Land Technician

Dudley Land Company Katy TX (On-site) Full-time Exempt

If you know your way around a run sheet can spot a title defect before it becomes a problem and take pride in getting the ownership exactly right we want to talk!

Were looking for a Land Specialist to join our Land Department in Katy TX. Youll own the title and ownership records on active projects build the abstracts and run sheets our project teams rely on and work directly with owners and lessors to clear up the defects that hold deals back.

• Build and maintain title and ownership records. Lease checks availability checks ownership status checks and the reports that come out of them.
• Prepare abstracts and run sheets. Compile the images and copies review them and turn out a finished product a Prospect Manager can trust.
• Run down and cure title defects. Communicate directly with lessors landowners and mineral owners to resolve issues and keep your PM and PC in the loop on title and lease status the whole way.
• Manage the data. Data entry evaluating sorts from the database and report prep that supports the broader project team.
• Coordinate with your Prospect Manager(s). Troubleshoot plan track leasing progress and jump on whatever the project needs next.
• Represent Dudley well. With clients landmen and the associations were part of. Quality service and professionalism arent poster words here theyre how we keep clients for decades.

• 35 years as a land technician or analyst in oil & gas
• Bachelors degree preferred; relevant certifications and experience can stand in for it
• CPLTA certification strongly preferred; NALTA membership a plus
• Comfortable with land software Microsoft Office and keeping digital files organized and findable
• Sharp with numerical accuracy and document flow; you double-check because you want to not because someone told you to
• Strong written and verbal communication; you can talk to a mineral owner and a project manager in the same afternoon and both walk away clear
• Able to juggle multiple assignments and hit deadlines without letting accuracy slip

Honestly the person who thrives here is organized self-directed and genuinely likes untangling messy title. If thats you the rest is learnable!

Weve spent 45 years doing land work across every major basin and weve built our reputation on results not on telling everyone how good we are. Youd be joining a team that knows the counties the courthouses and the people who make deals happen and that backs its landmen with integrated services most firms cant match.

This is on-site at our Katy office (817 Avenue A Katy TX 77493) and reports to our Prospect Manager(s).