Role Description

Engineering > Petroleum Landman

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84290.0000 96970.0000 108930.0000

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Short Description:

Plan, direct, negotiate, or coordinate the selling, buying, leasing of land or mineral rights. 

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Identify property owners.
  • Negotiate purchase or lease of property and mineral rights.
  • Prepare documents such as leases and purchase agreements.
  • Confirm title record accuracy.

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Famialiarty with finding county records, property owners and titles 
  • Ability to read and understand maps with an excellent sense of geography
  • Ability to read and understand legal documents such as leases and purchase agreements
  • Excellent negotiating skills
  • Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Job Zones

  • Title: Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
  • Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
  • Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
  • SVP Range: (7.0 to < 8.0)

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