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
• 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.