Corporate Counsel

• →Provide strategic legal counsel to executives and business leaders on contracts, claims, compliance, insurance, employment, corporate governance, and risk management.
• →Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including public and private construction contracts, subcontracts, joint ventures, real estate transactions, equipment leases, technology agreements, NDAs, and professional services contracts.
• →Advise project teams on contract interpretation, change orders, differing site conditions, claims, payment disputes, termination rights, and risk allocation.
• →Lead construction claims and dispute resolution through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, litigation, and coordination with outside counsel.
• →Develop contract templates, legal policies, and best practices that improve consistency while reducing organizational risk.
• →Ensure compliance with federal contracting requirements, including FAR/DFARS, Davis-Bacon, Buy America, certified payroll, and DBE/MBE/WBE requirements.
• →Support OSHA and MSHA regulatory matters, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, insurance matters, licensing, and regulatory compliance.
• →Supervise paralegals, manage outside counsel relationships and legal budgets, and provide regular updates to executive leadership.

• J.D. and valid attorney's license; must maintain good standing with at least 1 state bar throughout employment (PA, WV, VA, MD bars preferred).
• Minimum of 8+ years in drafting, redlining, and negotiating construction contracts and managing contract functions.
• Combination of litigation and corporate experience preferred.
• Must be experienced with negotiating both commercial and legal terms.
• Experience drafting and finalizing commercial agreements relative to the construction industry, particularly heavy civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience with federal agency contracting (FHWA, FTA, Army Corps of Engineers, or similar) and federal procurement regulations a plus.
• Experience in corporate, real estate, aviation, employment, M&A, or insurance/captive law a plus.
• Familiarity with surety law, bonding relationships, and performance/payment bond claims a plus.

For a complete job description and list of responsibilities, please visit our career page at https://brayman.applicantpro.com/jobs/.

Join an established construction company that provides excellent benefits and perks including our corporate office features a fully equipped gym facility, a wellness program, and more!

Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) plan with Employer Match
• 401(k) Profit Sharing
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 9 Company Holidays
• Optional Health Savings Account (HSA) with Generous Employer Contribution
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance

We are a leading heavy civil and geotechnical contractor with office headquarters in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a satellite office in Wytheville, Virginia, and various project field offices in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regions. Incorporated in 1947 as a family-owned business, we have diversified and evolved our construction services from a small bridge and concrete company. Today, we are a large, nationally recognized provider of complex, heavy civil and geotechnical construction projects servicing both public and private sector clients. Brayman Construction has expertise in a wide variety of projects including large scale complex bridges, deep foundations, marine and dam construction and rehabilitation, complex and heavy steel erection and rehabilitation, and demolition services.

This is a Safety Sensitive Position requiring work on project sites, including federal projects. Project sites contain various safety hazards associated with heavy construction. This position may require working at heights, around heavy equipment, and under constantly changing circumstances. This position will be subject to more stringent drug testing and compliance policies associated with our status as a Federal Contractor.

Some positions with the company will have access to confidential and proprietary information. Successful candidates for those positions will be required to sign our standard confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment.

Location: 16056

Brayman and Affiliate Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status or on any other basis prohibited by federal, state and local laws.

This position will be subject to more stringent drug testing and compliance policies associated with our status as a Federal Contractor.