Senior Landman - Minerals

A resume is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third‑party vendor.

Exempt

Immediately

Salary commensurate with experience

40 hours weekly

University Lands

A resume is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third‑party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans — and people all over the world — through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, four health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 160,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System’s thirteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do.

To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

Reporting to the Vice President of Land, the Sr. Staff Landman will be responsible for all aspects of oil and gas development and contract administration associated with the 2.1 million acres of Permanent University Fund mineral estate. This position is responsible for supporting and developing relationships with University Lands departments and staff, specifically the Surface Land Team, Regulatory Team, Geology and Engineering, Accounting, IT/GIS, and other internal functional counterparts as needed to responsibly administer leases to enforce Lessee’s obligations under its agreements and surface compliance related to mineral development on PUF lands.

Will report directly to the Vice President of Land and indirectly to the Senior Vice President of Land for University Lands; will interact and provide written and verbal information, reports, and summaries regularly to the executive team.

• Support the development of the mineral estate through the leasing of minerals, the negation of oil and gas agreements related to the development & production of the mineral estate, drafting agreements based on negotiated deal terms and UL practices, support Land Administration ownership records and lease terminations.
• Independently negotiate, draft, and finalize oil and gas agreements related to the operation and development of PUF minerals, such as Oil and Gas Leases, Drilling and Development Agreements, Production Sharing Agreements, and Contract for Development Agreements; escalater questions and seek approval and guidance from the appropriate parties as necessary. Identify opportunities to update our form agreements including our PSAs, Development Agreements, and Lease Forms with consideration of long term effects of the agreements negotiated.
  
  Identify and suggest contract revisions when needed to ensure UL’s contracts align with industry practices.
• Direct responsibility for tasks or delegation and management thereof: establishing and documenting processes…