Real Estate Contract Analyst

ONEOK, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

ONEOK, Inc. is seeking a Real Estate Services Contract Analyst to manage and analyze leases, easements, rights-of-way, permits, licenses, and related land agreements.

You will maintain data in land management systems and ensure timely payments to landowners and other holders, while supporting regulatory compliance. You will collaborate with landowners, field agents, attorneys, and internal teams to resolve issues, provide guidance, and continuously improve processes through reporting and

Qualifications

• Experience with leases, licenses, and property rights.
• Ability to interpret and abstract contractual provisions.
• Experience coordinating with internal/external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and process complex lease and license agreements and related legal documents.
• Research and interpret documents to ensure regulatory compliance and timely payments.
• Review and pay monthly obligations for leases and storage agreements.
• Negotiate contract terms as required.
• Maintain land records, imaging systems, and related data.
• Provide guidance to landowners, agents, attorneys, and internal teams.

Skills

Contract management

Lease records

Real estate law

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Real estate principles

Tools

Land records database

Imaging systems

Excel

Word processing

Job description

#WeAreONEOK - Fortune 500 company. 100+ years in business. Leading midstream service provider. Safety first. Sustainable operations. Environmentally responsible. Employee focused.

JOB SUMMARY

Job Profile Summary

The Real Estate Services (RES) Contract Analyst is responsible for the administration, analysis, interpretation, and communication of information contained within complex legal documents, including leases, easements, rights-of-way, permits, licenses, fee-owned properties, and other land-related agreements. This role reviews and abstracts key contractual provisions; maintains accurate agreement, ownership, property, and payment data within company land management and imaging systems; and ensures contractual obligations and payment requirements are properly recorded to support regulatory compliance and the timely, accurate payment of landowners and other interest holders. The Analyst serves as a subject matter resource to landowners, field agents, contractors, Operations, Accounting, Legal, and other internal and external stakeholders by providing research, guidance, problem resolution, and administrative support related to property interests, ownership records, land rights, and agreement administration. Working in a highly collaborative team environment, the Analyst supports business objectives through accurate record management, effective stakeholder communication, continuous process improvement, and training and support for users of company land systems and records management tools.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Analyze, prepare, review, maintain, and/or process complex lease and license agreements, contracts, records, underground gas storage agreements, transportation service agreements including capacity release agreements, rights-of-way and easements, fee properties, and related legal documents as applicable to the position
• Utilizing discretion and judgment research and interpret legal documents to ensure compliance with contract terms and state and federal regulations. Ensure compliance with all applicable regulations, company standards, tariffs, policies, and procedures including meeting insurance requirements to satisfy company risk management matrix
• Review, process, and pay monthly obligations for industrial leases and underground gas storage agreements as applicable to the position
• Negotiate contract terms and provisions as required
• Maintain computer database and imaging systems, as well as, hard files for right-of-way agreements, easements, fee properties, industrial leases, service agreements, and gas storage lease agreements. Utilizing independent decision making to recommend and approve system improvements as needed
• Provide information, guidance, and assistance to landowners, producers, customers, attorneys, governmental; agencies, title and abstract companies, vice presidents, surveyors, drafters, and field and operations personnel, company and contract personnel relative to rights, ownerships, and lease payments
• Compile and analyze ad hoc reports to management, attorneys, and other company personnel
• Prepare and maintain all approvals, waivers, contractor information including certificates of insurance and pre-qualification documents, easements, leases, permits, right-of-way agreements, and other legal documents
• Provide daily leadership to Contract Administrators in work group including work assignments and review of work output
• Provide training and guidance to employees on database and imaging systems

Education

• Formal education to include a combination of courses such as math, accounting, lease records, real estate principles and practices, division orders, or right-of-way

Work Experience

• Experience and thorough knowledge of working with contracts and lease agreements, property/land records, legal descriptions, real estate definitions, industry and governmental regulations, and plats
• Experience in use and function of tools and equipment applicable to position including computers, land records database and imaging systems, and spreadsheet and word processing software
• Experience reading and interpreting legal descriptions and documents, contracts, leases, division orders, industry and governmental regulations, forms, manuals, publications, and correspondence
• Experience conducting internal and/or external research and preparing contracts, releases, records, payments, legal descriptions, land/property records, reports, and correspondence
• Experience conducting internal and/or external research and preparing contracts, releases, records, payments, legal descriptions, land/property records, reports, and correspondence
• Experience interacting, negotiating, and communicating effectively
• Knowledge and experience of recording requirements of legal documents

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of: assigned assets, leases, underground gas storage lease agreements, right-of-way agreements, contracts, and fee properties
• Knowledge of: real estate law
• Knowledge of: business commu