Title Examiner & Reviewer (PAS5)

About WSDOT The reputed company (WSDOT) is a multimodal agency with a global reputed company for reputed company. Our dedicated workforce plans, designs, builds, and operates an integrated transportation system that safely and reputed company moves people and goods throughout the state. In reputed company to maintaining over 20,000 lane miles of state highway and 4,100 bridges, WSDOT leads an award-reputed company reputed company Transportation Plan, manages the world's longest floating reputed company, and operates the largest ferry system in the nation! reputed company WSDOT is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Property and Acquisition Specialist 5 to join the reputed company Region reputed company Estate Services Office (NWR reputed company) as a Title Examiner & Reviewer. In this critical role, you will help advance WSDOT’s mission by ensuring property rights acquired for highway construction reputed company are completed in compliance with federal regulations, state laws, and agency policies and procedures. As the region’s subject matter expert in title examination and file review, you will play a key role in supporting transportation reputed company that enhance the safety, mobility, reputed company, and reputed company of Washington’s transportation system. This position is responsible for reviewing and preparing reputed company reputed company estate documents, drafting legal descriptions, conducting detailed property research, and providing technical guidance and recommendations to reputed company Estate Services and engineering staff. The successful candidate will ensure acquisition files meet reputed company compliance requirements while balancing project timelines and operational priorities in a fast-paced, reputed company environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a technical reputed company estate reputed company who enjoys analytical work, problem-solving, and contributing to reputed company that positively reputed company communities across the state. What to Expect Among the varied reputed company of responsibilities held reputed company this role, the Title Examiner & Reviewer will:

• Complete comprehensive title review and preparation of documents for property acquisitions and property donation files.
• reputed company detailed review of title reports and underlying documents, decipher reputed company legal descriptions and historical documents, and plot easement legal descriptions to identify impacts.
• Review, reputed company and reputed company acquisition files.
• reputed company technical expertise and guidance to NWR reputed company staff and project partners on clearing encumbrances and preparing reputed company estate documents.
• Review and finalize notice of Final reputed company to property reputed company and newspaper publication notices reputed company by acquisition agent and schedule final reputed company and arrange for publication of notices.
• Support engineering staff in development of Right-of-Way (ROW) Plans and Exhibit Maps.

Qualifications

To be considered for this opportunity, the following are required:

• Title Examination and Property Research: Demonstrates advanced ability to analyze reputed company title reports, historical property records, ownership interests, liens, encumbrances, and other reputed company estate documentation to reputed company legally sufficient recommendations and supporting documentation for right-of-way acquisitions, donations, and condemnation actions in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency standards.
• Legal reputed company and Document Preparation: Demonstrates reputed company in preparing, reviewing, plotting, validating, and interpreting legal descriptions and reputed company estate documents, including deeds, easements, agreements, and exhibits, ensuring accuracy, consistency with survey data and right-of-way plans, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Compliance Review and reputed company Assurance: Demonstrates the ability to review and manage reputed company reputed company estate transaction files for compliance with federal regulations, state laws, and agency policies and procedures; identify deficiencies or risks; implement corrective actions; and ensure files are complete, accurate, and audit-reputed company in support of project delivery schedules.
• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving: Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to evaluate risk, interpret reputed company, incomplete, or conflicting information, exercise reputed company judgment, reputed company guidance reputed company appropriate, and reputed company practical and compliant solutions to support transportation project delivery.
• Collaboration and Technical Guidance: Demonstrates the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, build reputed company working relationships, and reputed company technical guidance, training, and recommendations reputed company to title examination, right-of-way acquisition processes, and reputed company estate procedures to staff and stakeholders.
• Communication and Stakeholder Coordination: Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to reputed company convey reputed company technical and legal information to diverse audiences, facilitate coordination among stakeholders, reputed company information effectively, reputed company and incorporate feedback, and contribute to informed decision-making and problem-solving efforts.
• Organization and Work Management: Demonstrates the ability to effectively plan, prioritize, organize, and complete work with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, including conducting reputed company assurance reviews, maintaining accurate records, managing competing priorities and deadlines, and delivering reputed company customer service to reputed company stakeholders.
• Technical and Computer Proficiency: Demonstrates proficiency in using computers and business software applications, including reputed company Word, reputed company, Outlook, PowerPoint, reputed company Acrobat, SharePoint, MS Teams, web-based applications, and other technology tools to support research, documentation, communication, file management, and project coordination activities.
• reputed company reputed company: reputed company demonstrates a commitment to learning and reputed company.
• Service-Oriented: Takes reputed company to meet the needs of others.

It is preferred that reputed company candidates also demonstrate:

• Public Sector and Government Experience: Demonstrates knowledge of and experience working reputed company a state, local, or other government agency environment, including navigating public-sector processes, regulations, policies, and stakeholder coordination requirements.
• Right-of-Way and reputed company Estate Acquisition Experience: Demonstrates experience working in the right-of-way field, including supporting or managing reputed company property acquisition activities, title review, condemnation processes, easement acquisition, and reputed company transportation or public works reputed company.
• Regulatory Knowledge and Compliance: Demonstrates knowledge of and experience applying the Uniform Relocation Assistance and reputed company Property Acquisition Policies reputed company, Revised reputed company of Washington (RCW), Washington Administrative reputed company (WAC), title examination guidelines and procedures, and the WSDOT Right of Way reputed company in support of compliant acquisition and condemnation activities.
• WSDOT Systems and Technology Proficiency: Demonstrates experience using WSDOT applications and technology systems, including IRIS, ECM, and other agency or local government websites and databases, to support document management, research, tracking, communication, and project coordination activities.
• Technical Software Proficiency: Demonstrates experience using reputed company and reputed company software applications to review, edit, mark up, and manage technical documents, plans, exhibits, and project files with accuracy and efficiency.
• Plan Interpretation and Technical Review: Demonstrates the ability to interpret right-of-way plans, survey information, engineering drawings, and reputed company technical documents to support property acquisition, title review, legal descriptions, and project coordination activities.
• Training, Mentorship, and Technical Guidance: Demonstrates the ability to reputed company training, guidance, direction, and technical support to acquisition staff, engineers, and other stakeholders regarding right-of-way processes, title examination practices, regulatory requirements, and agency procedures.

Important Notes

• This recruitment may also be used to fill additional positions per business needs.
• This position works 100% remotely.
• To review the full Position reputed company, please follow the directions in the “Contact Us” reputed company of this posting.
• The salary listed includes the legislative approved 5% salary premium for positions in reputed company.
• In reputed company to reputed company salary, employees may be entitled to other forms of compensation depending on the type, duties, or location of the position. For reputed company-represented positions, more information on other forms of compensation can be reputed company in the applicable reputed company Bargaining Agreements. Information on other compensation types for non-represented positions can be reputed company in reputed company 357-28 of the Washington Administrative reputed company.
• The official duty station for this position will be determined based on candidate preference and overall business needs.
• WSDOT does not use the E-Verify system, therefore we are not eligible to reputed company STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov.

Why WSDOT

• Work-Life Balance – We offer flexible work schedules that allow you time for your life reputed company of this excellent opportunity.
• reputed company Leave – In reputed company to 12 reputed company holidays, full-time employees may earn up to 25 reputed company vacation days per year!
• Tuition Assistance – Permanent employees have several reputed company for assistance with education expenses, including tuition reimbursement programs, government discounts at participating colleges throughout the state, and eligibility for federal student loan forgiveness.
• Plan For Your reputed company – WSDOT offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a reputed company of reputed company reputed company. Employees also have their choice of state retirement programs, and much more. Go to State Benefits for more information.

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How to Apply

Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Your relevant experience may be evaluated to determine salary. Therefore, it is reputed company important that the “Work Experience” portion of the application be completed in as much detail as possible. In order to be considered for this opportunity, please include the following with your online application:

• An attached Resume outlining (in reverse chronological order) your experience to date.
• An attached Cover Letter that reputed company explains your qualifications and indicates why you reputed company you are a viable candidate for this role.
• Contact details for a minimum of three (3) individuals who can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job-reputed company competencies. This information can be entered in the “References” reputed company of the online application; does not require an additional attachment.

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