If you are looking to make a meaningful impact, join the Design and Engineering Branch as a Real Estate Officer, where your work will directly support the development and maintenance of Ontario's public infrastructure. From negotiating property acquisitions to managing surplus land, you'll help deliver key real estate services that keep provincial projects moving forward.
You will collaborate with engineers, legal professionals, and consultants to coordinate property transactions and provide expert advice on valuation, compensation, and land management. If you're a strategic thinker with strong negotiation skills and a passion for public service, this is your opportunity to help shape the province's future—one property at a time.
About the job
In this role, you will:
• Negotiate property acquisitions and recommend appropriate compensation settlements.
• Provide valuation opinions and assess compensation for full and partial takings and related impacts (e.g., crop damage, business loss).
• Advise on acquisitions, dispositions, expropriations, and land management transactions.
• Recommend and implement expropriation actions in line with legislation and ministry policy.
• Manage surplus land, disposal of surplus land, leasing arrangements, and property maintenance.
• Prepare or review property appraisals and impact studies for various land uses and infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with internal teams and stakeholders to meet project deadlines.
• Procure and oversee consultants and contractors delivering real estate services.
Note: - Flexible work arrangements, including flexible hours, may be considered.
- The successful candidate can work from any of the office locations listed below. However, travel to the Toronto area will be required for operational reasons:
159 Sir William Hearst Ave., Toronto
659 Exeter Road, London
301 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
• This position requires the successful candidates to have a valid G driver's license or equivalent. The offer of employment is conditional upon the successful candidates providing proof of a valid driver's license, upon being hired.
Real Estate Knowledge
• you have knowledge of the theories, principles and practices of property appraisal reports, agreements, negotiations, disposal and land management activities
• you have experience in acquiring, managing and disposing property rights for public purposes
• you have expertise in real estate matters of a technical nature including, review and interpret land use planning, legal agreements, engineering drawings, surveys, plans, appraisal reports and negotiations skills and other related documentation
• you can interpret and apply the Expropriations Act, and have knowledge of other relevant statues and regulations (i.e., Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act, Planning Act, Environmental Assessment Act, Environmental Protection Act, Landlord and Tenant Act, Registry Act, Land Titles Act, Surveys Act)
Communication, Negotiation and Interpersonal Skills
• you can negotiate with property owners and/or their legal representatives
• you have written and oral communicate skills necessary to explain owner's/their legal representative's and MTO's position regarding compensation for property rights acquired, recommend resolutions in the form of discussions, reports, agreements, letters and other correspondence
• you use your problem-solving and analytical skills to resolve contentious issues
• you are able to build and maintain effective working relationships
• you can communicate effectively to discuss and explain agreement of purchase and sale, to produce detailed reports, provide recommendations to resolve negotiation issues and land management
Business Skills
• you have the ability to read and interpret legal descriptions, survey plans and engineering drawings
• you can review and prepare property appraisal reports, agreements and other related documentation
• you can prepare detailed reports and other correspondence to recommend settlements, resolve acquisition issues, communicate with property owners, their legal representatives, external clients and other ministry staff including manager and supervisor
• you have experience with consultant hiring, monitoring and evaluation
• you have arithmetic skills to adjust comparable sales properties and calculate claims and appropriate compensation
Computer skills
• you are familiar with Microsoft Office and database applications.
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
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We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
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