Staff Attorney

Overview

Legal support for contracts and risk management at Hoffman Construction

Key Responsibilities

• contract administration
• data analysis
• e-discovery
• standards codification
• contract review
• claims management

Tasks

-Identify relevant industry regulations, precedents, and best practices as they pertain to company legal documents, contracts, and agreements. -Assist with training, especially with respect to subcontracting. -Collaborate with construction project teams in contract and subcontract administration. -Track and update client contracts to support project management contract administration. -Ensure documents, contracts, and agreements are accurate, enforceable, and protect the company’s interests. -Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, monitor contract performance, and assist with the management of any contract disputes. -Prepare detailed abstracts summarizing key notice and other provisions in client contracts. -Hands/Arms: Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery. Frequently operates machinery and will use hand/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, and position materials. -Assist in codifying Contracting Standards. -Perform data analysis to proactively support claims identification and management to mitigate potential legal risk. -Review proposed client contracts, identifying deviations from the company’s standards. -Support the review, negotiation, and administration of contracts, including construction contracts, vendor contracts, subcontractor agreements, and other legal documents. -Support e-discovery and other litigation-related discovery activities.

Requirements

• jd
• bar admission
• construction law
• 3+ years
• critical thinking
• resilience

What You Bring

-Manages Complexity – Can make sense of complex, high-quantity data by asking the right questions to uncover the root cause of an issue. -Admission to a state bar and in good standing to obtain in-house admission/certification. -Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an ABA-accredited law school. -Hearing: Must be able to work in proximity to loud equipment more than 75% of the time. Must be able to wear hearing protection, as necessary. Often required to communicate with customers and co-workers in an office setting and on the job site. -Must be able to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and on active construction sites. -Speech: Ability to communicate laws, ordinances, plans, regulations, protocols, directives, and standard operating procedures related to project scope in English. -Must be able to climb stairs, to ascend and descend ladders, scaffold, inspect confined or underground spaces. -Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: Must be able to regularly position self in a kneeling, crouching or crawling position for purpose of examining project work. -Sight: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus in an outdoor environment. Must be able to safely operate a vehicle with a valid driver’s license. The work is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading print and digital documents. -Communicates Effectively – The ability to develop and deliver clear, audience-appropriate written and oral communications, across all levels, functions, and demographics. -Must be able to physically access all areas and levels of construction site for work progress review. -Work schedule must be flexible to allow for extended hours or off-shift work to accommodate changing construction schedule and sequences. -Actively and attentively listens to others, encouraging collaboration, and building relationships through respectful communication. -At least three (3+) years of working experience in construction law or a related field at a law firm preferred. -Being Resilient – Effectively handles and manages setbacks, adversity, or crises, growing from difficult experiences. -Ability to obtain admission to the Oregon state bar -Interpersonal Savvy – Relates and builds rapport with diverse groups of people, always acting with diplomacy and tact. -Must use independent judgment, organizational and critical thinking skills to determine best method to accomplish desired results. -Action Oriented – Readily takes appropriate action, seizes new opportunities, and will take on new tasks and challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm. -Lift/Carry: Must have the ability to lift or manipulate fifty pounds to a height of three feet and carry or push it 50-100 feet.

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Benefits

-Comprehensive benefits—including free primary care for you and your family through our dedicated clinics, health insurance, paid time off, and a generous retirement plan. -Competitive pay and advancement opportunities -Ongoing professional training and development

About Hoffman Construction Company

-The firm has evolved from building apartment blocks to large-scale civic and high-tech projects. -Headquartered in Oregon, it grew to become the largest general contractor based in the Pacific Northwest, expanding into over a dozen states and overseas. -It delivers preconstruction, new construction, renovations, tenant improvements, and heavy‑civil services through both traditional and collaborative methods like CM/GC and design-build. -Through its in‑house divisions—concrete, mechanical, electrical, commissioning and surveying—it self‑performs critical components to optimize schedules and control quality. -Known for iconic projects such as the Oregon Convention Center, Fox Tower, Portland International Airport expansions. -It specializes in sectors including commercial, industrial, data centers, healthcare, government, and water projects. -Over its century-long history it introduced innovations like lean construction, BIM/VDC, off‑site fabrication and advanced scheduling to tackle technical challenges. -Employee-owned since inception, its structure aligns field execution with ownership. -Despite its size, the firm retains a willingness to dive into unusual challenges—such as renovating the Space Needle at height or framing cultural landmarks like the Japanese Garden.

Sector Specialisms

Visa Sponsorship

-sponsorship is not available for this position.

Security Clearance

-applicants must pass the hoffman drug and alcohol test.