Vice President of Legal

Balfour Beatty Communities•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Balfour Beatty Construction LLC (Company), a member of the Balfour Beatty group of companies in the United States, 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. The Company is seeking a Vice President / Legal to join its Legal Department, reporting to the Senior Vice President & National Chief Legal Officer (CLO). The Vice President / Legal is primarily responsible for the legal affairs of the Company’s Georgia office operations.

Requirements

A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
Active membership in good standing with a State Bar, and eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in Georgia.
10 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).
Extensive knowledge of public procurement requirements, standard construction industry contract forms such as AIA, DBIA and Consensus Docs, and key risk shifting provisions in construction contracts.
Experience negotiating design and construction contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders and related agreements.
Experience handling, or managing outside counsel’s handling of, construction disputes, including mediation, arbitration and litigation.

Nice To Haves

Georgia Bar membership is preferred.

Responsibilities

Business advisor to the Georgia office and Southeast Division leadership team
Litigation management
Contract review and negotiations with clients, designers, and other consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers
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 Training
Labor/Employment Issues
Antitrust or Competition Law
Ethics
Real Estate/Leases
Privacy/Privilege Issues
Serving as part of and resource to the Company’s Georgia operations management team and providing advice to management on legal issues.
Identifying proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate risks.
Basing your decision-making process and advice on ethics and integrity.
Reviewing and providing advice regarding legal documents such as owner contracts, design and consulting agreements, subcontracts, purchase orders, and joint venture agreements.
Performing or providing for the review of contracts and other legal documents.
Performing or providing for legal assistance from outside counsel in the negotiation of the terms and conditions of contracts and other legal documents.
Receiving all Service of Process and distributing to appropriate internal personnel, insurers, and approved external lawyers.
Managing the distribution of work to, provision of services by, and billings of external lawyers.
Monitoring the business’s compliance with published policies and procedures and legal requirements.
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 like.
Ensuring compliance with required reporting to management.