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About the Role

As Project Counsel – Large Projects, you’ll play a key role in guiding project execution and strengthening the legal frameworks that support complex, high-impact infrastructure projects. You will be embedded with the project team, providing day-to-day counsel on a variety of issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, hands-on legal counsel across all project phases, ensuring compliance with relevant contracts and effective risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with commercial teams, project managers, and executive leadership to align legal strategies with business objectives.
• Act as the primary legal resource on assigned projects, interpreting contracts and responding to legal inquiries.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and related agreements, including prime contract amendments and change orders, subcontracts, and purchase orders.
• Engage with external stakeholders—clients, delivery partners, and government agencies—to support project success.
• Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and advance resolution of risks, working with outside counsel and consultants.
• Support dispute resolution and claims management with a solutions-driven approach, including management of outside counsel and consultants.

Requirements

• Licensed to practice law in the United States.
• Either already barred in the state of Hawaii or willing to take the Hawaii bar within six months of hire.
• At least five years of experience in construction law.
• Preference for time split between working for a firm or the Government and as in-house counsel at a construction or engineering company.
• Non-construction law experience coupled with time working in a non-legal role (e.g., engineer or project controls) in a construction or engineering company will also be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to manage the legal aspects of construction projects from claims and litigation to subcontracting and compliance.
• Strong understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• Prior experience on DOD/DOW construction projects preferred.
• Comfortable navigating complex stakeholder groups and providing decisive legal guidance.
• Strong communication (written and verbal) and people skills, including ability to work across cultures and maintain business/client relationships.
• Knowledge of insurance and risk management programs for construction mega projects including Builders’ Risk and Professional Liability.
• Able to work independently and under tight deadlines.

Skills

• Construction law
• Corporate law
• Federal Acquisition Regulations
• DOD/DOW construction projects
• Contract drafting, review, and negotiation
• Risk mitigation
• Dispute resolution
• Claims management
• Insurance and risk management programs for construction mega projects
• Builders’ Risk
• Professional Liability
• Communication (written and verbal)
• People skills
• Cross-cultural collaboration
• Business/client relationship management

Location

• Hawaii

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• At least five years of experience

Education Level

• Licensed to practice law

Salary/Compensations

• USD $170,000.00/Yr. - USD $180,000.00/Yr.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation package
• Paid time off program
• Industry leading 401(k)/RRSP
• Medical/Extended Health Care
• Dental
• Vision
• Provincial Medical
• Wellness benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

About the Company

• We are an EEO/ADA/Veterans employer.

Equal Opportunity

• EEO/ADA/Veterans employer