Legal Counsel

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) is seeking an attorney located in our Phoenix, Arizona office to assist with and facilitate the continued growth and expansion of our organization. The ideal candidate will have experience as either an outside lawyer or with an in-house law department with a preference for engineering, professional services, or construction.

The position will collaborate and work with our operations and technical teams to draft and negotiate client contracts and subcontracts for engineering, consulting, surveying and construction management services in addition to providing general legal advice and counseling. The position will report directly to the Chief Legal Officer.

As Counsel for Civil & Environmental Consultants your responsibilities will include: 

• Drafting and negotiating client contracts and subcontracts for engineering, environmental consulting, surveying and construction management services
• Advising the business on other legal issues including human resources
• Providing advice on compliance and corporate governance
• Assisting with training the organization on legal and contractual issues
• Embracing and exemplifying CEC’s core values
• Taking ownership of client relationships and work
• Applying legal and business knowledge to proactively support growth and innovation

Key Attributes: 

• Integrity, honesty, and a demonstrated capacity to represent interests of the company
• Flexible and ability to work in a rapidly changing business environment
• Solid business judgment with a proactive commercial approach to support the organization
• Excellent interpersonal skills – capacity to facilitate and influence managers at all levels
• Ability to appropriately prioritize and deliver tasks to meet deadlines

• Juris doctorate degree from accredited law school and licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona
• Experience negotiating and drafting contracts and subcontracts
• Previous internship experience preferred or 1+ years of experience within a major law firm or legal department for an engineering, professional services or construction company preferred

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community – focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite – focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA – focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women – focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you – that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical, dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work-life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited.  Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.