Project Counsel

Description

The activities of the Counsel are expected to be “outcome oriented” providing high quality, value-added legal services and advice relating to contracts, contract disputes and litigation, and related compliance matters.

• Claims Management: The Counsel will be actively involved in change orders, claims, disputes, arbitration and litigation. The Counsel will be responsible for drafting change orders and claims in collaboration with the project team; ensuring timely notice of changes and claims; ensuring that the Company does not waive any rights; drafting key correspondence to subcontractors and suppliers; and managing claims and disputes.
• Structures, drafts, and negotiates complex construction contracts and subcontracts, procurement and vendor contracts, professional services agreements, memoranda of understanding, and leases, etc.
• Reviews and interprets the requirements of governmental agencies, laws, statutes, rules, regulations, and court decisions.
• Manages contract disputes and related contract issues.
• Coordination with in house counsel, outside counsel and claims consultants, as necessary.
• Drafts project correspondence to be sent to the Owner, subcontractors, vendors, and other third parties.
• Compliance: Working with other members of management and compliance, will be expected to assist in ensuring that LKC meet or exceed all federal, state, and local laws and regulatory requirements. Will assist LKC’s Associate General Counsel in ensuring compliance with Company policies.
• Assists the Associate General Counsel in the administration of the compliance requirements for the project.
• Advises in the identification and preparation of claims in close coordination with project management team and Associate General Counsel.
• Reviews and interprets all contracts related to the project and provides legal advice including administration of commercial and government contracts in accordance with Company policies and legal requirements.
• Contracts: The Counsel will have primary day-to-day responsibility for reviewing, analyzing and executing on commercial commitments from the commencement of the project through completion, providing guidance and support to operations management, defining opportunities for process improvement, and conducting on-going contract training as necessary. The Counsel is expected to gain a deep familiarity with key contract requirements and ensuring compliance, including: (i) notice procedures and deadlines in the agreements; (ii) contractual risk allocation; (iii) invoicing and payment provisions; (iv) contractual remedies and preconditions to obtaining relief; and (v) dispute escalation and resolution sequences and procedures.

Requirements

• Strong planning, organizational and management skills, and the ability to meet deadlines
• A minimum of two years of legal practice with knowledge of the construction industry and extensive experience in construction law, gained either in an in-house position with a contracting business and/or in a law firm practicing construction law
• Strong decision-making skills with the ability to successfully carry out decisions
• Current knowledge of federal, provincial, and local laws, legal codes, executive orders, and government regulations that pertain to the Company’s areas of business
• Expertise in drafting a broad spectrum of complex contracts and agreements
• Team player with strong communication skills, reporting skills, analytical skills, negotiating skills and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to perform with a high level of discretion, professionalism, and integrity Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to make practical evaluations of risk
• Frequently speaks, reads, writes, and uses a computer keyboard
• May require occasional standing, walking, lifting, stooping, or bending
• Strong negotiating and litigation and ADR skills
• Bachelor's Degree and Juris Doctor from an accredited law school
• Excellent client relations, written and verbal communication, and presentation skills
• Admission to the New York Bar as an attorney qualified to practice law

Benefits

$165,000 - $200,000 / per year

RailWorks is committed to helping our employees live better lives. We offer comprehensive benefits packages to eligible employees, including competitive pay, medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) with company match, and additional performance incentives.

Training + Development

Interview process

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