Site Selection and Real Estate Specialist

Site Selection And Real Estate Specialist

The Site Selection and Real Estate Specialist is a key operational role on LS Power's Site Selection & Planning team, sitting at the intersection of data management, landowner communications, site diligence, and title and curative support. This role ensures the team's pipeline data is accurate and audit-ready, that landowner counterparty engagement is well-coordinated and professionally managed, and diligence, title and curative workstreams stay organized and on schedule across a high-volume, diverse project portfolio spanning generation, storage, transmission, and related infrastructure. Working directly under the Senior Director, Site Selection & Planning, the Specialist takes ownership of systems and processes that keep the team running efficiently and brings the communications discipline and real estate fundamentals to represent LS Power credibly in every counterparty interaction. This is a remote role or NYC-based role with occasional travel required.

Responsibilities

Data Management & Tracking

• Own and maintain audit-ready real estate records in the team's system(s) of record: parcel lists, landowner contact information, agreement status, key dates, deliverables, payment and notice obligations, and project constraints.
• Implement and maintain tracking tools, databases, and pipeline reports to ensure portfolio-wide visibility into land, title, curative, and permitting status; support the Senior Director and full team in building repeatable systems and templates.
• Prepare and own recurring status reports (weekly/biweekly) covering critical path items, upcoming deadlines, open curative and permitting issues, and action owners across the portfolio.
• Manage agreement workflows from draft through execution: track redlines, route documents for review, approval and signature, coordinate notarization and recording, and distribute final executed packages.
• Identify and escalate risks proactively schedule slippage, documentation gaps, agency delays, title issues, landowner responsiveness with clear options and recommended next steps.

Landowner & Counterparty Communications

• Serve as a primary point of contact for landowner counterparties on administrative and coordination matters: respond to inquiries, confirm contact information, track engagement status, and maintain accurate counterparty records in the team's system of record.
• Coordinate agreement routing: provide interface between land agents in the field, in-house and/or outside counsel, track review and redline status, follow up on outstanding signatures, and ensure executed documents are properly notarized, recorded, filed, and provided to landowners.
• Support payment and notice workflows: track and coordinate option payments, option exercises, notice obligations, and other time-sensitive counterparty deliverables in coordination with Finance and Legal.
• Maintain communication logs and stakeholder lists for active projects; support outreach coordination and public meeting logistics as directed by the Senior Director or Project Developer.
• Coordinate with Director of Real Estate, Land Agents, and survey/diligence leads to provide notice to landowners in advance of surveys and in accordance with option, lease, and/or access agreements.
• Handle all counterparty communications with professionalism and discretion, upholding LS Power's standards of integrity; escalate sensitive issues or negotiation-related matters to the Senior Director or Director of Real Estate promptly.

Title & Curative Support

• Order and track title commitments across the active portfolio; maintain clear visibility into deliverable status for the Senior Director and project teams.
• Coordinate with survey lead to ensure ALTA/NSPS surveys across the active portfolio are ordered; ensure survey vendors receive all documentation necessary to complete ALTA/NSPS surveys.
• Maintain exception and curative logs; coordinate with title companies, outside counsel, and curative specialists to track corrective instruments, lien releases, affidavits, and other curative items through close-out under the Director of Real Estate's direction.
• Conduct preliminary review of title commitments and surveys; prepare issue summaries and exception logs for review by the Director and outside counsel.
• Assist with transaction closings: prepare real estate documents (title affidavits, estoppels, closing binders) under attorney supervision; manage signature tracking and execution checklists.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

We want you on our team because you

• Bring strong records discipline clean trackers, consistent version control, and audit-ready files are the standard you hold yourself to, not something you need to be reminded about.
• Communicate professionally with landowners and counterparties you understand that every interaction represents LS Power, and you handle sensitive topics like property rights and financial arrangements with care and credibility.
• Follow up to closure whether coordinating with a title company, a surveyor, outside counsel, or a landowner, you track the ball until it lands and don't let things stall waiting on others.
• Manage complexity without losing the details you hold multiple active workstreams simultaneously and know at any moment where things stand, what's at risk, and what needs to move.
• Thrive in a remote, self-directed environment you manage your own workload, flag issues before they become problems, and operate with the independence this role requires.

Ideally, you have

• 47 years of experience in real estate coordination, land administration, title/curative support, right-of-way, or related roles; energy or infrastructure experience preferred.
• Working familiarity with real estate documents (leases, easements, options, rights-of-entry), title concepts (commitments, exceptions, curative items), and survey deliverables (legal descriptions, ALTA/NSPS surveys, exhibits).
• Experience in direct counterparty or landowner communication comfortable initiating and managing correspondence with property owners, tracking responses, and maintaining professional relationships over multi-year project timelines.
• Demonstrated records discipline: well-maintained trackers, consistent version control, and organized file management across multiple concurrent active projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel), Adobe Acrobat, and Google Sheets; comfort with land or transaction management databases; basic familiarity with GIS or Google Earth is a plus.
• Experience coordinating ALTA/NSPS surveys, title endorsements, or multi-party curative workstreams is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience; paralegal certificate or relevant preferred.