Contracts Counsel

ATMI PRECAST • Aurora, IL

3h

About The Position

ATMI Precast is a 35-year-old design-build precast concrete manufacturer supporting complex construction projects across multiple markets. Our work includes engineering, fabrication, delivery, and installation of structural precast systems, which makes contracts, risk management, project coordination, and legal oversight a critical part of how we operate. We are seeking a Contracts Counsel to support contract review, negotiation, risk management, and legal coordination across the business. This role requires a Juris Doctor degree and direct experience working within the construction industry. The ideal candidate understands construction contracts, has experience dealing with general contractors, and can provide practical legal guidance that protects the company while helping projects move forward. The Contracts Counsel will be responsible for reviewing, drafting, negotiating, and managing construction-related contracts and legal documents. This person will work closely with leadership, project management, sales, estimating, finance, and operations to review agreements, identify risk, negotiate language, and support the company throughout the full project lifecycle. This is a business-facing legal role for someone who can balance legal risk with real-world construction operations.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree.
• Experience working in or directly supporting the construction industry.
• Strong experience reviewing, drafting, and negotiating contracts.
• Experience working with general contractors.
• Experience with construction contracts, subcontract agreements, purchase orders, vendor agreements, and project-related legal documents.
• Strong understanding of construction-related risk, including indemnity, insurance, lien rights, payment terms, change orders, claims, delays, warranties, liquidated damages, and dispute resolution.
• Ability to explain legal concepts clearly to non-legal business partners.
• Strong business judgment and practical decision-making skills.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced construction, manufacturing, engineering, or project-based environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate construction contracts, subcontracts, purchase agreements, vendor agreements, service agreements, NDAs, and related legal documents.
• Work directly with general contractors, owners, subcontractors, suppliers, vendors, and internal stakeholders on contract terms, revisions, risk concerns, and project requirements.
• Identify and communicate legal, financial, operational, and compliance risks in contract language.
• Support internal teams with contract interpretation, dispute prevention, change orders, claims, notices, payment terms, lien waivers, insurance requirements, indemnity provisions, warranties, delay language, liquidated damages, and project documentation.
• Partner with Project Management, Sales, Estimating, Finance, and Operations to ensure contract terms align with business needs and project execution.
• Help standardize contract review processes, templates, internal approval workflows, and risk guidelines.
• Coordinate with outside counsel when needed on complex matters, disputes, claims, litigation, or specialized legal issues.
• Provide practical legal guidance to business partners in a clear, direct, and understandable way.
• Stay informed on construction law, commercial contract trends, and regulatory requirements that may affect the company.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree