Senior Real Estate Paralegal

The Opportunity

The Real Estate & Project Development Paralegal supports Diode Ventures' legal and project development activities from site control and diligence through acquisition, development, financing, and disposition. Working under the supervision of in-house counsel, this position manages legal workflows, transaction records, critical dates, first drafts, title and survey matters, closings, entity records, and coordination with internal teams and outside service providers. 

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Business Enablement consists of critical groups that help enable the organizations people, projects, and businesses to be as successful as possible.   Functions in this group include Digital & Information Technology, Global Finance, Global Human Resources, Legal, Risk Management, and Government Affairs and Real Estate and Building Services. 

Key Responsibilities

Real Estate and Transactions 

• Draft and administer routine letters of intent, purchase options, purchase and sale agreements, easements, access agreements, leases, amendments, estoppels, notices, assignments, releases, and termination documents under attorney supervision. 
• Maintain closing checklists; coordinate signatures and deliverables; review transaction documents for correct entities, authority, dates, legal descriptions, exhibits, and execution formalities. 
• Support acquisitions, project sales, assignments, and other dispositions, including buyer diligence, disclosure schedules, contract inventories, and post-closing follow-up. 

Title, Survey, and Curative 

• Order and review title commitments, ownership reports, recorded instruments, title policies, and ALTA surveys; summarize exceptions and track objections, endorsements, and cure items. 
• Maintain title-curative matrices and coordinate with title companies, surveyors, landowners, consultants, and outside counsel. 
• Coordinate recording of memoranda, amendments, easements, deeds, assignments, and releases and retain recorded copies. 

Contract and Deadline Management 

• Maintain contract databases and critical-date calendars for expirations, extensions, exercises, notices, payments, cure periods, closings, and surviving obligations. 
• Prepare deadline reminders, track delivery of contractual notices, and maintain complete agreement histories, including amendments and recorded documents. 
• Maintain lease abstracts and track rent, renewal, termination, estoppel, access, and other property-use obligations. 

Governance, Diligence, and Approvals 

• Maintain entity records, organizational charts, minute books, annual filing calendars, resolutions, written consents, officer appointments, and authority documentation. 
• Verify the correct contracting entity, authorized signatory, and required internal approvals before execution or funding. 
• Coordinate legal and compliance diligence for counterparties; collect organizational, ownership, certification, reference, and authority for materials and escalate issues to counsel. 

Legal Operations and Knowledge Management 

• Maintain approved templates, clause banks, playbooks, checklists, matter files, legal priority lists, data rooms, and document repositories. 
• Coordinate NDA administration, confidentiality controls, document retention, version control, and disclosure logs. 
• Prepare legal status reports, meeting materials, action-item lists, and process documentation. 

Closing Funds and Outside Counsel 

• Coordinate closing and other payment support with Treasury, accounts payable, finance, project personnel, and title or escrow companies; assemble approvals and supporting documentation. 
• Coordinate engagement and onboarding of outside counsel and legal vendors, including engagement letters, conflicts, budgets, fee caps, vendor setup, matter files, and invoice monitoring. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with option agreements, easements, agricultural or interim property-use arrangements, title curative work, zoning or permitting diligence, project data rooms, and project dispositions. 
• Experience coordinating with title companies, surveyors, landowners, government agencies, consultants, finance personnel, and outside counsel. 
• Familiarity with entity-management, e-recording, closing, legal-billing, or matter-management systems. 

Required Qualifications

• Paralegal certificate, associate or bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. 
• Five or more years of paralegal or legal operations experience, preferably in commercial real estate, land development, infrastructure, renewable energy, data centers, or project development. 
• Experience with title commitments, surveys, recorded instruments, real estate closings, contract administration, and corporate records. 
• Strong drafting, proofreading, organizational, communication, and project management skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and deadlines with accuracy, discretion, and sound judgment. 
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Excel, Word, electronic signature tools, and document management systems. 

Core Competencies

• Exceptional attention to detail and deadline management. 
• Clear, concise, and professional communication. 
• Ability to work independently while escalating legal and business risks appropriately. 
• Commercial judgment, confidentiality, collaboration, and service orientation. 
• Commitment to consistent processes, organized records, and continuous improvement. 

Attorney Oversight

• The paralegal may prepare drafts, organize and summarize information, manage workflows, and coordinate administrative and transaction matters. Legal judgment, negotiation strategy, substantive risk decisions, and final approval of legal documents remain with counsel. Responsibilities may vary based on transaction volume, project stage, and business priorities. 

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Salary Plan

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