Assistant General Counsel (Emeryville) Job at ARCO a Family of Construction Companies, Emeryville, CA

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  • ARCO a Family of Construction Companies
  • Emeryville, CA

Job Description

About You

Are you a serviceminded attorney? Do you have solid technical expertise in construction and contract drafting and negotiating? Do you want to better understand the business considerations that inform risk management decisions? Are you looking to be part of a dynamic inhouse legal team that serves a growing business? If the answer is Yes! then we have an exciting longterm opportunity for you. Who are we? We are ARCO, a Family of Construction Companies.

What We Can Offer You

  • Industryleading performancebased bonus program
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k)
  • Tuition reimbursement for associates
  • Scholarship for associates children up to $28,000 per child
  • 1month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
  • 1week paid volunteer leave each year
  • 100% charitable match
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
  • 100% paid 12week maternity leave

A Day in the Life

  • Collaborate closely with other members of the legal team located across the United States to implement enterprisewide, accepted approaches to managing contract and other risks
  • Collaborate closely with project managers and leaders to understand business objectives when negotiating agreements
  • Collaborate with and advise members of the safety, finance, IT, and HR teams
  • Review, draft, and negotiate construction and other contracts with minimal supervision
  • Manage, maintain, and coordinate all documentation related to construction contracts and daytoday issues arising from construction project operations
  • Prepare and present training to nonlegal business operators on legal and legaladjacent issues in the construction industry
  • Assess and mitigate ARCOs risk and provide suggestions to General Counsel and business leadership
  • Maintain and grow relationships with vendors and title companies
  • Assist Operations and Leadership in problemsolving and managing risk
  • Manage communications and deliverables in a deadlinedriven environment
  • Work well with, and can efficiently direct work of, shared paralegal support

Necessary Qualifications

  • Licensed Attorney with 7+ years of experience practicing construction law
  • Experience in, or working closely with, construction organizations or firms preferred
  • Strong substantive experience in transactional practice or combination of transactional and construction litigation/claims management is preferred
  • Experience leading negotiations of construction contracts or dispute resolution with sophisticated counterparties and ability to understand the Owner, Subcontractor and/or Contractor's points of view
  • Strong analytical and problemsolving skills are essential for the candidate to identify legal issues and risks, analyze complex problems, and provide practical and effective solutions
  • Familiarity with insurance in the construction industry preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
  • Flexible, with excellent and timely written and verbal communication skills
  • Able to lead and follow with equal ease, based on circumstances
  • Desire to work as part of a highly collaborative legal team
  • Active listener, proactive leadership approach, collaborative and communicative
  • Enjoy working in the office, in a fastpaced, growthoriented business environment
  • Highly organized, detailoriented, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, while working under tight deadlines

Make Your Move

We are proud to be one of the fastestgrowing, privatelyowned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as designbuild experts. We have completed over 6,300 designbuild projects across 48 states and 48 major cities nationwide. We ranked #4 out of the top 100 designbuild companies in the U.S. and #17 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2024. Most importantly, our clients trust us and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person that can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is Yes! we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or thirdparty recruiting agencies without preapproval from ARCOs Human Resource team. Preapproval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers.

EOE, including disability/vets

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Job Tags

Full time, Contract work, For subcontractor, Work at office, Flexible hours,

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