Senior Legal Counsel

Overview

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., which is a member of the Balfour Beatty group of companies in the United States, delivers complex projects that expand the nation’s transit, transportation, and water infrastructure. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Counsel to join its Legal Department reporting to the Company’s General Counsel (GC). The Senior Counsel will support the legal affairs of the Company’s Southwest operations and work in cooperation with the GC and the VP of Ethics and Compliance for compliance issues and investigations.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The following are areas in which the Senior Counsel is expected to have direct involvement and an oversight role:

• Ethics and Compliance
• Business advisor to the Southwest Region leadership team
• Litigation management
• Contract review and negotiations with clients, designers, and other consultants, subcontractors, and suppliers
• Input into the Company’s 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
• Labor/Employment Issues in consultation with the National VP / Corporate Employment Attorney
• Antitrust or Competition Law
• Training on the foregoing topics

While the Senior Counsel is expected to be appraised of and be involved in these issues, the selected candidate is not intended to be an expert in all areas listed. When external legal expertise is required, the Senior Counsel will coordinate with the GC and in accordance with Balfour Beatty’s Delegated Levels of Authority to obtain assistance from appropriate external law firms.

In addition to the foregoing, the Senior Counsel has the following specific responsibilities:

• Direct project support for (i) contract and regulatory compliance; (ii) correspondence and other project documentation with legal implications (e.g., change orders, notices, etc.); and (iii) claims avoidance, management and resolution.
• Serving as part of and resource to the Company’s Southwest Region management team and providing advice to Southwest Region management on legal
• Identifying proactive solutions to eliminate or mitigate
• Basing your decision-making process and advice on ethics and
• Reviewing and providing advice regarding legal documents such as owner contracts, design and consulting agreements, subcontracts, purchase orders, joint venture agreements, and other legal documents.
• Providing legal assistance in the negotiation of the terms and conditions of contracts and other legal
• Receiving all Service of Process and distributing to appropriate internal personnel, insurers, and approved external
• Managing the provision of services by, and billings of external lawyers.
• Monitoring the Southwest Region’s compliance with published policies and procedures and legal
• 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
• Ensuring compliance with required reporting to management

To be considered for this position, applicants must have the minimum credentials set forth below. Applications or resumes received from applicants that do not meet these minimum requirements will not be considered.

• A Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law
• Admission and active, good standing with a State Bar (preference will be given to applicants that are active members of the Texas Bar).
• 5 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) with specific experience in the heavy civil, transit, transportation, or water.
• Extensive…