Corporate Counsel

Summary

This is an opportunity for a relatively junior attorney to become a valued member of a small in‑house legal department supporting a dynamic, well‑established services company. The role involves providing a wide range of legal services to NAES Corporation and its various business units and subsidiaries, working directly with executive, legal, business development, estimating, and operations personnel. It also includes overseeing the performance of outside legal counsel, managing litigation, advising on risk mitigation, protecting NAES’s interests with customers, suppliers, regulators, and employees, ensuring compliance with applicable laws and company policies, supporting and improving compliance programs, and providing legal and risk training to stakeholders.

• Develop a deep understanding of NAES’s business units, their customers and suppliers, and the competitive landscape.
• Support compliance reporting, policy development, and oversight of compliance programs.
• Participate in the initial evaluation of new business opportunities; review and provide legal advice on requests for proposals, contract terms, and company proposals.
• Develop and improve contract templates for customers, suppliers, and subcontractors; handle contract drafting, review, and negotiation.
• Propose alternative approaches to achieve desired ends in light of business risks and customer issues.
• Provide advice and training to corporate and project management personnel.
• Address customer/vendor contracting issues and disputes; coordinate and manage disputes assigned to outside counsel while managing internal and external legal costs.
• Design and implement strategic education and training initiatives to raise company personnel awareness of risk issues and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Provide legal advice on employment and labor matters, drawing in subject matter experts as needed; contribute to updates of employee handbooks and employment‑related policy documents.
• Perform corporate governance/secretarial work.
• Participate in due diligence and other aspects of M&A practice.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Make decisions within policy constraints, perform duties independently with general or limited directions, determine own practices and procedures, and contribute to the development of new concepts. The position involves recurring work situations with frequent variations and a high degree of complexity. Establish contacts inside and outside the company, including with NAES customers, internal department personnel, immediate associates, vendors, and supervisors. Manage vendors consistent with budgets and hold compliance accountability.

The initial salary will range from $163,000 to $187,450.

This position reports directly to the VP, Legal & Compliance and has no direct reports. It may support responsibilities of other attorneys within the NAES Legal Department.

Graduation from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the Bar Association (or ability to obtain reciprocity admission). Requires 4–6 years of work experience as an attorney, with prior law firm (or equivalent) and/or in‑house experience, and client counseling experience. Employment law experience is preferred. Desired experience includes insurance, construction, compliance, commercial contracts, international, energy, and litigation.

Ability to apply legal principles and offer sound advice in a wide variety of contexts; capable of making decisions and providing advice within specific time constraints or unfamiliar subject matters; keen business sense; thorough grasp of contractual principles and risk allocation; effective communication with business leaders; drive transactions to successful consummation; handle multiple issues simultaneously; excellent negotiation skills; conflict resolution and problem‑solving skills;

working knowledge of MS Office tools.

Work business hours Monday through Friday. A hybrid work schedule may be negotiable, but…