Contracts & Compliance Specialist

RK Industries growing rapidly and seeking an experienced Compliance and Contracts Specialist to be an integral part of the corporate legal team.  The successful candidate will have extensive experience in-house as a contracts and compliance specialist in the construction industry, and enjoy working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment. You will embrace challenges and seek to solve problems with good judgment and a positive approach. You should be comfortable working independently and owning projects from start to finish. 

• →Manages all aspects of contractor licensing and specialty licenses for all RK subsidiaries across multiple state and local jurisdictions, from researching regulatory requirements, submitting applications and monitoring compliance requirements and renewal applications.
• →Statutory and Regulatory research of licensing requirements, and advise internal business groups on regulatory and compliance requirements
• →Create and Manage a database of all licenses for use by RK’s internal business units
• →Manages corporate compliance functions including drafting, filing and managing various business entity documents for corporations, LLCs and joint ventures/partnerships with State agencies 
• →Be a resource for legal and cross-functional teams on matters relating to RK’s corporate governance, with an interest in looking for opportunities to improve processes, and a willingness to take on ad hoc projects as needed 
• →Create a system to organize and maintain corporate records and contract documents and conduct due diligence reviews 
• →Support General Counsel and Associate General Counsel in negotiations of contracts; facilitates the participation of reviewers and approvers, both internally and externally.
• →Oversees preparation, naming conventions, and receiving of contracts, routes contracts both internally and externally, tracks status of contract through review and execution process; and requests bonds and insurance as necessary.
• →Monitors and calendars contractual deadlines, including option deadlines, expiring or auto-renewing contracts, and expiring statutory deadlines, so as to minimize penalties or forfeiture of opportunities due to inaction.
• →Assist Counsel with research and filing of Mechanic’s Lien, Bond Claims, Verified Statement of Claims, and other collection efforts
• →Litigation support by conducting claims investigations, legal research, organizing files, discovery requests, and coordinate with outside counsel on information requests
• →Assist Risk Manager with insurance claims, insurance policy renewals, and insurance certificate requests
• →Essential administrative functions including, but are not limited to: routing vendor invoices and bills,  scheduling and calendaring; meeting set-ups; document retention (electronic and paper); filing; performing and coordinating certified mailings;

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• All employees are accountable for safety and health and are empowered to stop work if an unsafe condition is present. Employees should immediately notify their supervisor so that the hazard may be corrected.
• As a condition of employment, all Company employees are required to undergo drug screening upon hire and may be subject to additional future random or suspicion-based testing.

• Work Independently
• Manages tasks and processes.
• Fully competent in all conventional aspects of subject matter or functional area.
• Plans and conducts work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection and substantial adaptation/modification of standards.  
• Devises new solutions to problems encountered.
• Independently  performs most assignments with minimal instruction
• Receives guidance for unusual or complex problems and supervisor approval for changes in standards.