Real Estate - Counsel / Sr. Counsel

Description

• Assist with preparation of filings, notices, affidavits, applications, and other documentation for real estate transactions or land use permitting.
• Review title commitments, surveys, ownership records, and encumbrances, including resolving any title and boundary issues affecting project development.
• Maintain regular, dependable attendance and a consistently high level of performance.
• Advise on acquisition, protection, and management of real property interests, including easements, fee parcels, leases, licenses, and other property interests.
• Represent the company in real estate-related litigation.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.
• Provide real-time legal guidance on various land acquisition matters.
• Draft, review, and negotiate land rights documents such as easements, purchase agreements, crossing agreements, temporary workspace agreements, and title curative instruments.
• Coordinate and manage outside counsel for real estate matters.
• Serve as an internal legal resource across company departments for real estate, land use permitting, and right-of-way matters.
• Support land use approvals at federal, state, and local levels, including zoning, environmental clearances, and utility permits.

Requirements

• Ability to write clearly and effectively.
• Experience supporting linear energy infrastructure businesses.
• Intermediate proficiency level in MS Office applications that may include but are not limited to Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Ability to organize and prioritize daily work.
• Ability to successfully perform multiple tasks with strict deadlines.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and a driving record satisfactory to the Company and its insurers (for travel).
• Required to carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours.
• Juris Doctor from an accredited institution.
• Experience working at a highly regulated energy pipeline or other midstream energy business.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to listen carefully.
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to type, touch, handle, or feel. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Must be licensed to practice law in the relevant jurisdiction in which candidate will be located.
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of relevant legal experience related to right-of-way and property acquisition for pipeline and other linear infrastructure projects.
• Able to work with a team, take direction from management, adhere to required work schedules, focus attention on details, and follow work rules.
• Strong analytical skills and logical thought processes.
• The successful candidate will be required to clear a drug screen and a complete background check, including credit report for certain positions, after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed.
• Top 25% of graduating class preferred.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Experience with fiber lines is a plus but not required.
• Must be able to perform all essential and marginal functions of the job.
• Able to work independently and quickly, self-starter, successfully perform multiple tasks and balance competing demanding deadlines.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Proficiency with relevant legal research tools, including but not limited to Lexis and Westlaw.

Benefits

• Minimal safety hazards; general office working conditions.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance