Real Estate Analyst

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Newport Beach, CA 92660

Job Description: Real Estate Analyst

Company Overview

esVolta, LP is a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage projects across North America. We are at the forefront of the fast-growing battery energy storage market, and our projects are helping to transition the nation’s electric grid to a cleaner and more reliable future. Our storage projects provide major utilities with a multitude of important services including reliable fast-ramping capacity, energy and ancillary grid services including renewable energy integration support.
esVolta is independently owned, and we are among the largest players in the US energy storage sector with a 15+ GWh pipeline including about 1.7 GWh of projects in operation, construction, or advanced development under contract with utilities and other power buyers.
We are headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with employees in multiple regions across the U.S. Our diverse management team has many decades of experience in the renewable energy, utility, and independent power sectors.

Culture

At esVolta, every employee makes an impact to the company’s growth and profitability, every day. We have a fast-paced, high-performance, and team-oriented culture. We value quality of life for our employees and strive to help our team members achieve their career goals.
Apply here today to start an extraordinary career.

Job Description

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Real Estate Analyst to join the esVolta team of professionals to support our company in Real Estate matters related to the development, construction, and operations of our energy storage project portfolio.
The Real Estate Analyst will report to the Director of Real Estate and will be a key member of a team charged with developing a multi-GWh portfolio of energy storage projects across North America. The Real Estate Analyst will collaborate closely across the development, legal, finance, construction, and asset management departments to manage Real Estate issues across the project lifecycle from initial prospecting and site acquisition through project financing, notice-to-proceed for construction, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

· Work closely with the company’s development team to support efforts to secure and maintain valid agreements for site control and all necessary crossings, easements, and licenses required to development, construct, and operate the project.
· Coordinate and manage Real Estate documents.
· During the prospecting/land acquisition phase, coordinate with the development team to:
o Provide support researching ownership of surface rights, competitor leases, mineral ownership, leases, liens, and encumbrances.
o Coordinate title requests.
o Provide support for initial review of title reports.
o Support in document management and tracking for site control documents.
· During the development phase, coordinate with development, legal, and construction teams to:
o Support in developing Real Estate risks summaries and trackers.
o Support ALTA survey vendor contracting and requests.
o Support in ensuring compliance with Real Estate documents including tracking option and lease agreement payments, and tracking agreement expiration dates.
· During the pre-construction and construction phase of projects, coordinate with development, legal, finance, and construction teams to:
o Support efforts to obtain third-party consents through direct call and email outreach to external parties.
o Support title curative strategy execution to finance, construct, and operate the project.
o Support transition of Real Estate assets from Development to the Asset Management team.
· Regularly coordinate among cross-functional groups in order to understand project status and clearly communicate Real Estate considerations.

Skills and Experience

· 2-5 years of experience as a title examiner, paralegal, landman, or similar (required)
· Experience with curing title and securing consent agreements (required)
· Experience with Real Estate agreements including options, leases, purchase and sale agreements, and easements (required)
· Experience with ALTA, including ALTA surveys (required)
· Experience in renewable energy or oil & gas or utilities (required)
· Strong organizational skills (required)
· High level of attention to detail (required)
· Motivated, self-started (required)
· Proven track record for thinking critically (required)
· Associate or bachelor’s Degree (desirable)
· Experience using and authoring GIS content with Esri ArcGIS Online (desirable)
· Experience with entitlement (desirable)

Compensation and Location

The anticipated annual salary plus bonus range for this position is listed below. The actual salary and bonus offered will depend on the specific skills and experience of the selected candidate. Location flexible, option to work-from-home with periodic office visits for in-person engagement or to work from company offices in Newport Beach.