What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Legal position at McCarthy Building?
Position Summary :
The Vice President of Legal position will be primarily responsible for driving the legal strategy for the Southern Region on all aspects of legal issues encountered by a major general contractor working in numerous markets and industries. This person will also be asked to provide counsel to other subsidiaries and other entities across the enterprise as needed and consistent with this person's areas of expertise. They must be a strategic thinker who can provide solution-oriented legal advice to a variety of business stakeholders while collaborating with other departments and outside attorneys. This person must be forward-thinking, as they will be an individual who will be highly integrated with the business leadership team in the Southern Region.
Key Responsibilities :
- Primary point of contact for regional leadership on all day-to-day legal issues. Seen as the lead attorney for the Southern Region and interacts with other senior business leaders to make critical decisions.
- Provide legal advice in all aspects of construction law, as well as ancillary legal areas applicable to a national multi-billion dollar corporation with subsidiaries in the construction industry, such as disputes related to contract, delay, payment, construction defect, and injuries, litigation, and insurance matters, among others.
- Provide advice on procurement matters related to public and private works construction projects in a variety of industries, procurement types and delivery methods.
- Assist operations in disputes involving owners, architects, subcontractors and consultants.
- Conduct moderate to complex legal research on a variety of topics in multiple states that relate to the business.
- Manage subcontractor defaults; work with operations to ensure that the companies' interests are properly protected by subcontractors' bonding companies; assist in managing litigation arising out of any breach of payment or performance bonds.
- Provide advice on labor strategy in connection with existing labor agreements, project labor agreements as well other project labor requirements, including prevailing wage and apprenticeship ratios.
- Assist in communications with national, state and local regulatory agencies, such as Occupational Health and Safety Administration, Storm Water Regulatory Agencies, and the National Labor Relations Board.
- Draft memoranda, correspondence, and reports summarizing research findings and offer opinions regarding liability, risk transfer and exposure.
- Assist in identifying and managing complex builder's risk insurance and general liability insurance issues on a variety of different project types in both pre-litigation and litigation situations.
- Assist project teams in understanding and pursuing insurance coverage for construction defect, builder's risk, pollution, design, auto, worker's compensation and property damage claims while working in conjunction with the Risk Management Department.
- Manage all aspects of litigation - supervise internal and outside counsel with regard to responses to document requests, discovery responses, reviewing and editing motions, briefs and memoranda; manage outside counsel throughout the pre-litigation and litigation processes.
- Assist in preparation for and attend alternative dispute resolutions.
Qualifications :
McCarthy Building Companies is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer regardless of race, color, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religious beliefs, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
