Legal Assistant: Ownership, Mentorship & Flexible Benefits

Filetwigbay; Aberdeen (SD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Emerson in Aberdeen, SD seeks a Legal Assistant to perform core duties, ensure regulatory compliance, and support contract review and legal writing. You will engage across teams, track metrics, and own components of Emerson's mission, with real mentorship and practical ownership of outcomes.

The role emphasizes hands-on compliance, strong documentation, and the ability to manage projects from concept to delivery in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Regulatory Compliance experience that survives a whiteboard interview.
• Working familiarity with full-time schedules and team norms at Emerson.
• Resilience measured across 3 years of general cycles.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.
• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation.

Responsibilities

• Execute core Legal Assistant duties with accuracy and consistency
• Read a Bluebook system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Track key metrics and report findings to your manager each week
• Bring 3 of general instinct to problems the playbook misses
• Own one slice of Emerson's general mission end to end
• Keep Project Management handoffs warm so Aberdeen partners never feel dropped
• Apply Project Management and Professionalism to solve day-to-day operational challenges
• Bridge Professionalism and Regulatory Compliance so neither team works in the dark

Skills

Regulatory Compliance

Project management

Documentation

Bluebook familiarity

Adaptability

Education

Paralegal-related coursework

Tools

Bluebook system

Job description

Emerson in Aberdeen, SD seeks a Legal Assistant to perform core duties, ensure regulatory compliance, and support contract review and legal writing. You will engage across teams, track metrics, and own components of Emerson's mission, with real mentorship and practical ownership of outcomes.

The role emphasizes hands-on compliance, strong documentation, and the ability to manage projects from concept to delivery in a fast-paced environment.