Infrastructure Title Search Specialist

ERM; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM is hiring Title Agents in Richmond, VA/Raleigh and Charlotte, NC to support electric transmission and distribution project efforts. This is a full-time, 40-hour/week, limited-term role for 12 months, extendable.

You will conduct public records research, review title documents, and prepare defensible title summaries to support acquisition, permitting, engineering, and project decisions. Responsibilities include conducting title searches, documenting chain of title and ownership history,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; high school diploma required.
• Minimum 2 years real estate title search or related due diligence experience.
• Minimum 1 year supporting linear infrastructure projects preferred.
• Ability to read, interpret and summarize deeds, mortgages, liens, easements, and other instruments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, PDF tools, GIS portals, and title research platforms.

Responsibilities

• Conduct title searches for residential, commercial, utility, and right-of-way projects.
• Research and document chain of title, ownership history, vesting, tax information, mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, and other instruments affecting real property.
• Review legal descriptions, parcel IDs, plats, assessor records, tax maps, tract indices, and recorded documents to confirm boundaries and ownership history.
• Prepare title search reports and ownership summaries for title reviewers, project managers, attorneys, appraisers, land agents, and client stakeholders.
• Identify title issues, gaps, encumbrances, inconsistencies, or risks affecting acquisition, permitting, development, or transactions.
• Coordinate with county recorder offices, clerks, assessors, surveyors, title companies, law firms, and internal project teams.
• Maintain organized records of research activities, sources, correspondence, findings, and deliverables.
• Support special assignments including historical title research, parcel due diligence, and multi-county project work.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Time management

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree

High school diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

PDF tools

GIS viewers

Title research tools

Document management systems

Job description

ERM is hiring Title Agents in Richmond, VA/Raleigh and Charlotte, NC to support electric transmission and distribution project efforts. This is a full-time, 40-hour/week, limited-term role for 12 months, extendable.

You will conduct public records research, review title documents, and prepare defensible title summaries to support acquisition, permitting, engineering, and project decisions. Responsibilities include conducting title searches, documenting chain of title and ownership history,