Provide strategic legal advice for complex, high-value projects using alternative project delivery models. Lead contract drafting, review and negotiation; assess and mitigate legal and commercial risks throughout pursuit, delivery, and close-out. Support proposal development, dispute resolution, training, and development of templates and resources while partnering with project and business leaders to enable project success.
Stantec is seeking an experienced lawyer to serve as a strategic legal advisor for complex alternative project delivery and other strategic project pursuits across North America.
In this role, you will partner with project leaders, business leaders, risk management, and external partners from project pursuit to delivery and close-out of complex and/or high-value projects with a focus on alternative project delivery (APD) models such as Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, Public-Private Partnerships, Integrated Project Delivery, and Alliance.
This is a strategic role that combines legal expertise with strong commercial judgement to enable project success while protecting Stantec’s interest and proactively managing project risks.
Key Responsibilities
Contract Review & Negotiation
- Lead the review, negotiation and drafting of contracts and other legal documentation such as teaming agreements, joint venture agreements, design services agreements and subconsultant agreements.
- Identify legal and commercial risks and recommend appropriate protections and mitigations.
- Develop a deep understanding of Stantec’s business and the specific proposed project opportunity to support the team in reviewing scope documents, commercial terms, risk allocation, change management process, and payment terms.
- Partner with the project team to escalate significant legal or commercial risks to senior legal leadership, as appropriate.
Project Pursuit Support
- Provide guidance during proposal development and contract formation.
- Partner with pursuit teams to evaluate legal and commercial risks and opportunities and support go/no-go decisions.
- Participate in client, contractor, partner, owner negotiations throughout pursuit and award phases.
Project Delivery and Close-Out Support
- Provide legal advice regarding potential claims, disputes, and project-related conflicts and recommend strategies for practical resolution.
- Assist with contract interpretation and issue resolution during project execution.
- Support project teams on issues that arise during project delivery including investigating issues and problems and drafting notices and formal correspondence.
Business Partnership and Guidance
- Serve as a trusted advisor to project leaders and business leaders.
- Build and strengthen relationships with Project teams by cultivating a deep understanding of Stantec’s business and being proactive in providing valuable risk management practices for Stantec’s Projects.
- Provide targeted training for project staff and other support teams.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives related to alternative project delivery.
- Support with review and development of resources, templates and reference materials
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of legal experience, including substantial alternative project delivery experience
- Member in good standing of a provincial/state bar
- Proven ability to advise teams on strategic legal and commercial matters
- Exemplary drafting skills with attention to detail
- Proactive, can-do and collaborative attitude is a must;
- Highly developed business sense
- Excellent communicator with a practical approach
- Familiar with technical aspects of design and construction
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.
About the Team Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
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