Senior Landman
On-siteMidland, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead and coordinate land activities for greenfield and brownfield water infrastructure projects, including project planning, acquisition strategy, schedules, budgets, and risk identification. Negotiate, draft, review, and administer surface use agreements, deeds, rights-of-way, easements, leases, and permits while managing landowner and stakeholder relationships. Conduct title research, surface ownership verification, and courthouse research to identify and resolve title defects, ownership conflicts, liens, and probate matters. Prepare and manage right-of-way applications involving private, state, federal, and university lands, and coordinate with Engineering, Survey, Construction, and Legal teams to evaluate proposed routes and sites. Maintain the Land Master Line List, manage external brokers and consultants, and ensure executed documents are properly recorded and accessible. Comply with regulatory requirements, including Texas and New Mexico 811 One-Call tickets and Railroad Commission filings.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Energy Management, Petroleum Land Management, Business, Finance, Legal Studies, or a related discipline; directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Seven or more years of progressive land experience, including right-of-way acquisition, title diligence, surface negotiations, and contract administration.
- Demonstrated experience supporting pipeline, midstream, water infrastructure, utility, or oil and gas development projects.
- Working knowledge of Texas land practices, title research, property ownership, deeds, easements, leases, surveys, legal descriptions, permitting, and county recording requirements.
- Experience independently negotiating complex land agreements and resolving landowner, title, access, and contractual issues.
- Strong contract interpretation, drafting, negotiation, analytical, organizational, and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with a high level of accuracy, urgency, discretion, and accountability.
- Ability to work collaboratively across Legal, Operations, Engineering, Construction, Accounting, Business Development, and Regulatory functions.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams, and experience with land management, document management, or GIS systems.
- Valid driver's license and ability to travel throughout West Texas and southeastern New Mexico.
Desired Qualifications
- Ten or more years of land experience with established Permian Basin relationships and knowledge.
- Experience with produced water gathering, recycling, disposal, transfer, or water supply infrastructure.
- Experience with both Texas and New Mexico surface and right-of-way matters, including University Lands, BLM, and New Mexico State Land Office processes.
- Certified Professional Landman (CPL), Registered Professional Landman (RPL), or active membership in the American Association of Professional Landmen.
- Experience supporting acquisitions, divestitures, infrastructure development, or other transactions in a private-equity-backed or high-growth organization.
- Familiarity with GIS mapping, ESRI products, SharePoint, Quorum, Peloton, or comparable land and document management systems.
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