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Honeywell’s Federal Manufacturing & Technologies business manages the U. S. Department of Energy’s Kansas City National Security Campus in Missouri and New Mexico, manufacturing sophisticated mechanical, electronic and engineered-material components for our nation's defense system. Honeywell is on the leading edge of supplying engineering and manufacturing expertise for our nation's defense and national security. Visit kcnsc.doe.gov for more information about working for Honeywell at the Kansas City National Security Campus.
***This position will be located in Overland Park, KS***
Summary:
The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience with litigation support and case management lifecycle as a corporate paralegal, a strong administrative and corporate governance background, experience researching and interpreting Government Contracts and Regulations, (Department of Energy highly preferred) and demonstrated mastery maintaining a docket.
Summary of Duties:
- Primary Paralegal for day-to-day support of two attorneys; Assistant General Counsel, Employment and Labor, and Assistant General Counsel, Contracts and Procurement
- Serve as first point of contact for government agencies on charges and complaints
- Support document collection and production, litigation discovery requests and subpoena responses
- Issue and manage preservation notices, work with attorneys to develop draft responses to various agencies and outside counsel; track status of various matters
- Manage policy updates, and version control of various form agreements and processes
- Update employee/HR training materials
- Draft and update key documents and letters
- Respond to information and task requests from external departments
- Maintain up-to-date tracking of assigned legal tasks, issues and projects
- Assist in process management of billing, tracking and reporting of outside counsel expenses
- As required and/or directed, coordinate with outside counsel, internal lawyers, other FM&T functions and counterparts in other departments, divisions, regions and business groups
- Coordinate receipt of information, reports, updates and feedback related to legal functions across jurisdictions and businesses
- Administrative and direct support for various Legal Operations projects
- Provide general support for the legal team across all legal focus area matters including: litigation management, contracts, Intellectual Property management, Corporate Governance and Secretarial Duties
You Must Have:
- Associates Degree in Legal Studies or a closely related field, or, Paralegal Certification from an ABA accredited certification agency (e.g. AAPI, NFPA, NALS)
- Minimum of five years' experience, three years must be litigation support and case management.
- US Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a DOE “Q” level security clearance
We Value:
- Superior organizational and time management skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple cases and projects
- Advanced skills with case law research using Westlaw
- Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills, primarily Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
- Experience operating in support of, and interpreting Government contracts
- Project Management experience, and strong professional communication skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a proactive team player
- Acute attention to detail; a results-driven, proactive problem solver
- Functions with high degree of intrinsic confidentiality, tact and diplomacy, and can be trusted with highly confidential materials and sensitive information
- Accepting of new challenges and responsibilities, interested in broadening spectrum of technical and substantive knowledge, and continuous professional growth and development
Additional Information
- JOB ID: req283942
- Category: Legal
- Location: 6700 W 115th St,Overland Park,Kansas,66211,United States
- Nonexempt
- Must have or be eligible for a security clearance due to contractual requirements.
Honeywell is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.