Job Title: Real Estate Representative I

Location: Battle Creek, Michigan (Need to be a Michigan Resident)

Contract: 12-months and likely to extend

Description:

Ability to effectively negotiate with private landowners and governmental agencies for the acquisition of various land rights for construction, operation and maintenance of existing and new facilities, including but not limited to, fee simple, easements, leases, temporary workspace agreements, licenses, permits and ordinances. -Ability to plan and organize workload, adjusts to changing priorities, and work well under pressure with minimal supervision and guidance from Owner. -Perform internal and external due diligence to ensure accuracy and completeness of land rights or to identify and bring forward deficiencies requiring curative action. -Serve as liaison with landowner/tenant on ownership, easement rights, damage claims and access issues. -Effectively use Owner’s established policies, procedures, processes to perform work. -Represent company at public meetings before governmental agencies such as municipalities, zoning boards, townships, drainage boards, county commissioners and similar organizations.

Knowledge of settlement instruments and contract terms. Able to interpret survey drawings, engineering, construction and plan and profile drawings, title and abstracts. -Must be proficient in land title research. Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Right of Way/Real Estate industry with at least 1 year acquiring land rights. Michigan Notary preferred