Company Overview

Jupiter Power is a leading independent developer, owner and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across the United States. Founded in 2017, the company's projects store electricity and deliver it back to the grid when it is needed most, helping support a more reliable and resilient power system. Jupiter Power has 19,700 MWh of projects operating, in construction or committed, and another 110,000 MWh in development across the country. The company has corporate offices in Austin and Houston, Texas and Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.jupiterpower.io.

This role will be based out of our Austin, TX or Houston, TX office and is subject to our Company’s return-to-office policy which currently requires a minimum of three days a week in the office.

We are seeking a Real Estate Paralegal to join our Legal team. In this role, you will be responsible for the following:

Key Responsibilities

• Review and redline various legal documents (with primary focus on real estate agreements) to assist with project development, financing, and operations as needed. 

• Review title commitments and exception documents; coordinate with the title company, surveyor, project team, and outside counsel;

• Review ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys for compliance with applicable requirements and compare surveys against title commitments, legal descriptions, recorded instruments, and site plans; identify and track title and survey issues; prepare or support Counsel on drafting title curative documents;

• Manage and archive title commitments, surveys, final title policies, endorsements, and related due-diligence materials.

• Assist Counsel in researching specific real estate issues, and occasional research related to general project development. 

• Assist with and facilitate recording memoranda in public records. 

• Draft real estate assignments, amendments, terminations, extensions, exercise options, letters, and memoranda.

• Notarization duties – should be a registered notary that can assist with in-person notarization by officers and other personnel as needed. 

• Support the Legal department in strategic initiatives and various other work as may be assigned. 

Requirements

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• At least 2 years of experience supporting attorneys or legal professionals, preferably in real estate law.

• Current notary commission in Texas, or ability to obtain one promptly, with availability to perform in-person notarizations as needed.

• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, written and verbal communication skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and document-management platforms.

• Ability to comply with applicable confidentiality, data-security, records-management, and conflicts-of-interest.

• Authorization to provide services in the United States for the duration of the engagement.

This is an independent contractor position and not an employee position. The contractor will provide services under a written independent-contractor agreement, will not be eligible for Company employee benefits, and will be responsible for applicable taxes, insurance, licenses, registrations, and business expenses except as otherwise expressly stated in that agreement. The contractor is expected to control the manner and means of performing the services, subject to agreed deliverables, deadlines, legal and professional requirements, and Company policies applicable to contractors, including confidentiality, information security, records management, conflicts of interest, safety, and workplace access.

Jupiter Power does not discriminate based on a candidate's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, disability, or any other protected class.