for complex energy infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on title review, curative actions, encumbrance resolution, and land control structures that meet utility-scale project finance and nuclear regulatory requirements.
The Real Estate Manager will serve as Blue Energy’s subject matter expert on project real estate, working closely with development, origination, licensing, engineering, transmission, and permitting teams to support site evaluation and advancement, ensuring projects are fully de-risked and financeable from early development through construction and operations.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of professional experience in real estate, land acquisition, title, or development for utility-scale energy, infrastructure, or industrial projects.
• Demonstrated experience with: Title review and curative work Complex ownership structures Long-term ground leases and easements
• Strong understanding of real estate requirements for large-scale energy generation projects, including lender and investor expectations.
• Working knowledge of survey standards (ALTA/NSPS), title insurance, and common curative mechanisms.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and counterparties simultaneously in a fast-moving development environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate real estate risk into clear development and commercial implications.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with real estate considerations specific to nuclear, brownfield, or heavy industrial sites.
• Experience negotiating real estate agreements with utilities, ports, municipalities, or public entities.
• Experience coordinating with legal teams on complex real estate documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead real estate strategy and site control execution for Blue Energy’s gas and nuclear development portfolio across multiple U.S. markets.
• Manage internal and external site control instruments and commitments, including: Lease and purchase options Access, easement, and utility agreements
• Work with real estate counsel to conduct detailed title and survey review, including identification and resolution of: Title defects Encroachments Restrictive covenants Minerals rights and subsurface conflicts Easements, rights-of-way, and third-party use rights
• Lead and manage title curative activities, coordinating with: Outside counsel Title companies Surveyors Land agents Local stakeholders and landowners
• Ensure land control structures satisfy requirements for: Project finance and lender diligence Long-term operations and decommissioning NRC licensing, security, and emergency planning needs
• Support early-stage site screening by assessing real estate feasibility, ownership complexity, acreage adequacy, access constraints, and fatal flaws.
• Coordinate real estate diligence deliverables, including boundary surveys and title commitments.
• Develop internal real estate standards, templates, and processes to support scalable project development.
• Manage external consultants and vendors to control real estate cost, schedule, and risk across multiple projects.
• Support transactions through financial close by responding to lender, investor, and counterparty diligence requests related to real estate and title.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed