Legal Counsel

Overview

Legal counsel handling contracts, negotiations, and legal advice for engineering projects.

Key Responsibilities

• contract drafting
• contract review
• negotiation
• risk management
• policy compliance
• template development

Tasks

-Draft, review, analyze and negotiate a wide variety of private and public sector agreements, master service agreements, subcontracts, and other legal documents related to projects pursuits and execution in the US business. -Work closely with internal clients and the contracts & procurement team to optimize projects and minimize risks to the company. -Participate in the application and monitoring of the company's policies, procedures and rules. -Develop templates pertaining to legal and contract matters. -Provide legal guidance to Contracts and Procurements team as needed. -Examine statutes, decisions and ordinances impacting the company and resolve issues or escalate accordingly.

Requirements

• j.d.
• bar license
• 2-5 yrs
• legal ai
• analytical
• negotiation

What You Bring

-Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills. -Relevant experience in construction/engineering law and commercial law is an asset but is not a pre-condition. -Acts under the general direction of the Associate General Counsel. Ability to work on a broad range of legal topics, manage multiple files, and to adapt to changing priorities. -Ability to understand the client’s business needs, providing commercial and timely business solutions, in conjunction with legal advice. -Strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills. -Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. -Juris Doctor Degree. -Must be licensed to practice law in one of the 50 states. -Ability to work effectively across multiple disciplines. -Experience using and willingness to embrace legal AI tools. -High level of independence, with the ability to work under pressure while modeling high ethical standards for our business. -Must be willing to work extended hours when necessary. -The ideal candidate will have 2-5 years of corporate/commercial experience at an in-house legal department and/or a leading law firm -Frequent contact with various outside counsels of clients and representatives of outside agencies.

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