Title Agent

Coates Field Service Inc • Harrisburg, PA

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About The Position

Coates Field Service, Inc. is seeking an experienced Title Agent for an electric transmission project in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The successful candidate will be familiar with digital workflows and online title research and have experience researching surface titles for right-of-way acquisition. Local candidates are preferred but not required. Per diem is available.

The Title Agent researches county records to establish current property ownership and legal descriptions, searches for conveyances and encumbrances, compiles title abstracts and runsheets, identifies title defects, and checks title information and legal descriptions against maps.

Requirements

• Experience with surface titles for right-of-way acquisition.
• Knowledge of land and right-of-way easement documentation.
• Detailed knowledge of researching courthouse records online and in county clerk’s offices.
• Ability to compile and prepare chains of title and abstracts of title with summaries of recorded matters and instruments.
• Ability to analyze title data and reports.
• Ability to interpret deeds, leases, court actions, probates, and other documents affecting property ownership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Project, or similar software for generating project reports in response to varied queries.
• Ability to plot metes-and-bounds property descriptions and read electronic and paper maps.
• Knowledge of industry software such as Sandy Knoll Real Estate Deed Drawing/Plotting, Greenbrier Graphics Net Deed Plotter, Google Earth Pro, and database or document-management systems.

Nice To Haves

• Local candidates are preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Determine current ownership and legal descriptions of project land from county records.
• Search property records for conveyances, liens, and other instruments.
• Plot legal descriptions, including metes and bounds.
• Compile a complete abstract of title from patent to current date.
• Identify title defects and report them to the Title Supervisor.
• Prepare a runsheet of compiled records showing title to the property and the effects of liens and encumbrances.
• Obtain and review title information and check the accuracy of legal descriptions against maps.

Benefits

• Per diem available.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Additional benefits are offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed