Land Services Specialist at The Planet Group

Pay: $30-35.72/hr

Overview:
Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares lease or other real estate agreements. Coordinates with or supervises outside vendor partners, environmental engineers, architectural and engineering firms, title search firms, engineers and drafting technicians to ensure transactions close within defined timeframes.
• Draft and proof recordable transaction documents, easements, warranty deeds, etc. for legal department review.
• Prepares zoning and permitting applications.
• Monitors progress of the application and facilitate jurisdictional requests for additional information as a result of the application review process.
• Prepares collocation applications and manages the process through Notice to Proceed (NTP).
• For existing site modification projects, responsible for site acquisition activities from collocation applications, leasing and zoning audit through NTP.
• Provides candidate-specific recommendations for leasing and land use viability.
• Interviews zoning/permitting personnel to obtain jurisdictional approval requirements for installation of wireless communication facilities and/or related wireless equipment as project scope defines. Completes zoning ordinance reviews.
• Reviews zoning drawings for compliance with jurisdictional, regulatory and client requirements. Prepares, submits and obtains jurisdictional entitlements which may include applications and presentations before governmental or architectural review boards.
• Completes Lease and Zoning Audit Reviews for site modification projects. Coordinates with tower owners and/or private landlords to negotiate and secure lease entitlements as project scope defines.
• Completes collocation applications required by Tower companies and associated documents.
• Reviews and approves site specific documents for quality and completeness.
• Verifies and/or obtains Enhanced 911 addressing.

Preferred Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend legal documents such as legal descriptions, surveys, ground leases, easements, deeds, land purchase contracts, mortgages, title policies, subordination, and technical drawings.
• Attention to detail
• Experience adapting to software
• Process oriented
• Adaptable to changes (this is a fast moving project and processes can change as well as priorities weekly)
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and able to communicate and negotiate effectively.
• Real estate, or legal negotiation experience.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Supports and complies with the Division's Quality Management System and Environmental, Safety, Health and Security Program.Active Real Estate License Active Real Estate License or Law License may be required in certain regions.

Experience:

• Paralegal certificate, Urban Planning or Law Degree preferred.
• 2 years telecommunications industry experience required.
• 4 year degree, or equivalent work experience.

Candidate would be expected to have transferable skills if telecom cannot be found. Skills that would be transferable to the work:

• Attention to detail
• Experience adapting to software
• Process orientated
• Reading comprehension (contracts, code ordinances)
• Adaptable to changes (this is a fast moving project and processes can change as well as priorities weekly)