Real Estate Services Title Agent Senior

About the role

HDR Engineering, Inc. is seeking a highly experienced and detail-oriented Senior Title Agent to support Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and surrounding areas. The ideal candidate will conduct complex title searches, analyze documents, and resolve title issues to ensure clear title conditions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive and complex title searches and examinations of public records to determine the legal condition of property titles.
• Analyze and interpret a wide range of real estate documents, including deeds, mortgages, easements, liens, and surveys, to identify any encumbrances or defects.
• Proactively identify and resolve complex title issues, such as breaks in the chain of title, boundary disputes, heirship issues, and unreleased liens, to facilitate a clear title.
• Navigate and retrieve records from various municipality offices, including county and town clerks, through both online databases and in-person visits.
• Conduct on-site research at local courthouses as needed to gather necessary legal documents and information for complex title examinations.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, providing expert guidance and recommendations to clients, and junior staff on complex title matters.
• Collaborate effectively with clients, project managers, surveyors, and to promote smooth and timely closings.
• Train, mentor, and provide guidance to junior title agents and support staff.
• Manage a portfolio of complex title files, prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines and client expectations.
• Prepare and execute closing documents.
• Coordinate with title companies, attorneys, and surveyors.
• Process expenses incidental to the transfer of title.
• Cook with client to process payments and conveyances.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years experience with right of way, title, paralegal, real property law or mortgage lending.
• Knowledge of real estate title practices and principles including underwriting, title insurance and public records research.
• The ability to review real estate documents such as design plans, construction plans, appraisals, environmental documents, surveys, deeds, easements, deeds of trust, mechanics liens, tax liens, judgments, assessments, probates and other matters of record.
• Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Understanding of the Uniform Relocation Act, Eminent Domain Process, and applicable county, state and/or federal requirements statutes and ordinances.
• The ability to work independently with minimal direction and a focus on meeting deadlines on multiple assignments.
• Highly motivated with the ability to prioritize and to direct others.
• Where required hold a Certification license in the States where work is performed.
• Database, ProjectWise and GIS familiarity a plus.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite, Webex and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree or certification pertaining to right of way, title, paralegal, real property law or mortgage lending, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to manage large projects.
• Attention to detail.
• Experience reading and interpreting complex metes and bounds description.
• Experience completing adjoiners’ reports.
• Experience completing legal documents, such as deeds, easements, and lien releases.

Benefits

Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay & Schedule

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. In Ohio, the range is $81,060 - $133,170.

Benefits

Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Skills

The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal skills, the ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with others and excellent oral and written communication skills. They should also have a solid understanding of the Uniform Relocation Act, Eminent Domain Process, and applicable county, state and/or federal requirements statutes and ordinances.

Company Culture

We believe in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. HDR is our company, and together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.