Realty Technician 2

Job Title: Realty Technician 2
Job Number: 11949
Location: Kalispell, MT - onsite
Travel: Up to 50% to field locations for meetings and training
OT: 10% anticipated
Length: 1+ yrs, up to 5 years

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
Real ID or Passport REQUIRED for in-person interviews and onboarding

OVERVIEW
This contract assignment serves as a Realty Technician 2, providing support to the Project Technical Support Supervisor within the Real Property Field Services organization. This assignment involves office work (50%) and field work (50%) to support Realty Specialists within their respective regional offices, involving overnight travel, throughout the corporate service area of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Western Montana, Northern Nevada, Northern California, and Western Wyoming.


RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide Land Use Applications, Stay Alive videos and miscellaneous corporate literature to the general public, other governmental agencies and private industry.
• Open and prepare case files for closing transmittal after Realty Specialist has purged the file when case is complete. Verify and enter necessary data into LIS (Land Information System). (All case files are reviewed by Realty Tech IVs before auditing for accuracy/correction and have a final review by level III or IV for complex cases before auditing.)
• Track and maintain case log of landowner requests for permit applications, encroachments and case status and update Land Information System (LIS).
• Answer real estate questions from the public including landowners, developers, public agencies, and utility companies regarding documented policy of proposed uses of corporate rights-of-way. Answer questions from the public that are general in nature or refer calls more complex in nature to another more experienced Realty Technician or a corporate Realty Specialist.
• Receive application fees and process as appropriate.
• Property Research - review acquisition and property management documents to determine the corporation's rights. Work includes pulling documents from the corporate Real Property Records System (currently Application Extender) and documenting detailed report of findings.
• Draft and prepare basic corporate Preliminary Title Review and Approval to Pay (945) form(s) for Realty Specialist to finalize.
• Travel to properties to take measurements and/or photos for documenting property management issues or damages.
• Provide acquisition support including research, reviewing documents, and correcting templates as necessary.
• Perform data entry on LIS as requested by Realty Specialist.
• Provide administrative support such as:
  • Copying, mail delivery, faxing, report collations, and document assembly.
  • Providing back-up support to clerical staff including phone, correspondence, travel, time, and calendars/meetings.
  • Creating, typing, editing, and finalizing a variety of related materials, including documents, letters, and memorandum, using Word and other Microsoft products.
  • Maintaining and managing multiple calendars which include setting up meetings and taking notes, sending out notices and any other arrangements that need to be addressed.

REQUIREMENTS
Education & Corresponding Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent is required.
• Associate's degree is preferred.
• 3 years of property management, real estate, title review or related work experience is required.
• Course work or experience related to Real Estate principles, practices, precedent cases, and comprehension of the technicalities of government real property procedures, rules and regulations is required.

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• Professional knowledge of the principles, practices, techniques, and underlying concepts of Real Property Services, which may include Geospatial Services, Survey and Mapping, Real Property Field Services, Realty Support Services, or experience coordinating projects that include these support services.
• Knowledge of real estate documents including but not limited to: Warranty Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Mortgages, Quit Claim Deeds, Liens, property title reports, and assessor/treasurer property information reports.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Excellent verbal and written communications, including grammar, tense, voice, etc.

Additional Requirements

• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.
• Notary License/Commission/Appointment for the state of OR or WA is required within 60 days of assignment start. Worker/Employer is responsible for maintaining current license.

Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.


APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.


Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.