Paralegal – Real Estate & Project Finance
Job Location:
Jersey, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
27 October 2026 (10 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
24 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Paralegal Real Estate & Project Finance
Company Overview:
Soltage is a leading independent power producer that develops owns and operates distributed solar and energy storage assets across the United States. With a track record spanning more than 20 years Soltage has developed more than 130 projects representing over 600 MW and has a national development pipeline of more than 2 GW. Soltage is owned by Igneo Infrastructure Partners which manages more than US $24.5 billion in direct infrastructure assets.
Position Description:
Soltage is hiring a Paralegal to join our Legal Department in Jersey City NJ. The Paralegal will keep legal workstreams on track by maintaining trackers and checklists coordinating documents signatures and deliverables with internal teams and outside parties supporting real estate title and financing transactions for our solar and battery energy storage projects and handling day-to-day legal administration including corporate records document shipments and invoice processing. The ideal candidate is a highly organized proactive paralegal or legal assistant who thrives in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment has exceptional project-management and follow-through skills takes ownership of assignments independently drives outstanding items to completion and anticipates and addresses potential delays. Real estate title or financing experience is a plus but not required.
Job Responsibilities:
Tracking Coordination & Follow-Through:
- Maintain up-to-date trackers of open items responsible parties deadlines follow-up dates and next steps across Legal Department workstreams.
- Proactively follow up with internal teams and external parties for documents approvals signatures and payments taking ownership of each request through completion.
- Provide concise status updates and escalate bottlenecks promptly to keep multiple priorities moving forward.
Real Estate Title & Survey:
- Order and track title commitments exception documents updated searches ALTA/NSPS surveys and title insurance policies and endorsements for project development land acquisitions and financings.
- Coordinate with title companies surveyors landowners project teams and outside counsel to obtain revisions outstanding deliverables and final signoffs by transaction deadlines.
Project Finance & Transaction Closings:
- Manage financing and closing checklists including lender and outside counsel requests conditions precedent third-party reports and real estate closing requirements.
- Coordinate due diligence materials and virtual data rooms; compile entity and authority documents certificates execution packages signature pages and closing binders.
- Track execution notarization delivery and recording of documents along with post-closing obligations and outstanding items.
- Support recurring construction financing deliverables including title updates lien searches date-down endorsements and draw or funding requirements.
Corporate & Entity Support:
- Maintain project-entity records organizational charts good-standing certificates written consents resolutions and related corporate documentation.
- Keep legal document repositories closing records templates and executed copies organized and version-controlled; help refine checklists and workflows.
Legal Administration & Invoice Processing:
- Handle FedEx and other overnight shipments couriers mailing and receiving and tracking of original signed documents.
- Prepare proofread format and circulate letters notices correspondence and document packages; scan file and retrieve records.
- Enter legal and transaction invoices in the Companys payment system route them for approval and follow up with Accounting Finance project teams and vendors until paid.
- Maintain invoice and payment status records and resolve missing information approvals or processing delays.
Experience and Education Requirements:
- Bachelors degree required; paralegal certificate preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a paralegal legal assistant closing coordinator title or transaction coordinator or in a similarly detail-intensive legal real estate or financing environment.
- Exceptional organizational and project-management skills including the ability to prioritize competing requests maintain accurate records and drive many details through completion.
- Demonstrated initiative and persistence in professionally pursuing overdue responses approvals and deliverables across internal and external teams.
- Strong attention to detail and willingness to manage frequent administrative and invoice-processing tasks alongside transactional work.
- Clear professional written and verbal communication skills sound judgment and the ability to escalate issues requiring attorney input.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and SharePoint; experience with transaction trackers project-management tools payment-processing systems and virtual data rooms preferred.
- Familiarity with title commitments title insurance ALTA/NSPS surveys real estate instruments or financing closings is a plus but not required.
- Ability to handle confidential and privileged information with discretion; notary public commission or willingness to obtain one is a plus.
- Interest in renewable energy solar or energy storage is a plus.
Location:
This is a full-time hybrid position based out of Soltages headquarters in Jersey City New Jersey with three days per week in the office.
Application Instructions:
To apply for this position resumes may be sent directly to with Paralegal as the subject line.
Soltage is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a work environment that is free from all forms of discrimination.
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