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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Public Involvement & Real Estate Agent
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 17439 Salary Grade: ZK3
Approved: December 01, 2000 Last Revised: September 11, 2017

Purpose:
  Responsible for meeting with customers and distribution designers on first contact field calls to negotiate the location of service and easements necessary for service connections or facility negotiation.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Contacts customer and negotiate for easement or property acquisition.
  2. Secures required easements and permits with cooperation of the customer. 
  3. Drafts easement language, sketch attachments.
  4. Coordinates survey information, real property document research and permit research. Records documents at county courthouses. Buys and sells property.
  5. Secures all necessary development permits required for completion of project from city, county and state governments.
  6. Works with distribution design team daily to produce cost effective design with minimal easement acquisition costs.
  7. Arranges and conducts team meetings, neighborhood meetings, staff presentations, and notification and follow up for major Distribution projects.
  8. Prepares monthly performance reports. Maintains data base of acquisitions, releases and sales
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
  None.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of easements, land development principles, contracts, right of way issues.
  • Knowledge of concepts of distribution design and facility placement.
  • Knowledge of city, county and state permit processes.
  • Knowledge of city and county records research.
  • Knowledge of City of Austin subdivision codes and statutes.
  • Ability to read plans, field notes and topographic maps.
  • Skills in negotiating and conflict management.
  • Skills in operation of personal computer: spreadsheet, data base, presentation and word processing software.
  • Speaking, writing and listening skills.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Business, Geography, Planning, Real Estate, or in a field related to the job, plus four (4) years related experience.
  • Experience may substitute for education up to four (4) years
Licenses and Certifications Required:
  None.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.