Description:
A Real Estate Builders & Construction Company in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is looking for a Risk Manager (Legal Counsel).Mission: one-Team, leading from the Front, creating good Works.
Principles:
- one-Community
- We care deeply, valuing collaboration, wise counsel, and lasting relationships.
- full-Commitment
- We work with diligence and persistence, delivering upon our promises.
- true-Craftsmanship
- We value our work, continually striving for first-time excellence with innovative solutions.
- high-Character
- We exhibit and expect trust, fairness, humility, and integrity.
Risk Manager: This position provides leadership, implementation, and quality assurance of contracting and related commercial risk management support.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, implement, and refine processes and tools to communicate, reduce, and mitigate commercial risk. Refine & improve tools for contracting and procurement: ( i.e. standard forms, contract risk summary, etc.). Develop an operational understanding of Company Operations, including site visits. (one-Community)
- Contracting:
- Support contract negotiations and redlines with Sales to ensure that agreements with customers, vendors, and subcontractors comply with company best practices; verify that an accurate contract risk summary is prepared.
- Assist Operations with review and negotiation of change orders, claims, and disputes for active agreements.
- When assigned, in conjunction with Sales & Operations, draft and negotiate agreements with customers, vendors, and subcontractors. (true-Craftsmanship)
- Coordinate use of outside counsel for large agreements, claims, and litigation. (full-Commitment)
- Evaluate and negotiate project labor agreements (PLA) – maintain listing of active agreements and past PLAs by jurisdiction. Assist in Company understanding and compliance with various states' employment law and requirements. (high-Character)
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- JD; Member of a state bar in good standing
- 3-5+ Years Experience, with some in-house experience preferred
- Construction contracting experience is preferred but not required
- Strong business acumen and ability to quickly grasp business & technical concepts
- Full-time Office position in Knoxville, TN, Chattanooga, TN, or Charleston, SC
