Right-of-Way Document Specialist
Job Description
Industry: Midstream Energy / Oil & Gas
Location: Downtown Houston, TX
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Work Environment: 100% In-Office
Parking: Reimbursed (up to $150 per month)
Pay Rate: $30–$40/hour DOE (up to $50/hour for highly qualified candidates)
Assignment Length: 9 - 12 months
To qualify for the TEMP/CONTRACT position, the candidate MUST have experience working with easements, assignments, and related property documentation in SharePoint.
POSITION OVERVIEW
A leading company within the energy industry is seeking a Right-of-Way Document Specialist to support the management, organization, and maintenance of critical land and right-of-way records. This role is ideal for professionals with experience handling legal, land, right-of-way, or real estate documentation who possess strong organizational skills and a keen attention to detail.
The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining document accuracy, supporting record management initiatives, and ensuring critical land records are properly reviewed, organized, and accessible.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and organize a variety of right-of-way, legal, and real estate documentation.
- Perform document control functions, including tracking, updating, scanning, and archiving records.
- Review documents for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with recordkeeping standards.
- Update and maintain data management systems and electronic document repositories.
- Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure timely processing and accessibility of critical records.
- Research, review, and organize easements, assignments, and related land records.
- Support large-scale document digitization and records management efforts, including SharePoint document maintenance.
- Prior experience in document management, records administration, or document control required.
- Experience within right-of-way, land administration, real estate, title, or paralegal environments strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of easements, assignments, land records, and related documentation.
- Proficiency with document management systems, SharePoint, and data entry processes.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks while maintaining a high level of accuracy in a deadline-driven environment.
- Candidates with direct experience researching, reviewing, organizing, and maintaining land and right-of-way records will be highly regarded.
- Particular emphasis is placed on experience working with easements, assignments, and related property documentation, as this role will be heavily focused on document review, scanning, indexing, and records management within a SharePoint environment.
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About Burnett Specialists
Burnett Specialists is a top-ranked, 100% employee-owned recruiting firm with over 50 years of expertise in connecting top talent with exceptional companies. Headquartered in Texas, we specialize in placing professionals in Accounting, IT, HR, Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Legal, Supply Chain, and Administrative roles across major cities, including Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and El Paso.
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