Real Estate Agent/Sr. Real Estate Agent

Real Estate Agent

The Real Estate Agent negotiates and successfully closes non-complex purchases and sales of real estate in fee, and negotiates and acquires routine easements, contracts, leases, rentals, permits, licenses, and agreements in their assigned portfolio supporting a specific area of the Real Estate business model.

Real Estate Agent Key responsibilities include:

• Research property rights through a variety of internal and external sources.
• Obtain legal or deed descriptions, and real estate market data from public records.
• Review appraisals and/or prepare opinions and recommendations of Fair Market Value of property for the purposes of the purchase and sale of fee property interests, and in acquiring and granting easements, leases, licenses, permits and construction-related damages.
• Gather title work materials to determine or cause to be determined appropriate ownership information for individually assigned projects or in support of higher-level projects as assigned. Examine and comprehend title policies, certificates or commitments, and abstracts of title.
• Investigate and review quantitative site and route selection analysis for land purchases, partial acquisitions, and/or leasing opportunities and to make recommendations regarding same.
• Successfully negotiate and prepare legal instruments using Real Estate's standard form documents (templates) only, for the disposal of fee property interests, easements, leases, licenses, permits, agreements, and property damages.
• Interpret and assess the regulations of municipal, county, state and federal jurisdictions and commissions to negotiate with elected and appointed officials in determining corporate compliance requirements.
• Read and comprehend engineering drawings and plans.
• Learning organizational processes, tools and functional roles while further developing technical expertise in both Project Management and Functional areas.
• Begin making innovative yet practical suggestions for improving work processes across all functional areas in the organization. Will assist with testing and verifying new, innovative, or improved processes or systems.
• Testify and assist in the preparation of testimony before courts of law, municipal bodies, jurisdictional authorities and commissions.
• Assist in the acquisition and sale of real estate.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required, preferably in Business, Economics, Engineering, Management, or Real Estate. Three years of relevant real estate experience required. Non-residential real estate experience strongly preferred. May consider four years relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree, in addition to the three years of required relevant real estate experience.

Senior Real Estate Agent

Key responsibilities include:

• Create or request proper legal or deed descriptions and obtain real estate market data from public records. Read, comprehend, and suggest revisions, where appropriate, to engineering drawings and plans.
• Read, understand and communicate property valuation information to landowners, as contained in formal real estate appraisals prepared by professional certified appraisers for the purposes of the purchase and sale of fee property interests, and in acquiring and granting easements, leases, licenses, permits and construction-related damages.
• Gather title work materials to determine or cause to be determined appropriate ownership information for individually assigned projects or in support of higher-level projects as assigned. Examine and comprehend title policies, certificates or commitments, and abstracts of title.
• Investigate and review quantitative site and route selection analysis for land purchases, partial acquisitions and/or leasing opportunities and to make directionally correct decisions regarding same.
• Successfully negotiate and prepare legal instruments for the acquisition or disposal of fee property interests, easements, leases, licenses, permits, agreements, and property damages. Role may require working directly with Ameren Legal Department or other stakeholder groups on document revisions and language changes to the standard form document.
• Interpret and assess the regulations of municipal, county, state and federal jurisdictions and commissions to assign the correct Ameren Real Estate resource to negotiate with elected and appointed officials (or their staff) in determining permitting and zoning compliance requirements.
• Occasionally provide testimony on behalf of the company in eminent domain proceedings and other legal matters, when required.
• Understands organizational processes, tools, and functional roles along with in-depth technical expertise in assigned job function.
• Recommend innovative yet practical solutions for improving work processes across all functional areas in the organization and champions learning while driving results.
• Collaborate in preparing required real estate documents and/or evidence in support of ICC, PSC, FERC, or other regulatory body governing company projects.
• Provide scope definition, cost management, schedule development, change management, stakeholder engagement, risk identification and risk management for assigned projects.
• Direct and manage project budget, review and approve invoices, develop project cash flows, revise project budget and forecasts as needed.
• Lead and manage contractor personnel and business lines engaged in real estate activities.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required, preferably in Business, Economics, Engineering, Management, or Real Estate. Five years of relevant real estate experience required. Non-residential real estate experience strongly preferred. May consider four years relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree, in addition to the five years of required relevant real estate experience.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate: Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Project and PowerPoint required. Good understanding of law, engineering, surveying, appraisals and contracts also required.

Compensation Range: $71,100.00 - $137,200.00

* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant's credentials.