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Landman

Vault 4401
Denver, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 4/1/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/31/2025

About Us:

Vault 44.01 (“Vault”) is a leading carbon capture & storage (“CCS”) developer focused on the development, capitalization, and operation of carbon storage assets throughout North America. Vault’s team brings over 40 years of direct carbon sequestration experience, with involvement in the development of carbon storage projects across North America since 2007, including three of the four currently operating saline aquifer carbon storage projects in North America as well as many others.


Vault’s capabilities span feasibility, design, permitting, stakeholder engagement, land leasing and acquisition, facility construction, and operations. In collaboration with our industrial partners, we are currently developing projects in the US Midwest, US Southeast, and Canada ranging from single CO2 source, on-site sequestration projects through to the origination and development of large multi-source CO2 sequestration hubs.


In 2022, Vault announced the closing of a US$150 million capital commitment from Grey Rock Investment Partners (a Dallas, TX-based private equity company).


Summary:

  • Start Date: Q2 2025
  • Job Location: Hybrid/Remote – North America/Flexible (Midwest region, Denver strongly preferred)
  • Employee Type: Full-Time Employee
  • Travel Required: 2 Weeks per Month


Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager, Land and Stakeholder Engagement, the Landman will work with senior personnel to execute functions related to the acquisition of surface and subsurface rights, oversight of title and abstracting functions, and right-of-way acquisition.  The individual will work to acquire and maintain pore space and right-of-way for carbon sequestration projects across North America through “boots on the ground” landowner engagement, involvement in community relations and presentation of industry-specific educational data. 

 

This role will interact with a variety of functions within Vault 44.01, including Subsurface, Business Development, Finance, and Project Management. This position requires an exceptional, highly motivated person who is willing to commit to face-to-face, high touch landowner interactions and work cross-departmentally to acquire pore space and right-of-way within project parameters. Critical to the role’s success, the Landman will be expected to interact with individual landowners to inform on the technical parameters of carbon capture and sequestration and ultimately acquire pore space and right of way. This position requires extensive travel.


Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Organize and manage all aspects related to land acquisition, including prospecting and negotiating to secure pore space to meet project requirements across North America
  • Work closely with Project Manager and senior land lead on the land aspect of project development from landowner identification through pore space acquisition and title verification
  • Engage with landowners face-to-face 
  • Meet with key landowners regularly to acquire pore space and right-of-way and foster good landowner relations
  • Support project development teams at public open houses and landowner meetings
  • Coordinate with project, legal, environmental, and engineering teams as applicable
  • Review, track, and coordinate execution of all documents necessary to secure property rights
  • Negotiate and settle damage claims associated with new or existing operations
  • Travel on average 2 weeks per month to project locations (primarily Midwest)
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned


Skills and Qualifications:

  • Minimum bachelor’s degree 
  • 5-10 years of relevant work experience (renewable energy, oil & gas – upstream or midstream – and/ or carbon storage development) with direct landowner negotiations
  • In-house experience preferred
  • Highly proficient working knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Adobe, ArcGIS, LandVantage, Monday.com
  • Candidates must be motivated self-starters with the ability to work independently and reach closure within established time frames, Strong attention to detail; Takes pride in presenting a high-quality work product, strong self-organization and time management skills; Ability to build strong relationships with landowners
  • An adaptable, candid, open person with a history of “walking the talk” on values and the desire to engage landowners and community leaders face-to-face
  • Ability to work under pressure, meet required deadlines, and manage multiple projects at various stages of development
  • Legal resident of the United States of America


Key Competencies:

  • Highly motivated and results-oriented with the ability to work well independently
  • Excellent work ethic, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining a high standard of work
  • Acute attention to detail with sound judgment in providing accurate and reliable work product
  • Effective communicator with strong written, verbal and presentation skills
  • Ability to adapt to change and adjust quickly to changing priorities
  • High level of personal and professional integrity


Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including competitive salaries, health and dental coverage, retirement plans, and generous paid time off to support your work-life balance.

  • Competitive salary
  • 401k plans
  • Health and dental
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) & Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for health and dependent care
  • Paid Parental Leave (maternity & paternity)


Vault is an equal opportunity employer; diversity and inclusion are important to us. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. Final candidates for this position may be required to undergo a security screening, including a criminal records check.


Please forward a copy of your resume to: careers@vault4401.com


Only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted

Salary : $125,000

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