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: Oct 7, 2024

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.

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

What Makes a Career at OPG Different?

As Ontario’s largest clean energy generator, we’re building, expanding, and innovating the equipment and technology that keeps Ontario powered with clean, reliable energy.

At OPG, our values are our strengths.  They are fundamental truths about our organization that don’t change: 

Safety – it’s our business
Integrity – always lead with integrity
Excellence – never satisfied with good enough
Inclusion – working together for powerful outcomes
Innovation - creativity accelerates possibility

Here's why OPG might just be the ideal workplace for you:

• Exceptional range of opportunities province-wide
• Long-term career growth and development opportunities
• Electricity is vital to the province and OPG’s clean electricity is helping decarbonize other sectors.

 Our promise to you:

• We care about the safety and the well-being of our employees. It is our utmost priority.
• A supportive work environment where you can be your best every day.
• Opportunities to stretch and develop.
• Offer different ways for you to give back to communities where we operate.
• Partner with Indigenous communities and support local businesses.
• We support employment equity, diversity and inclusion.

Are you ready to start a career that has the power to electrify life on and off the job? Apply now.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please submit your application online at https://jobs.opg.com/ by 11:59 PM E.S.T., October 7, 2024.  OPG thanks all those who apply; however, only candidates considered for an interview will be contacted.

OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity-seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under-representation of equity-seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above-mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self-identify as a member of equity-seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.

About Ontario Power Generation

With operations across Ontario and the United States, OPG is one of the most diverse power producers in North America. As the largest generator in Ontario, we meet approximately 50% of the province’s electricity needs, largely from low-carbon sources like nuclear and hydro. As we work to achieve our vision of Electrifying life in one generation, OPG and our family of companies are also helping advance the development of new low-carbon technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), refurbishment projects, and electrification initiatives to help power the growing demands of a growing economy.

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