Description:

The Role:
Suffolk is seeking people who are bold. Curious. Innovative. Caring. Looking for the career opportunity of a lifetime. We'll challenge and inspire you to be your very best. We'll embrace what makes you unique and lift you up as you take chances. Here, you'll find a place where you can act with purpose and integrity, bringing intelligence and grit to every aspect of your job. Join us for the chance to achieve your ambitions and build your legacy.

Assistant General Counsel, West Region
Based in Los Angeles or San Francisco, the Assistant General Counsel will serve as a pivotal legal contact for California regional operations, supporting all legal and compliance matters affecting the area. The Assistant General Counsel will report directly to Suffolk's Regional General Counsel. This position works directly and daily with the West Region operations team, the West Region leadership and legal teams and all relevant operational and functional staff.

Responsibilities:
Responsibilities

Provide advice to leadership and operational staff on contracts, claims, litigation, compliance and other legal matters.
Lead/assist in the negotiation and drafting of complex construction agreements of varying types including owner contracts, subcontracts and vendor agreements, among others.
Proactively works with project teams to properly administer contracts, identify risk and implement risk mitigation plans while empowering the business to succeed.
Responds to legal inquiries from within the company and issue sound and comprehensive legal advice to all internal clients and stakeholders across the business. Internal clients include operations, human resources, finance, accounting and marketing, among others.
Manages outside counsel across relevant subject matter, including budgets and strategy.
Conducts live training to large groups on legal and compliance related topics, including but not limited to complicated construction contracts and compliance issues relevant for publicly and privately funded construction projects.
Drafts letters relating to contract administration and other issues for project teams to send to subcontractors, clients and other third parties.
Works closely with senior leadership in Operations and Legal to resolve claims with third parties.
Regularly (several times monthly) visits project sites in the region to collaborate with project teams.
Performs other duties as assigned by the company leadership.

Qualifications:
Qualifications:

At least 5-8 years of experience in the practice of complex construction law in a corporate legal department and/or a full-service law firm in the United States. Must have direct and significant experience managing complex matters in the vertical construction industry at a law firm or in-house. Please do not apply without meaningful experience as a vertical construction attorney.
Licensing, certification, registrations:
Requires bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or university and a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
Excellent academic credentials
Bar Admission in the state of California

Necessary Attributes:

Integrity based leadership to the core
Leads by example
Confident and calm in complex and difficult situations/negotiations
Strong work ethic and independent self-starter who is at all times a team player
Able to work independently with minimum oversight
Able to use independent business and legal judgment
Demonstrates close attention to detail with outstanding written work product
Able to work effectively as part of a team with a positive and collaborative attitude
Reliable, self-motivated and well organized with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
Able to navigate ambiguity and make appropriate judgment calls
Able to anticipate leadership's needs and independently identify, initiate and implement necessary actions

Working Conditions:
Working Conditions
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.