P3 Commercial Post-Let Attorney

Georgia Department of Transportation; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A state transportation agency in Atlanta is seeking a legal professional to provide guidance on P3 post-let issues and manage contracts. The ideal candidate will have a Juris Doctorate, five years of legal experience, and the ability to effectively communicate and resolve conflicts. Responsibilities include advising on contract language and coordinating with external advisors. Strong analytical skills and the capacity to work with diverse groups are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Five years of legal experience that includes contract negotiation and drafting.
• Ability to work with diverse groups of internal and external customers.
• Strong self-motivation and customer orientation.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice about design-build and P3 post-let issues.
• Coordinate post-let document revisions and changes with project management.
• Review project correspondence for legal and commercial consistency.

Skills

Contract negotiation

Legal analysis

Customer orientation

Excellent communication

Problem identification

Conflict resolution

Education

Juris Doctorate from an accredited college

Associate degree in a related field

Job description

Leads and assists in one or more of the following areas: OMAT, maintenance, construction, intermodal, planning, utilities, surveying, environmental or traffic. Serves as assistant office head to professionals providing professional support in one or more of the areas listed.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides advice about design-build and P3 post-let issues, relief and compensation events, allowances, notices, based on contract language, relevant laws and regulations, Department business priorities, and programmatic commercial considerations
• Coordinates post-let document revisions and change management processes with project management team
• Under supervision, coordinates with Department’s external insurance, legal and financial advisers and internal SMEs as needed to meet needs of P3 Division post-let project teams
• Provides initial review for legal and commercial consistency of post-let project correspondence and all post-let supplemental agreements

Requires ability to:

• Analyze DB and P3 contracts, all of which are slightly different from each other, in context of Department goals
• Take direction from chain of command
• Provide advice and a variety of options under the contract
• Flexibility
• Work with a diverse group of internal and external customers/individuals

Minimum Qualifications

Entry Qualifications

• Associate degree in a related field managerial or supervisory role; or one (1) year at the lower level Mgr 2, Transport Specialist (TRM031) or position equivalent.

Agency Specific Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited college or university AND license to practice law in the State of Georgia
• Five (5) years of legal experience that includes contract negotiation and drafting
• Working knowledge related to at least one of the following areas: construction, environmental law, property law, condemnation law, private public partnerships, alternative delivery project contracts, project finance, project management, dispute resolution and/or regulation interpretation and compliance
• Demonstrated experience managing and resolving conflicts, confrontations and disagreements in a positive and constructive manner to minimize negative personal impact
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills with demonstrated experience expressing ideas and facts to individuals or groups effectively
• Make clear and convincing oral presentations
• Facilitates an open exchange of ideas
• Demonstrated experience identifying and analyzing problems
• Demonstrated experience using sound reasoning to arrive at conclusions
• Demonstrated experience finding alternative solutions to complex problems
• Demonstrated experience distinguishing between relevant and irrelevant information to make logical judgements
• Demonstrated experience to quickly adapt to change including new policies and procedures
• Displays high level of self-motivation
• Demonstrated ability to recognize opportunities to help the organization accomplish its objectives
• Strong customer orientation.

Agency Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of and experience related to two or more of the following areas:
• construction law, project management, dispute resolution, and/or regulation interpretation and compliance