Legal Staff Paralegal in Kansas City, MO

In-House

Kansas City, MO

Legal Staff Paralegal in Kansas City, MO

Legal Staff

Min 2 yrs required

No

Paralegal

About the job

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind the company's success. By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, the company has found a sustainable way to grow in the industry for the last 100+ years. The diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places every day, and the company needs inspired people like you to join in the pursuit of building perfection.

Role Summary

The Paralegal will provide legal support to the Legal Department supporting the company's Midwest Region. This position will increase the efficiency of the departments and provide maximum protection for the company. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision, and values of the company.

Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes decisions on routine matters, provides recommendations to the supervisor, and refers all exceptions to the supervisor.

Career Path: Various

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

Paralegal

- Prepare drafts of contracts with Owners relating to various building delivery methods (construction manager at-risk, construction manager as agent, and design-build) using the company’s standard forms.
- Support the company’s subcontracting process by preparing subcontract and purchase order templates using the company’s online Trade Partner Onboarding system.
- Prepare redacted Owner contracts to remove proprietary information prior to distribution to trade partners and distribute them to operations teams.
- Assist department attorneys by preparing redlines of agreements and other documents for review, including conversion of documents to electronically comparable formats (., OCR documents and convert to Word documents) to compare against industry templates and/or prior agreements.
- File various legal documents related to company projects, such as executed Owner contracts and non-disclosure agreements.
- Assist with the preparation and filing of subcontract riders.
- Assist with updating standard company templates and maintaining files for these documents.
- File and follow the destruction policy relating to trade partner bonds.
- As needed, assist department attorneys with various routine tasks, such as preparing monthly reports to the operations team, setting up for new department employees, ordering office supplies, and approving credit card transactions.
- Develop training materials and help deliver training as assigned.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

- Ability to perform work accurately, completely, and in a timely manner.
- Communication skills, verbal and written – Intermediate.
- Ability to follow-up on inquiries in a timely manner.
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects.
- Organizational skills – Intermediate.
- Ability to deliver quality through attention to detail.
- Ability to understand and implement best practice standards.
- Ability to recognize opportunities for process improvement.
- Proficiency in MS Office – Intermediate.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and act ethically in all matters.
- Ability to perform legal research (Lexis and Internet) - Intermediate.
- Ability to build relationships and collaborate within a team, internally and externally.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field (Preferred). In lieu of the above requirements, equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

Experience

2+ years of paralegal experience (Required). Construction industry experience (Preferred).

Working Environment

Benefits Information

The benefits package aligned to this position is Professional Non-Union. The company is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. The company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and it is the policy to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected category. The company is a background screening, drug-free workplace.

The company provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job, please submit your request to the specified email.

The company does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of the company without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of the company. Please, no phone calls or emails.