What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Attorney, Construction position at Shawmut?
Overview
At Shawmut Design and Construction, we’re proud that the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company as we have been recognized with over 83 Best Place to Work awards. Including Best Workplace by Fortune Magazine, Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials, Great Place to Work’s Best Workplace for Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes.
Here’s a glimpse into what we are offering:
- Health, Dental and Vision insurance.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - be an employee owner!
- 401K with Match - receive company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
- Generous Paid Time Off policy - including vacation, summer Fridays, holidays, personal sick and a volunteer day.
- The Extras: cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services and many more.
*This role is hybrid and works out of our Boston office 3x per week with the option to work from home 2x per week.
Responsibilities
- Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and finalizes a high volume of construction contracts, drawing upon candidate’s extensive knowledge of all AIA contract forms, typical client positions, and their impact on Shawmut and its business goals and practices.
- Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and finalizes confidentiality agreements, settlement agreements, leases and other agreements.
- Assists with legal issues related to subcontracts.
- Provides advice on various legal and procedural issues including scope, schedule, notices, changes, non-performance, insurance and labor issues.
- Develops and maintains positive relationships and communication with Shawmut staff.
- Acts as a liaison for and fosters positive relationships with clients and clients’ attorneys.
- Manages affirmative and defensive lien issues as necessary to protect the company’s interests. Is familiar with lien statutes and practices in various jurisdictions.
- Develops training materials and provides company-wide training on contracts, processes, and other legal topics.
Qualifications
- Experience: A minimum of 2-5 years of Construction Industry Law experience.
- Education: JD, member of any state bar
- Extensive knowledge of construction principles, practices, procedures, means and methods.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Demonstrated initiative, follow through, resourcefulness, efficiency and attention to detail.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to learn new software and applications.
- Ability to quickly learn organization structure and stakeholders.
- Ability to create a culture of inclusion and belonging by acting with courage, humility and curiosity; desire to learn about others and self-reflect.
Additional Information
Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
