Attorney
Company: Terracon
Location: Olathe, Kansas
Job Information
Our vision of “Together, we are best at people” is more than just a slogan - it’s reality! Terracon has been named “Best place to work” numerous times over the past few years and has a culture focused on collaboration, excellence, and growth. To support our employee’s need for work/life balance, we have a hybrid work environment. Come to the office one day a week (perhaps more when needed) to collaborate with peers face to face. The rest of the week, you are free to work from home, if that is your choice. As an employee-owner, you will have the benefit of participating in our success as a shareholder of the company and the opportunity to work with co-workers who are talented, and fun! Terracon’s success can be attributed to valued employees who grow their careers through continual learning and exciting job opportunities. If this is a good fit for what you’re looking for, we invite you to apply.
Our legal team has an immediate opening for an Attorney. In this role, you will partner with our offices to provide legal counsel and on a broad range of business matters. You will perform contract reviews and negotiation support for professional engineering services; Identify and analyze legal issues, draft key documents, present clear recommendations, and assure legal compliance.
Essential Rules and Responsibilities:
- Review, draft and negotiate a variety of contracts, leases and other legal documents.
- Manage follow-up from previous reviews.
- Conduct solutions-focused negotiations.
- Conduct basic legal research and writing, as required.
- Communicate policy and strategy to internal clients.
- Assess commercial risk of contracts.
- Help coach internal clients on prioritizing contract changes and provide solutions to complex negotiations.
- May advise on less complex projects related to legal issues that may arise in the operation of an engineering consulting firm.
- Provide basic legal analysis and opinions.
- Identify and recommend areas for improvement.
- Follow safety rules, guidelines and standards for all projects. Participate in pre-task planning. Report any safety issues or concerns to management.
- Be responsible for maintaining quality standards on all projects.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctorate
- Strong project management skills including the ability to work well under pressure and meet critical daily deadlines.
- Excellent analytical, communication, diplomatic, research and writing, phone and customer service skills.
- Demonstrates effective negotiating skills.
- Efficient work habits, ability to manage multiple projects at one time.
- Ability to explain complex legal issues to non-technical internal clients.
- Licensed to practice law and eligible to secure a Kansas in-house license if currently licensed outside Kansas per Rule 712 of the Kansas Supreme Court
- Valid driver’s license with acceptable violation history.