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Posted: December 11, 2025 (35 days ago)

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Senior Land and Contract Administrator

City of El Paso

TERMINAL

Stale

Location

Salary

$70,815.26 - $106,222.90

per year

Closes

January 21, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This role involves managing the city's real estate properties, handling leases and contracts, and acting as a go-between for the city and external groups like government agencies and utility companies, with a focus on aviation-related facilities.

A good fit would be someone with strong experience in property management or contract administration who enjoys negotiating deals, overseeing projects, and leading a small team in a public service setting.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in business, public administration, or a related field
  • Four years of professional experience in real property management, right-of-way, or contract administration
  • Valid Texas Class 'C' Driver's License or equivalent
  • Ability to negotiate leases, contracts, and agreements with tenants and stakeholders
  • Experience reviewing appraisals, surveys, financial statements, and construction plans for compliance
  • Supervisory skills to train and evaluate staff
  • Knowledge of environmental remediation, easements, and preparing reports for city meetings

Full Job Description

MOS Code: None

Education and Experience: A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration or related field, and four (4) years professional real property management, right of way experience or contract administration experience.

Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.

Requirements

Under direction, manage and administer assigned real property of the City and act as the liaison between the City of El Paso Engineering and Construction Management Department and outside agencies (including but not limited to) such as state, federal and utility companies.  

Qualifications

Oversee and administer real property leases for the City. Involves: Execute and manage leases, contracts, agreements and related documents. Review financial statements, order and analyze appraisals and surveys. Review and approve construction plans and specifications for compliance with aviation standards. Negotiate with potential tenants. Participate in planning development and construction oversight of new facilities. Monitor rent and calculate rental adjustments. Initiate default proceedings.

Perform and review a variety of property related assignments. Involves: Negotiate temporary land use agreements. Participate in subdivision development teams. Upgrade status of properties due to changes in city code. Manage environmental closure statements, testing and remediation of environmental issues. Prepare economic feasibility reports. Review easement and rights of way agreements. Prepare requests for proposals or specifications to acquire services. Develop leasing and marketing policy recommendations.

Represent the department and provide technical support, information and guidance to outside agencies (including but not limited to) such as state, federal and utility companies. Involves: Respond to requests for information on lease agreements, land use, right of way easements and related policies and procedures. Prepare comprehensive documents on lease agreements, acquisition and selling recommendations and special reports. Prepare and present information and materials for MPO, City Council or other city related meetings.

Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Provide assistance and training to technical and clerical staff. Plan and assign work. Oversee and monitor work in progress and finished project. Prepare performance evaluations.

Additional Information

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Note: This is an unclassified contract position.


Please Note: This is a new advertisement for Senior Land and Contract Administrator for El Paso International Airport. You must apply if you are interested in this position.


Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.


Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department.

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A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.


To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.


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Posted on NEOGOV: 12/11/2025 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 12/11/2025

Source: NEOGOV | ID: neogov-elpaso-5164261