Description:

The Role:
Working in Florida, home of An American Construction Contracting Company's Southeast Region, the Associate General Counsel for the Southeast serves as a legal contact for An American Construction Contracting Company's Florida area operations. The Associate General Counsel reports to the Southeast Regional General Counsel and will be based out of Tampa or Miami area. This position works directly and daily with the Florida Regional General Counsel, the management team and operational staff.

Responsibilities:

Provides advice to management on contracts, claims and other legal matters.
Serves as a partner with management in the negotiation of business deals and assists with the negotiation of construction management agreements, subcontracts and other complex legal agreements.
Proactively works with project teams to properly administer contracts, identify risk and implement risk mitigation plans while empowering the business to succeed.
Monitors changes in applicable law and advises management regarding the implications of such changes.
Handles legal inquiries from within the company and issues sound and comprehensive legal advice to all internal clients and stakeholders.
Manages outside counsel, including budgets and strategy.
Conducts training on legal and compliance related topics, including but not limited to complicated construction contracts.
Drafts letters relating to contract administration and other issues for project teams to send to subcontractors, clients and other third parties.
Works closely with management to resolve claims with third parties.
Regularly visits project sites within the Southeast Region to collaborate with management and project teams and travels to other regional offices as appropriate.
Performs other duties as assigned by management, the NY regional General Counsel and the Corporate Executive Vice President/General Counsel.

Qualifications:
Approximately 5-7 years of extensive experience in the regular practice of complex construction law in a corporate legal department and/or a full-service law firm.

Attorneys without significant experience practicing complex construction law will not be considered.

Licensing, certification, registrations:

Requires bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university and a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
Excellent academic credentials
Bar Admission in Florida or willing to secure same.

Necessary Attributes:

Integrity to the core
Leads by example
Team player
Confident in complex and difficult situations/negotiations
Strong work ethic and independent self-starter
Able to work independently with minimum oversight
Use independent judgment and exhibit leadership techniques
Demonstrates close attention to detail and produces outstanding work product
Able to work effectively as part of a team with a positive and collaborative attitude
Reliable, self-motivated and well organized with the ability to juggle multiple priorities

Working Conditions:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.