Land Rights Technical Support Specialist

Gainesville Regional Utilities; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Gainesville Regional Utilities is seeking a Land Rights Technical Support Specialist to assist customers, developers and contractors with utility permitting, researching land rights records, maps, GIS data, and related administrative tasks.

The role reports to a supervisor, requires a high school diploma and five years’ public-facing real estate or utility experience, and involves coordinating title searches, surveys, and contract support while maintaining records.

Qualifications

• Five years of progressively responsible experience in public contact related to real estate development or utility construction with land rights experience.
• Basic understanding of title searches and legal descriptions.
• Familiarity with GIS, maps, and property databases.

Responsibilities

• Respond to inquiries from the public, developers, or GRU departments by researching land rights records, maps, GIS data and related documents.
• Review and coordinate utility permitting with county, state, and federal agencies; maintain permits and related reports.
• Maintain land rights records, documents, and maps; perform data entry for reports and audits.
• Assist with coordinating departmental contracts, processing invoices, and purchase orders; support timekeeping and administrative tasks.
• Provide administrative and technical support on real estate projects, including drafting of real estate documents.

Skills

GIS basics

Customer service

Data management

Written and verbal communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Career Opportunities: Land Rights Technical Support Specialist (840)

Application Deadline: Applications must be received by 11:59pm EDT, November 3, 2026..

FLSA Exemption Status

Non-Exempt

Summary

This is responsible and specialized utility real estate work assisting customers, citizens, developers and contractors with utility permitting, researching and maintaining land rights records and providing general departmental administrative support.

Positions allocated to this classification report to a designated supervisor and work under general supervision. Work in this class is distinguished from higher classes by its lack of managerial responsibility and from lower classes by its emphasis on coordinating utility real estate services and response as needed with the public, outside agencies, and GRU departments.

Examples of Work

Essential Functions:

• Responds to inquiries from the public, outside agencies or GRU departments to provide assistance and information, through researching the utilities land rights records, maps, GIS system, and documents within scope of knowledge and authority and/or refers to appropriate personnel, departments, or agencies.
• Reviews, processes and coordinates utility permitting with county, state and federal regulatory agencies. Reviews and processes development review permits. Maintains and prepares spreadsheets, reports and metrics for all permitting.
• Maintain land rights records, documents, and maps and scans as needed into document management system and database. Performs routine data entry and extraction for reports as needed.
• Assists with coordinating departmental contracts, processing invoices, purchase requisitions, and purchase orders as needed into automated system. May act as timekeeper and process paperwork and reports associated with this function.
• Provides administrative and technical support on real estate projects including the drafting of various real estate documents.
• Orders, coordinates, and reviews title searches, legal descriptions, and survey drawings.
• Handles recording of documents in the public records and office deliveries and errands.
• Attends work on continuous and regular basis.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Required to respond in emergency conditions.
• Assists department staff and other departments in special projects as assigned.
• May perform tasks normally assigned to Staff Assistants as workflow and demands require.

Education

Graduation from high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma

A combination of education and experience may be considered if it meets the needs of the department and the utility.

Experience

Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in public contact in real estate development, utility construction which includes land right and/or acquisition experience and a basic understanding of title searches and legal descriptions.

Adaptability, Flexibility, Fostering Innovation

Contributes to Achieving GRU's Mission

Customer Focus

Accountability & Dependability

Contributes to a Positive Work Environment

Safety

Certifications

Valid Florida Class E Driver's License required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as it is utilized within assigned department.
• Basic knowledge of construction standards and specifications, methods and materials used to construct, maintain and operate electric, gas, water, or wastewater utility systems, storm water systems, and roads and highways.
• Basic knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Basic knowledge of real property, legal descriptions, and right-of-way acquisitions. Sufficient knowledge of property legal descriptions to interpret and utilize information as required.
• Basic knowledge of appropriate and applicable permitting processes as required.
• Ability to perform basic technical engineering computations, analyze basic technical data, and carry out basic technical assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

Physical Requirements

Climbing - Rarely/Never

Driving - Often

Far Vision Acuity - Often

Fine Manipulation - Occasionally

Foot or Leg Controls - Rarely/Never

Gross Manipulation - Occasionally

Hearing - Continually

Keyboarding - Often

Lifting or Carrying>50 lbs. - Occasionally

Near Visual Acuity - Often

Peripheral Vision - Often

Pushing or Pulling > 50 lbs. - Occasionally

Reaching Above Shoulder Level - Occasionally

Reaching Overhead-Occasionally

Speaking - Often

Standing or Walking - Occasionally

Stooping, Kneeling, or Crawling - Rarely/Never

Required to work during emergency conditions.