Construction Solicitor - CRA Consulting : Job Details

Job Title: Construction Associate / SolicitorLocation: Leeds City Centre (with hybrid working)Salary: £65,000 to £85,000Contract: Full Time, PermanentRole Overview:Advisory and Transactional Work: Provide legal advice on a wide range of construction projects, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts Dispute Resolution: Handle construction disputes, including mediation, adjudication, arbitration, and litigation. Client Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, ensuring their legal needs are met efficiently and effectively. Risk Management: Advise clients on risk management and mitigation strategies throughout the lifecycle of construction projects. Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant construction laws and regulations, including health and safety, environmental, and building standards. Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with other solicitors, partners, and support staff to deliver seamless legal services. Business Development: Assist in business development activities, including networking, attending industry events, and contributing to marketing initiatives.Employee Benefits:25 days holiday plus bank holidays Increasing holiday entitlement for reward of continued employment, up to 31 days plus bank holidays Holiday purchase / sale scheme Enhanced pension scheme Health & Well-being scheme Paid sabbatical scheme Life insurance (4X annual salary) Bonus scheme Hybrid workingAbout the Business:CRA are proud to represent a leading law firm in the heart of Leeds. As a top tier legal 500 firm, you will be joining an established, diverse, highly-regarded, respectable and modern organisation who are experience growth and expansion in many of their teams. With an experienced and award-winning construction department, this is an exciting opportunity for an experienced lawyer to join an organisation who are going from strength to strength. This opportunity offers you, as the successful candidate, the scope to develop your career and join a forward-thinking, agile business with excellent technology and a luxury office space.About CRA Consulting:CRA Consulting are a specialist legal recruiter, operating across the UK. CRA works in partnership with reputable law firms with either local, regional, national or international presence. We recruit at all levels from board, director and partnership level through to support staff. For additional information on how we can assist you with your next career move, visit the CRA Consulting Website at www.craconsultants.com.To apply, you will be required to meet the following criteria:Qualified Solicitor with a minimum of 1years post-qualification experience in Construction & Engineering Law (contentious and/or non-contentious) Our client will consider candidates seeking exclusively contentious, exclusively non-contentious, or candidates seeking a mixture of contentious & non-contentious workHow to Apply:If this Construction Associate / Solicitor vacancy, please click the apply button. Alternatively, if you would like to discuss with Rhys Spencer who is managing this vacancy, call for a confidential discussion.Are you wanting to review additional career opportunities? Visit our jobs page at jobsAdditional Information:CRA Legal follow strict best practice recruitment guidelines monitored by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Please note our advertisements use salary levels purely as a guide. However we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.This Construction Associate / Solicitor vacancy is very popular with the local legal community, so please apply quickly to ensure your application is considered. As part of our candidate registration and care process we at CRA Legal aim to respond to all successful applications within 2 working days.