Senior In-House Construction Counsel

BMD; Brisbane; Vor Ort; AUD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

BMD, Australia's leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business, seeks a Senior Legal Counsel with strong front-end construction law experience to join its in-house team in Brisbane. You will support project, commercial and operational teams across tendering, contract review and delivery, with a focus on construction contracting, claims and dispute resolution.

Ideal candidates will have 6+ years post-admission experience in construction, exposure to Australian

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor of Laws and admitted Australian lawyer with current practising certificate.
• Minimum six years post-admission experience in construction.
• Strong experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating construction contracts.

Aufgaben

• Provide practical, commercially-focused legal advice to project, commercial, tender and operational teams.
• Review and negotiate construction contracts, including head contracts, Australian Standard forms, subcontracts and consultancy agreements.
• Advise project teams on contractual risk, departures, tender positions and contract strategy from pre-contracts through to delivery.
• Review subcontractor, supplier and consultant departures and support appropriate flow-down of head contract obligations.
• Advise on claims, variations, payment matters and emerging contractual disputes.
• Provide advice on Security of Payment legislation, including payment claims and adjudication matters.
• Support disputes resolution through negotiation, adjudication, mediation and litigation.
• Prepare practical advice on contractual positions, risk, potential exposure and dispute strategy.
• Work with external counsel where specialist advice is required.
• Provide training to project and commercial teams on contract administration.

Kenntnisse

Construction law

Contract negotiation

Legal advisory

Stakeholder management

Australian law

Ausbildung

Bachelor of Laws

Practising certificate

Jobbeschreibung

BMD, Australia's leading integrated engineering, construction and urban development business, seeks a Senior Legal Counsel with strong front-end construction law experience to join its in-house team in Brisbane. You will support project, commercial and operational teams across tendering, contract review and delivery, with a focus on construction contracting, claims and dispute resolution.

Ideal candidates will have 6+ years post-admission experience in construction, exposure to Australian