Rights Analysis, Senior Specialist

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In this role you’ll serve in our Real Properties Department within the Transmission and Distribution Organizational Unit, providing critical analytical support to the Rights Analysis Department.

• Analyze complex land rights information by researching real property documents and maps via internal and external systems to support business partners such as Technical Planning, Transmission Road and Right of Way, Transmission, Engineering, Law, and perform rights studies for major projects.
• Review legal descriptions and associated documents for SCE’s real estate holdings, transmission, distribution and telecommunication facilities.
• Present information and provide recommendations to various departments to resolve title and land rights issues and scope work analysis for replacement, upgrades and rebuilds of infrastructure in support of relocations, deteriorated poles, pole loading and grid modernization.

• Search for and analyze various land rights such as grants of easement, grant deeds, quitclaims, and other title documents.
• Examines various land-related rights such as grants of easement, grant deeds, quitclaims, and other title related documents.
• Read and interpret on-record and off-record maps, including Tract, Parcel, Records of Survey, Assessor, FIM, GEOview, Work Order sketches, Engineering Drawings, Plot Plans and Geographic Data Files (.kmz).
• Determine and assess customer needs and report findings and recommendations.
• Collaborate with business partners and peers for continuous improvement.
• Work with multiple planning organizations to support real estate rights involving covered conductor, targeted undergrounding, and high visibility distribution planning work.
• Adhere to company standards for protecting physical, financial, and cybersecurity assets, and properly manage highly sensitive information.

• Five or more years of experience performing title insurance searches and examinations.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Real Estate, Business Administration, GIS, Engineering, or related major.
• Real Estate license, Project Management certification, or related license/certification.
• One or more years of experience with title review, appraisal review, condemnation support, and real estate negotiations.
• Five or more years of experience with easements, deeds, licenses, leases, permits, and fee acquisitions.
• Experience with CPUC, local agency, and permitting processes.
• Experience interpreting legal descriptions, tract and parcel maps, and engineering plans.
• Three or more years of experience handling complex land transactions and acquisition strategy development.
• Experience with Electric Utility Transmission and/or distribution projects.
• International Right of Way credentials/certifications such as Industry Path, Specialist Path, Senior Right of Way Professional (SR/WA), Professional Program featuring RWA, or equivalent.

• This position is hybrid; employees will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days and may work remotely on remaining days. Employees are required to work and reside in California unless otherwise noted.
• Primary work location:
  Pomona, CA (Pomona Innovation Village); may require extended time throughout the SCE service territory.
• Travel: up to 20% travel and field work across the service territory.
• Relocation is not applicable.

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