Senior Counsel

Description

• Compliance: Promote, educate, and advise on compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and policies, including government contracting and industry standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, monitor, and implement compliance programs and training.
• Cross-Functional Partnering: Work collaboratively with, support informed decision-making by, and provide advice to internal stakeholders, including preconstruction, estimating, operations, concessions, finance, and tax personnel, at all levels of the organization in a fast-paced environment. Support and lead, as appropriate, process improvement and other projects.
• P3 Projects: Coordinate with deal teams, partners, and lenders on financing agreements, review equity MOUs, engagement letters, and other related agreements, and align contracts with financing, security, and similar obligations.
• SPVs and JVs: Support equity and joint-venture creation and maintenance, including reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and managing compliance with JV and LLC Agreements.
• Legal Templates and Playbooks; Business Enablement: Create templates and build and maintain risk matrices and playbooks for standard positions and customer-specific specifications and requirements, deliver training to operations personnel, leadership, estimators and business development on risk spotting and legal and compliance matters.
• Claims Management: Support S&B USA’s claims management processes, including DRB/mediation/arbitration preparation and strategy, advise on claims and potential claims, including those related to differing site conditions, utilities/ROW conflicts, third-party interference, force majeure, delays/disruptions, etc., and support early dispute resolution.
• Surety/Insurance/Credit: Support the structuring and negotiation, as appropriate, of General Agreements of Indemnity (GAIs) with surety partners, letters of credit, guarantees, and insurance programs.
• Construction/Infrastructure Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate complex procurement and project delivery agreements across all procurement types, including Bid-Build, Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, and DBFOM/P3 structures (including concession/development agreements, interface and back-to-back subcontracts, design agreements, teaming agreements, utility/railroad agreements, and supplier agreements.
• Work assignments are diversified. Interpret, comprehend, and apply complex material, data, and instruction – prepare, provide, and convey diversified information.

Requirements

• Active membership in a state bar and, if not PA, must become licensed in PA (e.g., limited in-house license).
• Minimal physical effort required. Work is mostly sedentary but does require walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, or carrying objects that typically with less than 10 lbs. (e.g., papers, books, files and small parts, etc.). Moderate dexterity – regular application of basic skills (calculator, keyboard, hand tools, eye/hand coordination.
• Minimum of five years in a large law firm and/or in-house legal department with a contractor, developer, or concessionaire with a substantial concentration in construction/infrastructure (heavy civil, transportation, bridges/tunnels, P3, etc.).
• Outstanding communication (written and oral), analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Proactive, self-starter, with strong business acumen and sense of urgency and eagerness to take on new assignments.
• Creative problem-solving skills and ability to propose multiple possible solutions consistent with overall business plans and strategies.
• Ability to provide clear, actionable legal advice.
• This permanent role is based in Pittsburgh PA in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation, and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Ability to manage a significant volume of matters in a high-pressure environment and frequently reprioritize with good judgment and minimal direction.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (commensurate with the candidate's experience and skills), medical/dental/vision coverage, paid PTO, 401k with a company match, training, career planning, and more.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance