Senior Counsel

Balfour Beatty plc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) with company match

Vacation Time

Sick Time

401(k) with company match

Job summary

A leading infrastructure company in Dallas is seeking a Senior Counsel to support legal matters for its Southwest operations. The ideal candidate will have a Juris Doctor degree, active Texas Bar membership, and at least 5 years of experience dealing with design and construction law. Responsibilities include managing litigation, negotiating contracts, and advising on compliance issues. This role offers a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to work on significant infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in law focused on design and construction.
• Active membership in the Texas Bar preferred.
• Experience with heavy civil and transit projects.

Responsibilities

• Advise the Southwest Region leadership on legal matters.
• Manage litigation and compliance issues.
• Negotiate contracts and provide legal document reviews.

Skills

Ethics and Compliance

Litigation management

Contract negotiation

Public procurement knowledge

Construction dispute management

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Job description

Overview

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., which is a member of the Balfour Beatty group of companies in the United States, delivers complex projects that expand the nation’s transit, transportation, and water infrastructure. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its Legal Department reporting to the Company’s General Counsel (GC). The Senior Counsel will support the legal affairs of the Company’s Southwest operations and work in cooperation with the GC and the VP of Ethics and Compliance for compliance issues and investigations.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

• Ethics and Compliance
• Business advisor to the Southwest Region leadership team
• Litigation management
• Contract review and negotiations with clients, designers, and other consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Input into the Company’s Policy and Procedure Development when requested as part of Company’s or National legal team efforts to update or review new or revised policies and procedures
• Internal Investigations and Compliance
• Labor/Employment Issues in consultation with the National VP / Corporate Employment Attorney
• Antitrust or Competition Law
• Training on the foregoing topics

While the Senior Counsel is expected to be appraised of and be involved in these issues, the selected candidate is not intended to be an expert in all areas listed. When external legal expertise is required, the Senior Counsel will coordinate with the GC and in accordance with Balfour Beatty’s Delegated Levels of Authority to obtain assistance from appropriate external law firms.

Specific Duties

In addition to the foregoing, the Senior Counsel has the following specific responsibilities:

• Direct project support for (i) contract and regulatory compliance; (ii) correspondence and other project documentation with legal implications (e.g., change orders, notices, etc.); and (iii) claims avoidance, management and resolution.
• Serving as part of and resource to the Company’s Southwest Region management team and providing advice to Southwest Region management on legal
• Identifying proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate
• Basing your decision-making process and advice on ethics and
• Reviewing and providing advice regarding legal documents such as owner contracts, design and consulting agreements, subcontracts, purchase orders, joint venture agreements, and other legal documents.
• Providing legal assistance in the negotiation of the terms and conditions of contracts and other legal
• Receiving all Service of Process and distributing to appropriate internal personnel, insurers, and approved external
• Managing the provision of services by, and billings of external lawyers.
• Monitoring the Southwest Region’s compliance with published policies and procedures and legal
• Conducting internal training sessions on legal issues such as contracting issues, claims mitigation, maintaining and creating proper project documentation, company policies and procedures, understanding company standard contract forms, and the
• Ensuring compliance with required reporting to management

Requirements

To be considered for this position, applicants must have the minimum credentials set forth below. Applications or resumes received from applicants that do not meet these minimum requirements will not be considered.

• A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law
• Admission and active, good standing with a State Bar (preference will be given to applicants that are active members of the Texas Bar).
• 5 years of experience in the practice of law concentrating on the design and construction industry (a combination of private law firm, public agency, and in-house experience is acceptable) with specific experience in the heavy civil, transit, transportation, or water.
• Extensive knowledge of public procurement requirements, and standard construction industry contract forms such as AIA, DBIA and Consensus Docs, and key risk shifting provisions in construction contracts.
• Significant experience negotiating design and construction contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and related
• Significant experience handling, or managing outside counsel’s handling of, construction disputes, including mediation, arbitration, and

Key Factors Making This Opportunity Attractive

• Act as legal counsel and as the point person for all legal matters impacting your business clients.
• This position will receive strong mentorship from a General Counsel who has been with the company for twenty years.
• Opportunity to work for a leading international infrastructure group that finances, develops, builds, and maintains the vital infrastructure that we all depend
• Balfour Beatty is committed to achieving Zero Harm across all of their businesses: Balfour Beatty believes their long-term success is dependent upon the ability to keep their workforce, business partners, suppliers, subcontractors, members of the public and the environment safe. Nothing they do is so important that it cannot be done
• Balfour Beatty has landed some of the most visible construction projects in the US, including the LAX People Mover, Denver Airport’s Train & Light Rail System, the Penn Medicine Pavilion, and the Harkers Island Bridge replacement, amongst others.

About us

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way.Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.

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