Route Acquisition Intern

TDS provides broadband services to consumer and business customers in twenty-eight states. Fundamental to its service offerings are the networks that TDS owns and operates which TDS continuously evolves to meet customer needs. The TDS Network Services Route Acquisition team is charged with: obtaining, researching, mapping, managing easements, permits, leases for the entire organization. The team is integral to insuring we have the necessary rights to build our network while keeping historical data.

In this role students will:

• Learn about the acquisition of legal rights to place and use telecom facilities on private property through easements and on public property through permits.
• Learn about preparing legal agreements and related documents.
• Learn about managing documents in records databases.
• Learn about mapping documents in GIS.
• Learn principals related to law, real estate, engineering and surveying such as describing land through legal descriptions.

This position will require a significant amount of daily data entry work related to legal records. A successful candidate will possess attention to detail, will have a strong technical aptitude, will have the ability to quickly and efficiently learn applications, systems, policies and procedures, and demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, including strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work both independently and on team assignments.

Responsibilities:

• Link attachments to records and create new records from easements (future possibility of Deeds, Permits, Lease, etc.)
• scanning the documents for upload/link to the new record.
• Ensure standards are met and maintained on the documents and correct errors on existing uploads
• Qualifications:
• Required Qualifications
• 1+ year(s) of data entry experience or 1 + year(s) using MS Excel
• 1 + semester in the study of Surveying, GIS, Construction, Engineering, Law, Real Estate or relatable field.

Other Qualifications

• 2+ years experience providing administrative office support.
• MS Office
• Experience using multi-functional printer/copier/scanner
• Sharepoint knowledge preferred
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently