Public Lands Analyst: Permits & Leases for Energy Projects

State of Louisiana; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of State Resources in Baton Rouge, LA is seeking a Public Lands Analyst to manage land rights, permits, and contracts for energy-related projects on state-owned lands and water bottoms.

The role requires evaluating land rights needs, negotiating and preparing complex contracts, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating with landowners, title attorneys, landmen, and regulatory agencies.

Appointment type is Probational with flexible work hours and compensation based on qualifications.

Qualifications

• Three years of lands administration experience.
• OR six years of full-time work experience in any field.
• A bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Performs the permitting and leasing of commercial structures on State-owned land and water bottoms, the issuance of rights of way across State-owned land and water bottoms, the management and tracking of assignments and leases and rights of way and renewals of these agreements pursuant to their terms, the permitting of reclamations from and fill of state-owned water bottoms, and the preparation for execution as grantor of construction permits for rights of way, surface and subsurface leases, boundary agreements, land sales, and other land rights contracts.
• Composes monthly letters along with document scanning for purposes of orderly file integrity.
• Analyzes proposed or previously constructed projects or encroachments on State-owned lands and water bottoms to identify land rights and regulatory permits required. Negotiates, develops, and prepares complex land rights and contracts and ensures correctness of form of documents, correctness of property descriptions, and completeness of application requirements as required by law and policy.
• Determines whether or not a lease or right of way is required for the construction activities, and if required, determines the proper type of land rights contract and/or construction permit required. Assists the applicant with the preparation, execution, and submission of the same.
• Maintains recordkeeping of land rights information to log newly issued permits, rights of way, leases, land sales, and other agreements.
• Gathers information on State-owned land and water bottom encroachments, including information extracted from abstracts of title and limited title chains, adjacent property ownership information, property descriptions, average leased, etc.

Skills

Accepting Direction

Building and Supporting Teams

Demonstrating Accountability

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Office of State Resources in Baton Rouge, LA is seeking a Public Lands Analyst to manage land rights, permits, and contracts for energy-related projects on state-owned lands and water bottoms.

The role requires evaluating land rights needs, negotiating and preparing complex contracts, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating with landowners, title attorneys, landmen, and regulatory agencies.

Appointment type is Probational with flexible work hours and compensation based on qualifications.