Lora Samples Email & Phone Number

Jackson, Michigan

• Oversight of prospecting & acquisition phases of utility-scale solar projects, serving as the primary POC for field staff.
• Maintain regular communication with the client PM to review project milestones, deadlines, and field staff requirements.
• Coordinate and schedule work activities for acquisition team members to ensure efficient project progression and adherence to client deadlines.
• Ensure that all work quality and deliverables meet the high standards set by clients and industry guidelines.
• Delegate additional project tasks to acquisition agents as necessary to expedite project completion.
• Provide strategic advice to client management based on extensive experience in solar project acquisition.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Act as the main liaison between field personnel and management.
• Organize and manage work schedules for staff, ensuring adherence to production goals and client timelines.
• Uphold quality standards and ensure that all deliverables meet client specifications.
• Maintain regular communication with client Project Manager to discuss project progress, deadlines, and staff requirements.
• Possess knowledge of electrical distribution plans, equipment specifications, and construction methodologies.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Serve as the primary point of communication with field staff
• Coordinate work activities for staff and ensure team is meeting expected production and client deadlines.
• Ensure work quality and deliverables meet client expectations and guidelines.
• Coordinate with client Project Manager on a regular basis to review work progression, deadlines and field staff needs.
• Delegate and coordinate additional project tasks to acquisition agents to expedite completion of activities
• Utilize experience to advise client management in decision making

Odessa, TX

• Conducted right of way, surface site, and temporary and permanent access road negotiations
• Collaborated with Survey and Environmental to purchase the most effective routes as needed while acquiring survey permissions and agreements within strict time constraints
• Proof documents and surveys for accuracy
• Update and maintained Amps database with all landowner contact information and agent notes/communications between landowners, tenants & attorney representation

Ardmore, Oklahoma

• Provide structured leadership and coordination for a team of Survey Agents, Plat Reviewer, and Appraisal Reviewer while assisting the Document Team with administrative activities, including document creation, data.
• Track and coordinate information between the Client, ROW Management, Survey, and Agent Staff regarding route changes, survey activities, plat and appraisal status while reviewing plats and appraisals from acquisition.
• Monitor right-of-way adjustments due to Engineering, Environmental, and Landowner issues or requests
• Schedule and coordinate Survey Agents, Survey Teams, and Field Crews for parcel access without trespass issues

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Facilitated and conducted weekly route evaluation meetings between Land Acquisition, Environmental Compliance, Engineering, and GIS/Mapping Teams and managed data from Field Agents and Landowners for Amps entry
• Performed the initial evaluation of incoming route change requests against complex standard criteria and efficiently coordinated information between the Client, ROW Management, and Agent Staff regarding route changes
• Developed and executed standardized communication regarding approval and denial of route change requests for ROW Agents to relay to Landowners and prepared route parcel maps for Landowner review and confirmation
• Tracked right-of-way adjustments due to Engineering, Environmental, and Landowner issues or requests within the GIS data areas of interest, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee

Butler, PA

• Collaborated with the Land and Survey Departments, Environmental and Construction Teams in order to complete various tasks from development and acquisition to construction
• Actively participated with Pre-Construction Routing Team for preliminary desktop route development purposes
• Obtained and maintained GIS data, including well points, pad sites, pipelines, preliminary and permanent ROW, and acquisition tracking and prepared maps for Managers, Land Agents, Clients, and Landowners as needed
• Proactively communicated project updates via paper and electronic mapping through multiple software platforms
• Assisted in basic office preparation and maintained office inventory and utilities while performing related tasks

St Clairsville, Ohio

• Liaised with several civil and environmental survey groups, as well as Land Department and ROW Agents, in an effort to facilitate survey schedules while documenting all incoming mail and documentation from Agents and.
• Assisted in the maintenance of FERC documentation, as well as the preparation and mailing of FERC introductory and access letters, while developing improved office processes to assist in remaining compliant for the.
• Oversaw plat production tracking, and the review and approval of more than 1,200 property plats for a 711-mile FERC interstate transmission natural gas pipeline
• Update and maintained database with all project information
• Utilized CLSLink to draft survey reports, line lists, and task tracking while assisting in Landowner presentation mapping of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio via Google Earth and ArcMap

Butler Pa

• Collaborated with Routing and Survey Teams from preliminary planning through completion while coordinating data and efficient communications between Survey, Engineering, Land, and GIS Personnel through FTP, email, and.
• Prepared maps for the Land Department, Managers, Land Agents, Routers, and MarkWest Personnel and presented gathering system changes and updates at weekly Land Manager meetings
• Maintained SDE data with parcel and deed changes, as well as ROW desktop route creation and updates, while managing schema change requests according to MarkWest protocol and office needs or requests
• Monitored the quality assurance and quality control of area data to ensure the accuracy of GIS system attribute information for GIS data areas of interest, including Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio

• Apply state-of-the-art photogrammetry to make accurate, detailed, topographical maps from aerial photography and/or satellite imagery.
• Knowledge in the collection of planimetric and elevation data to meet varying specifications required by our customers.
• Photo interpretation skills were developed to identify features and to populate an extensive list of attribution.
• Responsibilities have included training for a team of 18, work distribution, and quality control. Communications within a classified work environment shared with project managers and teammates.
• Software used in daily work assignments: Socet Set, ArcGIS, Microsoft suite.

• Assist engineering staff and trades teams to prepare/retrieve working drawings for ongoing projects. Survey existing conditions of 80+ buildings and site utilities on campus.
• Organize and set in place a plan and document archive library.
• Drafting support including making prints, filing, CAD and plotter maintenance.

• Obtain event facility floor plans and fire code restrictions from facility management.
• Prepare and space plan for show floor layout.
• Responsible for archiving CAD drawings electronically.
• Prepare proposal graphics and some booth signage.
• Cataloguing company equipment and rental product.

• Assisted in services covering Architectural, Engineering and Construction documentation (plans, elevations, sections, details) along with as-built drawings, and redlines.
• Performed surveys and documented on-site field measurements for existing conditions.
• Converted and/or updated existing drawings to CAD.
• Provided on-site CAD assistance to clients such as The Design Alliance on the Heinz headquarters project.
• Drafting support including making prints and filing.

• Assisted in the completion of site plans, detail drawings and complete civil drawings of various construction projects for clients such as the Dept. of Environmental Resources, Va. Dept. of Transportation, and others.
• Audit completed work; check dimensions.
• Drafting support including making prints, filing, CAD and plotter maintenance.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Prepare working plans, detailed drawings and complete mechanical drawings of components and assemblies from written as well as verbal instructions, also including rough or detailed sketches for engineering and.
• Verify completed work; check dimensions, materials to be used and quantities.
• Sole CAD support for engineering team of approximately 8 persons.
• Drafting support including making prints, filing, CAD and plotter maintenance.