Senior Paralegal — Contract Lifecycle & Claims (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Professional development

Mentoring program

Paid time off

Wellness reimbursements

Pet insurance

Hybrid Work Program

Job summary

Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, is seeking an experienced paralegal to manage the contract lifecycle and support claims and regulatory tasks.

You will maintain contract records, assist with redlining, and organize project documentation across client, consultant, vendor, and other agreements. Hybrid work is offered, with a strong emphasis on confidentiality and professional-service excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certificate are required.
• 10–15 years of paralegal or closely related legal-support experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in supporting an architecture, engineering, construction, or other professional-services organization.
• Experience managing contracts and maintaining contract records throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Experience using a contract-management system, legal matter-management platform, or comparable document-management system.
• Experience supporting claims and claims-management activities, particularly professional-services, professional-liability, construction, or project-related claims.
• Experience working with insurance policies, certificates of insurance, endorsements, and contractual insurance requirements.
• Strong organizational, written communication, time-management, attention-to-detail, confidentiality, and Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Manage the contract lifecycle, including intake, routing, tracking, execution, filing, and maintenance of client, consultant, vendor, and other business agreements.
• Maintain the contract-management system and ensure agreements, amendments, and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, and readily accessible.
• Assist with reviewing, comparing, revising, and redlining contracts and related legal documents.
• Support professional-services and construction-related claims by organizing claim files, project records, correspondence, and supporting documentation.
• Track and maintain insurance policies, certificates of insurance, endorsements, and contractual insurance requirements.
• Assist with corporate records, entity documentation, governance materials, registrations, and related filings.
• Coordinate legal department administrative activities, including calendar and deadline tracking, document filing, records retention, meeting support, invoice processing, and follow-up on action items.
• Prepare, proofread, format, and organize contracts, correspondence, reports, presentations, and other legal or business documents.
• Maintain the confidentiality of privileged, proprietary, personal, and sensitive business information.

Skills

Organizational skills

Written communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Paralegal certificate

Tools

Contract management system

Legal matter-management platform

Document-management system

Job description

Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, is seeking an experienced paralegal to manage the contract lifecycle and support claims and regulatory tasks.

You will maintain contract records, assist with redlining, and organize project documentation across client, consultant, vendor, and other agreements. Hybrid work is offered, with a strong emphasis on confidentiality and professional-service excellence.