Status: Regular Full Time
Working Conditions: Hybrid Working Environment
Education Level: 4-year university degree
Base Location: Oshawa, ON
Temporary Work Location: Toronto, ON
Shifts(s): Days
Travel: Yes- 10%
Deadline to Apply: September 30, 2024
Salary Range: $1,651.02 - $2,832.86 per week
Electrify your career and help build a brighter tomorrow.
Every generation has a challenge that defines them. At OPG, we are calling on all innovators, disruptors, thought leaders and change-makers. Join us to electrify life in one generation and build a sustainable future powered by our electricity, our ideas, and our people. Join OPG and make history.
Whether you work in the skilled trades or are a business professional, a career at OPG is an opportunity to electrify your life on -- and off -- the job.
ACCOMMODATIONS
OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and supported. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please advise us as soon as possible so appropriate arrangements can be made.
If you require information in a format that is accessible to you, please contact AODA@opg.com
This position is moving to OPG Corporate Headquarters: In Summer 2025, OPG will officially welcome employees to our new Corporate Headquarters located at 1908 Colonel Sam Drive, Oshawa, Ontario. This new space will enable teamwork, collaboration and innovation that will help us to achieve our mission to electrify life in one generation. This position will be temporarily based in Toronto, ON until the move to Headquarters in the Summer of 2025.
JOB OVERVIEW
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Senior Real Estate Associate.
Reporting to the Director Corporate Real Estate & Workplace, this position is an integral member of the team and is responsible for supporting the management of OPG's real estate assets, including the purchase, ongoing management and sale of real estate, commercial and industrial leasing, project management, land use planning, and cultural heritage and appraisal reviews.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in an environment where you will contribute to OPG's public outreach, engagement and education efforts as part of the company's commitment to growing its social license.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Acquire real estate and property rights from land owners, grant new or renewal rights to third parties occupying owned or easement properties and dispose of property and real estate rights surplus to Company requirements.
- Review and analyze market sales data, land use planning/site information and other relevant data to prepare market value estimates and other real estate reports.
- Prepare, negotiate and execute contracts and documents for a variety of real estate acquisition, management and disposal transactions within specified financial, signing authority, real estate and other policy limits.
- Establish clear negotiation options and strategies reflecting overall business objectives to effectively negotiate with third parties.
- Establish and maintain necessary business relationships with internal and external client and customer groups, and other key stakeholder representatives to ensure real estate acquisition, management and disposal strategies, options and activities meet key company business objectives.
- Keep abreast of the real estate industry, technological or Company specific trends and developments that may impact on real estate acquisition, management and disposal activities through both internal and external contacts. Provide real estate management advice, guidance and information to various internal and external clients and parties, as required and appropriate.
- Meet targeted business goals, timetables, delivery dates, etc. established for acquisition, management or disposal work programs. Ensure all legislative, governmental and Company operational, environmental and all other relevant requirements are met in carrying out real estate acquisition, management or disposal activities.
EDUCATION
- Four-year university degree in a related field.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years experience in real estate environment to understand the practical application of real estate valuation, legal and negotiating practices and procedures to acquire, manage and dispose of real estate assets and approve or reject real estate transactions.
- Experience to be familiar with the processes involved in valuing and acquiring fee or easement real estate interests in land, granting rights on owned or easement properties (e.g. licenses, leases, easements), selling properties, interpreting associated drawing, plans and surveys and preparing all associated documentation and legal agreements.
- Experience in assessing real estate proposal, developing and implementing effective transaction negotiation strategies and presenting proposals to external parties and coordinating real estate transactions from the initial proposal presentation phase, through negotiations to final documentation.
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a flexible hybrid office environment.
- Experience working in corporate real estate within the utility industry preferred.
- Accreditation in professional real estate associations such as Appraisal Institute of Canada, Fellow of Real Estate Institute, and the International Right-of-Way Association, The Institute of Municipal Assessors, and The Canadian Institute of Planners preferred.
Ontario Power Generation
700 University Ave
Toronto
Ontario Canada
www.opg.com
