Job Description

As a paralegal, you will work closely with the legal department and the executive team to service the company client across multiple functions in various areas of corporate, construction and employment and labor law. You will interact with the legal department, executive team, staff, and outside vendors in a team setting while conducting yourself in the image of the company by maintaining the highest degree in integrity, ethics, and service.

Essential Duties :

• Provide comprehensive support to the legal department and the executive team relating to legal and executive functions.
• Provides Legal administrative assistance.
• Draft, proofread, and finalize all legal documents, including correspondence, litigation, commercial contracts, and construction related documents.
• Communicates with Attorneys/Vendors/Experts and/or other stakeholders.
• Reviews Commercial Contracts.
• Tracks industry relevant legislation.
• Assist legal department and executive team in preparation for presentations, meetings, by organizing documents, exhibits and digesting relevant information and materials.
• Maintains and manages legal department calendar using the appropriate software, including logging/tracking all deadlines, appointments, and meetings.
• Proofread documents for accuracy, grammar, formatting, and consistency.
• Conduct legal/factual research, performing issue analysis and assessment while culling relevant information from a variety of resources, such as legal databases and Internet sources.
• Prioritizes and multitasks assigned duties in a fast pace environment to ensure timely completion.

Skills/knowledge requirements

• Strong computer proficiency, especially Microsoft suite experience, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams.
• Strong understanding of corporate, construction, and employment and labor law terminology.
• Experience in all phases of litigation and discovery/trial preparation. Experience managing document intensive matters.
• Experience with the Federal and State Construction, Wage, Labor and Employment law including Davis Bacon and Related Acts, Prevailing Wage Acts, and Prompt Payment Act laws.
• Must have strong organizational skills and ability to multitask, be detail oriented, and have excellent communication skills.
• Ability to learn internal firm related technologies and software, manage group collaboration sites, calendar sites and contribute to improving functionality of legal department and executive team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and remain flexible with changing priorities.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of staff and executive team.

Education/experience requirements :

• You have 5 to 10 years paralegal experience with a large law firm or within an in-house legal department Environment.
• Experience in Construction/Employment and Labor law a must.
• College degree or equivalent work experience.
• Paralegal certificate a plus.

MYCO Mechanical is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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• MYCO Mechanical does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact the human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to MYCO Mechanical. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and MYCO Mechanical. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of MYCO Mechanical. MYCO Mechanical shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.

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