Assistant Vice President Associate General Counsel

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all contracts under its business unit, from strategy to drafting, soliciting and procuring, negotiating and awarding, and claims and change management.
• Develops strategic and consistent contracts and specifications to reduce risk to budget and schedule.
• Optimizes risk allocation results in lower contract prices.
• Provides contracting strategy advice far ahead of the formal procurement process.
• Collaborates with Development to develop contracts that address market capacity, procurement, and contracting timelines, strategies, and issues regarding federal versus state funding.
• Collaborates with C&D's engineers and PCEOs to understand vision and draft contracts that are cogent, enforceable, and will deliver desired project benefits.
• Helps drive the heightened utilization of MWBE vendors in all contracts.
• Advises the delivery department leaders on contract enforcement, claims management, and merit determinations, managing the claims process, including strategy and prosecution/defense as necessary.
• Understanding, drafting, and managing innovative construction contracts involving A+B bidding, design-build, progressive-design build, and other state-of-the-art construction contracting methods to support the MTA's Capital Programs, and understanding the complexities of large infrastructure projects involving transit and rail systems, bridges, and tunnels.
• Understanding and enforcing all the laws, regulations, and policies pertaining to public works contracting, as well as the requirements of the MTA's funding partners, such as the Federal Transit Administration.
• Having a broad range of substantive knowledge of the law, procurement, construction management (including construction scheduling), and the highly technical subjects of the MTA's projects.
• Current and upcoming projects require specialized knowledge and understanding of large infrastructure projects, some involving state-of-the-art and developing technologies and complex data, signaling, and communications systems.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor- Law Degree, Admission to the New York State Bar.
• Excellent academic credentials.
• Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of progressively independent legal experience in a law firm, a governmental legal office, or a company's in-house legal department.
• Experience working on matters involving complex public works projects, construction projects, and/or real estate matters, and familiarity with relevant local, state, and federal laws.
• Experience with federal and state procurement laws, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrated initiative, excellent judgment, and ability to work independently on matters of significant size and complexity.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and clients in a fast-paced environment.
• Confidence in dealing with senior management and sophisticated counterparties.
• Ability to identify creative, business-oriented solutions to legal and business risks.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Proven capability to build and maintain strong client relationships.

Qualifications

• Engineering or Construction Management Experience Preferred.

Skills

• Legal Research and Analysis
• Contract Negotiation and Drafting
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Public Works Law and Regulations
• Project Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$143,713 to $179,641

Schedule

8:30 AM to 5:00 PM or as required (7.5 HR/ DAY)