Job Description
The company is seeking an Acquisition Landman to report to, and work directly with, the project management team in Texas. The individual will be responsible for conducting lease negotiations with landowners in order to acquire leases and prepare for possible oil and natural gas production in the area where the property is located.
Responsibilities
- Research county records to determine surface and mineral ownership by utilizing online databases or travel to the local county courthouse to review county records
- Analyze and document research results to select the relevant information to input into reports for submission to the client
- Meet deadlines and balance multiple priorities in an environment with shifting timeframes
- Contribute to other duties assigned by management and determined by business needs
Mandatory Requirements
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in acquisitions and negotiations
- Juris Doctorate or a degree in Energy Management may be substituted, but must accompanied with sufficient job-related experience
- Ability to meet specific deadlines, daily and weekly, based on current internal and client needs
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Ability to communicate professionally with all levels of management and clients (in writing and verbally)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; specifically, Excel and Word
- Experience with Adobe Acrobat
Preferred Qualifications (Not Required)
- AAPL membership
- Bachelor’s degree
- Juris Doctorate
- Degree in Energy Management/Commerce
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Career Path: Opportunity for promotion based on performance and the team’s needs
Work Authorization: Candidates must already be authorized to work in the United States.
Purple Land Management, LLC (“Purple”) is one of the nation’s largest tech-enabled provider of land services that negotiate the buying, selling, and leasing of mineral rights, determines and cures title, prepares mineral ownership reports, and performs other related services required for oil and gas operators to drill and produce wells. Overdrive, Purple’s proprietary software-as-a-service (“SaaS”), allows customers to track lease, well, and contract data in a web-based geographic information system (“GIS”) mapping platform powered by ESRI, a leader in GIS mapping software. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, and founded in 2010, Purple has the financial support of Satori Capital, a Texas-based multi-strategy investment firm founded upon the principles of conscious capitalism. Satori’s private equity business partners with leadership teams of companies that operate with a long-term perspective, commit to their mission or purpose and create value for all stakeholders.
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What We Do
Purple Land Management, Overdrive Powered by ESRI®, is a full-service land management firm skilled at handling everything from title and leasing, due diligence and opinion certification to right-of-way acquisition, surveying and surface operations.
We believe that standards can always be raised. That’s why we work so hard to give our clients – energy producers, mid-stream operators, mobile service providers, engineering firms and municipal and state agencies – more than they expect. That means we demand a lot from ourselves. It means we are always looking for new approaches, new perspectives, and new ideas to help us be better at what we do. And it means that every day, for every project, we push ourselves to exceed goals, elevate service and deliver results – not just for our clients, but also for our communities and our country.
The Purple Way is about going above and beyond. Pushing the limits of what’s possible. Give more than you take. For our clients, it means we’re committed to being incredibly accurate, extremely efficient and doggedly results-oriented. For our communities, it means helping create jobs and stimulate the economy. For our country, it means being passionate about the domestic energy cause and working tirelessly to help reduce our dependence on foreign energy resources.
Our Mission:
Purple Land Management's mission is threefold: to hire the naturally ambitious and provide ongoing education outreach, to execute projects with the highest quality of excellence and detail, and to establish working relationships that give more than they take.
