Landman

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Landman is responsible for all assigned onshore and offshore land and commercial activities within the framework of Talos Energy’s policies and procedures and in compliance with applicable regulations.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

The Landman duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Administer contracts and leases to ensure timely compliance with all rights and obligations
• Fast and accurate research on specific questions for a wide range of oil and gas agreements, including leases, surface use agreements, participation agreements, farmouts/farmins, operating agreements, production handling agreements, and confidentiality agreements
• Collaborate with Exploration, Development, and Operations stakeholders to optimize development and asset retirement obligations of existing assets
• Participate actively on asset teams to support opportunity identification and execution within assigned geographic regions
• Build and maintain strong external relationships to gather market intelligence and generate new opportunities

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• 1-3 years of oil and gas land and commercial experience (internships included). Offshore a plus. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Petroleum Land Management, Energy Commerce, or a closely related field required.
• Demonstrated aptitude to apply a set of rules to a fact set (such as lease obligations or regulations and field rules to an oil and gas property).
• Experience administering oil and gas leases, including lessor royalties and rentals, AFEs, surface use agreements, and other contracts. Experience acquiring leases a plus.
• Mineral and surface owner relationship management, including administering surface use agreements and interfacing with division order analysts and accounting internally
• Familiarity with site clearance, abandonment, restoration, and associated financial assurance

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:

• Aptitude to learn, accept coaching, and expand responsibilities beyond a comfort zone.
• Skilled and determined researcher. Detail oriented, keeping an actionable outcome in mind.
• Conversant in the concepts and terminology across the oil and gas asset lifecycle
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills as the job requires that he/she integrate with a high performing team of geoscientists, engineers, attorneys, finance/accounting/tax/treasury/risk, regulatory and government affairs specialists
• Familiarity with and ability to utilize land management software, Sonris, or BLM/MMA databases a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, Teams, SharePoint and data manipulation

• Able to organize and prioritize a diverse and heavy workload
• Creates strong work relationships with internal staff
• Demonstrates ability to self-start and balance multiple competing projects simultaneously and reach closure within the established time frame
• Strong interpersonal, communication and technical skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team-based environment
• Recognizes personal strengths and weaknesses and is proactive in self-development
• Has a strong sense of integrity and the ability to deal effectively with ethical situations
• Willing to work a demanding and flexible schedule

CERTIFICATES & LICENSES:

• There are no certificates, licenses or registrations required for this position.
• Registered Landman and other affiliations with AAPL a plus.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Employee must be able to sit for extended periods of time and have use of arms and hands in repetitive motion.  A fair amount of standing and walking is also required for the position.