Modular Manufacturing Corporate Counsel

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Provide practical, business-oriented legal counsel across commercial transactions, construction and industrial projects, manufacturing operations, risk management, regulatory compliance, labor and employment matters, and dispute resolution.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Contracts
  • Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, including modular equipment and construction installation sales agreements, service agreements, purchase orders and vendor contracts, confidentiality agreements, licensing and technology agreements
  • Identify potential risks associated with contract terms and conditions and work with stakeholders to mitigate those risks 
  • Support the Procurement department in the RFP process for strategic purchases
  • Ensure that customer contract requirements are understood and effectively flowed down to our applicable subcontractors
  • Provide training and support to team members on contract management processes and best practices
• Regulatory Compliance
  • Monitor and advise on compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Support compliance efforts related to:
    • OSHA and workplace safety
    • Environmental regulations
    • Manufacturing standards
    • Transportation and logistics requirements
    • Import/export controls
    • Anti-corruption and ethics policies
  • Conduct internal compliance reviews and training programs
• Employment and Labor Matters
  • Advise Human Resources and management on employment law issues
  • Support investigations involving employee relations matters
• Claims and Litigation Management
  • Manage pre-litigation disputes and claims involving customers, suppliers, subcontractors, and employees
  • Coordinate and oversee outside counsel
  • Support litigation strategy, discovery responses, and settlement negotiations
  • Maintain litigation reserves and reporting as required
  • Partner with risk management personnel to review insurance coverages and claims
• Corporate Governance
  • Support corporate governance activities, including board meetings, resolutions, corporate records, and entity management
  • Assist with mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships
  • Coordinate with outside counsel on complex corporate transactions
  • Develop corporate policies, procedures, and governance requirements
• IP
  • Assist with protection and management of company intellectual property assets
  • Any other responsibilities as assigned by TAS

JOB SKILLS:

• Ability to translate legal concepts into practical business recommendations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Keen attention to detail
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to succeed in a matrix, team environment.
• Ability to work with varying seniority levels, including staff, managers and external partners
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, and business judgment.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• 0-5 years of legal experience, preferably with a combination of:
  • Corporate law firm practice
  • In-house legal experience
  • Manufacturing, construction, industrial services, energy, or engineering industries
  • Experience negotiating complex commercial contracts and project agreements.
  • Familiarity with modular construction, manufacturing, and industrial operations preferred.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.  Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.  Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading.  The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do!  When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus.  We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications.  TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries.  The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways.  TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities.

TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market.  By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery. 

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals.  More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. “smoking” and “tobacco or nicotine products” includes, but is not limited to, product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.