Context & Environment

Why TotalEnergies Renewables USA?

You'll join a best-in-class renewables platform with global backing and ambitious growth goals. Your work will directly enable the development and financing of clean energy projects nationwide-while giving you visibility across high-value transactions and leadership stakeholders.

At TotalEnergies, real estate expertise isn't just support-it's strategy.

Where Real Estate Expertise Powers the Energy Transition

At TotalEnergies Renewables USA, real estate is foundational to deploying clean energy at scale. We are seeking a seasoned Real Estate Paralegal to support our rapidly growing portfolio of utility-scale solar, wind, energy storage (BESS), digital infrastructure, and hybrid projects across the U.S.

This role sits at the center of complex transactions-from early-stage development and acquisitions through real estate closings at Notice to Proceed (NTP)-and offers meaningful exposure, responsibility, and influence within a high-impact renewable energy organization.

If you thrive in sophisticated transactions, enjoy untangling title and land issues, and want your expertise to directly enable renewable infrastructure, this role is for you.

Activities

What You'll Do
Real Estate & Title Expertise

• Review and analyze ALTA surveys, title commitments, mineral ownership reports, and related due diligence materials.
• Identify and resolve ownership issues, land-use restrictions, legal description discrepancies, and title requirements impacting financing and closings.

✍️ Transactional Drafting & Documentation

• Draft and coordinate real estate documents for legal review, including:
  • Land leases and easements
  • Option and assignment agreements
  • SNDAs, memoranda, estoppels, and closing checklists
• Support complex real estate transactions across development, acquisition, and financing stages.

Portfolio & Data Management

• Organize and maintain real estate records across SharePoint and Salesforce, ensuring accuracy, accessibility, and audit readiness.
• Monitor critical milestones, deadlines, and deliverables tied to land acquisition and financing activities.

? Deal Execution & External Coordination

• Support planning and execution of project acquisitions, sales, and financings.
• Coordinate with outside counsel, surveyors, title companies, and other third-party providers-including scopes of work, bids, and deliverables.
• Oversee compliance tasks including landowner payments, site control documentation, and due-diligence tracking.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with Developers, Project Managers, Construction, and Finance teams.
• Help support and elevate a growing Real Estate team through strong organization, ownership, and process discipline.

Candidate Profile

? What You Bring
✅ Required

• Associate's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Paralegal Certificate strongly preferred.
• 5-7 years of real estate paralegal experience, focused on large-scale land or real estate transactions.
• Significant hands-on experience with title, surveys, undeveloped land, and real estate development projects.
• Strong understanding of transactional real estate, land use, and title insurance processes.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office and comfort using tools such as Google Earth and land management databases.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

• Experience in renewable energy (solar, wind, BESS) or digital infrastructure projects.
• Project finance closing experience.
• Texas Notary Public certification.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams during late-stage development and financing.

Additional Information

TotalEnergies values diversity, promotes individual growth and offers equal opportunity careers.

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Working at TotalEnergies

At TotalEnergies we are committed to balancing flexibility while fostering strong relationships among our team members. Our office-based employees work together from dynamic workspaces 3 days per week to build teamwork through collaboration while also having the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week. TotalEnergies Renewables USA currently has offices in San Francisco, Boston, Austin, Houston, and NYC.

What We Provide

TotalEnergies values the partnership with our external recruitment providers. As a contractor assigned to TotalEnergies you will be eligible for benefits through your agency employer such as PTO, paid holidays, and transportation allowance.

International Consideration

TotalEnergies regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.