Strong fit for real estate paralegals or legal professionals who draft and manage complex real estate documents and thrive in cross-functional teams.
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Original posting from Pivot Energy via Lever
ROLE OVERVIEW
Pivot Energy is seeking a highly experienced Real Estate Lease & Title Associate with a strong background in document drafting, review, execution, and cross-functional support. The role will support development activities by drafting lease related documents to prepare projects for construction and development loan fundings. In collaboration with your Manager and the Development Team at large, this role will prepare signature-ready documents for lease agreements, amendments, assignments, affidavits title curative measures, and other documents as necessary. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of hands-on experience supporting complex real estate transactions and working collaboratively with attorneys, lenders, title companies, county clerks, and internal business units. This role requires exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
This is a high-impact role designed for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and is excited to join a development team as a key player ensuring all land, title and contractual documentation is accurate, complete and properly filed to help scale Pivot’s work in the solar and energy storage industry.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Previous experience with a renewable energy developer, financial institution/lender, or legal service provider is beneficial, but not required. The individual must possess a professional manner, and be detailed-oriented with the ability to manage a large and variable workload, as described below:
Document Drafting & Review
- Review, draft and revise real estate documents including leases, amendments, assignments, easements and related transactional or title curative documents.
- Resolve discrepancies between deed/title and lease agreement documents.
- Review and analyze title commitments, surveys, and due diligence materials. Assist with curative document management as needed.
Document Execution & Transaction Management
- Coordinate the execution, notarization, and delivery of legal documents while ensuring compliance with internal and external requirements. Complete review with Pivot Sr. Counsel prior to releasing documents to developers for final signature.
- Coordinate recording documents with local jurisdiction; utilize e-recording services, and third-party recoding support. Manage and track associated payments and mailings accordingly.
- Organize and maintain an accurate digital and physical filing systems for documents and tasks.
- Liaise with internal teams to meet deadlines.
Cross-Functional Support
- Collaborate with internal departments to support transactional and operational needs.
- Assist with special projects as assigned while maintaining compliance with company policies and standard operating procedures.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:
- At least one of the following:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Prior law firm experience drafting legal documents at high volume
- Paralegal experience within complex transactions
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a real estate paralegal in a law firm or in-house legal department.
- Strong knowledge of real estate transactions and title curative measures.
- Understanding of real estate title, corporate organizational structures, tax maps, deeds, and parcel identification systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in drafting and managing the execution and recording a wide range of real estate documents across multiple jurisdictions.
- Detail-oriented with a proactive and solution-oriented approach.
- Excellent communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; experience with salesforce, and project management software preferred.
- Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES:
- Direct experience in renewable energy development, or energy sector professional experience.
- Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision and who is not afraid to ask questions and take on tasks outside of their comfort zone.
- Self-motivated and proactively identifies opportunities for process improvement.
- Strong ability to work independently while supporting a collaborative team environment.
- Comfort working with confidential information and exercising sound judgment.
- Active notary license.
Compensation:
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
The base salary range for this position is $70,000-$90,000 depending on relevant experience, along with eligibility for the company’s substantial bonus plan, with a target bonus of 30% of annual salary (prorated in first year based on start date).
Pivot Energy is dedicated to providing a great work experience for all employees, placing an emphasis on company culture, and a focus on our people. To that end, Pivot offers an outstanding benefits package that includes:
Excellent health/dental/vision insurance benefits with up to 100% of premiums covered by the company
Four weeks of vacation in year 1, with increasing vacation accrual rates based on work anniversary date
Company paid life insurance and short- & long-term disability coverage
Generous parental leave
401(k) matching (after vesting period)
Work from home stipend for new employees
Public transit reimbursement
PTO for volunteering in the community
Charitable donation matching up to $500/year
Professional development and educational reimbursements
A complete list of all the benefits Pivot offers may be provided upon request.
Recruitment Agency Notice:
We appreciate your interest in partnering with us; however, we are not seeking recruitment agency support for this role.
ABOUT PIVOT
Pivot Energy is a national renewable energy provider that develops, finances, builds, owns, and manages solar and energy storage projects that help decarbonize our nation’s electricity, increase equitable access to clean energy for local communities, and provide real cost-savings to American businesses and
families.
We are fiercely dedicated to accelerating the rapid transition taking place in the energy industry to a more decentralized and cleaner approach to power generation. We are committed to positively contributing to the local communities and people we serve with more than clean energy. We believe global warming poses an existential threat to our planet and that we have a responsibility to help mitigate the threat. Our portfolio includes projects that reduce energy burden for income-limited families, create workforce pathways for under-represented groups within the solar industry, and include robust community investment opportunities.
As a Certified B Corporation and one of Denver’s “Best Places to Work”, we believe that company success is driven by a healthy environment, thriving society, and workplace where all individuals are respected. We evaluate every internal decision on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors to determine if our actions will result in a net positive impact on the community, our employees, customers, shareholders, and the environment. Learn more in our annual ESG Report.
At Pivot, our core values guide our work internally and externally:
· Impact – We hold ourselves accountable to having a measurable impact on our people, communities, and the planet
· Balance – Put family first; work hard/have fun
· Determination – Find ways to be successful no matter how difficult the challenge
· Professionalism – Impress everyone we touch, be a team player
· Honesty – Be truthful and transparent, externally and internally
· Kindness – Create an environment where kindness, empathy, and vulnerability are embraced
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION and JUSTICE STATEMENT
At Pivot, we are proactively developing and maintaining an inclusive culture, rooted in mutual respect, that supports a workforce of different generations, races, gender identities, sexual orientations, ability statuses, religions, and cultures to work collaboratively together for greater impact. We seek to build a team that invests in relationship building, celebrates each other’s successes, and makes space for the unique contributions and working styles people bring into Pivot.
Pivot invests in company-wide trainings, assessments, and programs to advance internal inclusion and equity practices, such as employee allyship building, cross-cultural communications, and equitable hiring and management protocols to increasingly recognize bias and ensure mutual respect and belonging.
EEO STATEMENT
Pivot Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We actively work to cultivate an inclusive culture that welcomes, empowers, and enables equitable career growth for employees regardless of background.
Source: Pivot Energy careers (Lever)