Legal Contract Specialist

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is lookingto hire a Contracts Specialist (Legal Administrator 3) to provide high-quality transactional legal review support across all business industries and sectors for Arcadis US including but not limited to the review of commercial contracts and subcontracts as well as the implementation and support of Arcadis internal risk and business policies.

Reporting To: Commercial Contracts Senior Manager Arcadis US (operational and functional line)

Location: USA

Role accountabilities:

• Solid business acumen with tertiary qualifications in law or legally related discipline with a preference for contract law.
• Strong negotiation skills solid legal drafting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as effective interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work independently and manage your time in a fast-paced business environment.
• Exceptional organization and time management skills (the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously consistently meeting required deadlines without extensive supervision).
• Adept at collaboration and with the ability to operate effectively in a team environment.
• Pragmatic adept at critical thinking and problem solving.
• A proactive and open mind-set with a motivation to learn unfamiliar skills and the ability to generalize that experience into good use.

Qualifications & Experience:

• B.A. or B.S.

• Paralegal Certification or the equivalent demonstrated experience as a commercial contract administrator.

• Seven (7) or more years of experience with transactional based legal reviews risk analysis insurance analysis contract drafting and negotiation (ideally with broad based commercial industry experience).

Preferred Qualifications or Experience

• Contract and performance/risk management experience in all general aspects of environmental consulting or civil engineering; design and construction industry; and experience with the various roles and phases associated with large or more complex engineering and construction projects as well as international contracting exposure is an advantage.
• Experience with contract management systems (strongly preferred).

• Experience reviewing and drafting U.S. industry forms (DBIA AIA EJCDC) (preferred).

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $76000 - $95000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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