Associate Counsel

 At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 85 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 11 offices nationwide.

Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
• 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
• Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
• The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

• Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and finalizes a high volume of construction contracts, drawing upon candidate’s extensive knowledge of all AIA contract forms, typical client positions, and their impact on Shawmut and its business goals and practices.
• Drafts, reviews, negotiates, and finalizes confidentiality agreements, settlement agreements, leases and other agreements.  
• Assists with legal issues related to subcontracts.
• Provides advice on various legal and procedural issues including scope, schedule, notices, changes, non-performance, insurance and labor issues.
• Develops and maintains positive relationships and communication with Shawmut staff.
• Acts as a liaison for and fosters positive relationships with clients and clients’ attorneys.
• Manages affirmative and defensive lien issues as necessary to protect the company’s interests. Is familiar with lien statutes and practices in various jurisdictions.
• Develops training materials and provides company-wide training on contracts, processes, and other legal topics.  

• Experience: A minimum of 2-5 years of Construction Industry Law experience.
• Education: JD, member of any state bar
• While Shawmut is headquartered in Massachusetts, this position works out of our NYC office - hybrid, 3 days a week in the office and 2 days from home.
• Extensive knowledge of construction principles, practices, procedures, means and methods.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated initiative, follow through, resourcefulness, efficiency and attention to detail.
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to learn new software and applications.
• Ability to quickly learn organization structure and stakeholders.
• Ability to create a culture of inclusion and belonging by acting with courage, humility and curiosity; desire to learn about others and self-reflect.

Shawmut prohibits discrimination against any staff member or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, disability, creed, citizenship status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

NYC Base Salary Range: $175,000 – $225,000  The range stated is specific to New York City.  Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to years of experience, project size capability (for Construction & Field roles) and internal company equity.