What are the responsibilities and job description for the Title Examiner position at Surety Family of Companies?
Job Title: Title Examiner
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Workweek: Monday through Friday 35 Hours
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential duties and responsibilities of the Title Examiner may include but are not limited to the following:
- Reviews county searches; reviews upper court judgement searches; prepares examination write-up sheet for use in preparing the Title Insurance Commitment.
- Reviews property surveys; revises legal descriptions when necessary and prepares survey endorsements
- Reviews documents to remove exceptions to title
- Answers questions related to title insurance
- Assists with post-closing questions or issues
- Authorizes the release of escrows after the review of title documents
- Interfaces with county searchers as needed, to ensure that the correct search work was performed and proper searching procedures are being followed
- Manages calls and emails from internal and external customers as appropriate
- Provides training to new employees
- Properly documents applicable notes to file
- Properly scans all documents to file
- Performs any other duties as requested
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
- High School Diploma/GED required
- Both NJ and PA State issued Title Insurance Producers License required
- Two plus years in Title Insurance/Settlement industry working directly with title examiners and court house searchers and abstractors.
- Experience in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Commercial Title industry preferred
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business documents. Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Computer Skills
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office; a fax machine; a copier/scanning machine; and a multi-line telephone.
Other Skills and Abilities
- Adaptable: adapts to new, different, or changing requirements
- Attentive to details
- Critical thinking: uses logical thought processes to analyze and draw conclusions
- Communication: maintains open lines of communication with others
- Customer focused: is pleasant, courteous, and professional when dealing with internal and external customers or clients
- Dependable and reliable: displays responsible behaviors at work
- Initiative: demonstrates a willingness to work and seeks out new work challenges
- Planning and organizing: plans and prioritizes work to manage time effectively and accomplish assigned tasks
- Professional: maintains a professional demeanor at work
- Respectful: works effectively with those who have diverse backgrounds
- Team player: works effectively with others
- Technology: uses information technology and related applications to convey and retrieve information; demonstrates strong computer/typing skills in Microsoft Office, email programs, accounting software, and internet browsers
- Telephone skills, including a pleasant phone voice and etiquette
- Writing: uses standard English to clearly communicate thoughts, ideas, and information in written form
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands; reach with hands and arms and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.