Construction Litigation Counsel

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Construction Litigation Counsel to join our Legal Department. This role will provide strategic legal counsel and support for complex prefabrication projects, with a primary focus on dispute resolution, claims management, litigation oversight, and risk mitigation. The successful candidate will partner closely with project management, procurement, commercial, engineering, and executive leadership teams to proactively identify legal risks, manage disputes, and develop strategies that protect the company's business objectives throughout the project lifecycle. The ideal candidate will have significant experience handling construction-related claims, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and dispute avoidance strategies, as well as interpreting and enforcing complex commercial and construction agreements.

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion. OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES High-Performance Culture Customer Focus Operational Excellence Innovation Financial Strength VERTIV BEHAVIORS Own it Act with urgency Foster a customer-first mindset Think big and execute Lead by example Drive continuous improvement Learn and seek out development Promote transparent & open communication

Responsibilities

• Manage construction-related disputes, including claims, litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
• Provide strategic legal advice regarding construction contracts, project execution issues, schedule impacts, delays, change orders, differing site conditions, warranty claims, and performance disputes.
• Lead investigations and factual development for claims and disputes, working closely with project teams and business stakeholders.
• Manage outside counsel and consultants, including litigation strategy, budgets, pleadings, discovery, expert witness engagement, and case resolution.
• Evaluate legal and commercial risks arising from project execution and recommend practical business solutions.
• Draft, review, and respond to claims correspondence, notices, reservation-of-rights letters, demand letters, and settlement agreements.
• Support project teams in preserving contractual rights and complying with notice