Corporate Counsel

Summary/Objective

Evans General Contractors, LLC is seeking an experienced attorney to join its growing in-house Legal Department as Corporate Counsel, Corporate Affairs & Compliance.

Reporting directly to the General Counsel, this attorney will support Evans’ corporate governance, entity administration, contractor licensing, enterprise compliance, company policies, internal business contracts, and related legal initiatives.

This is a substantive, business-facing position for an attorney who wants to help build and maintain the legal and compliance infrastructure of a growing national construction company. The successful candidate will work directly with senior leadership and collaborate across Legal, Human Resources, Risk, Finance, Information Technology, Procurement, Operations, Marketing, and other business functions.

The role is intended for an attorney who exercises practical judgment, takes ownership of substantive matters, and enjoys developing workable systems and solutions rather than advising from the sidelines.

This is an onsite position based in one of our offices located in Alpharetta, GA; Savannah, GA; Dallas, TX; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh, NC; or Jacksonville, FL.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage governance, entity records, registrations, filings, and related corporate documentation.
• Support contractor licensing, qualifying-agent matters, government registrations, renewals, and multistate requirements.
• Develop practical compliance programs, policies, controls, training, and guidance, including ethics, conflicts, anti-bribery, confidentiality, records, and artificial intelligence.
• Support compliance inquiries, internal reviews, investigations, government audits, certifications, filings, and responses.
• Draft, review, and negotiate internal business agreements; advise clients on material terms, risks, alternatives, and approvals.
• Build scalable legal systems and coordinate assigned matters with outside counsel and cross-functional teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Become a trusted advisor and own defined corporate, compliance, licensing, policy, and contract workstreams.
• Give clear, practical advice; identify issues early; and advance solutions efficiently.
• Build reliable, scalable systems, workflows, and records.
• Develop productive cross-functional relationships and manage outside counsel efficiently.
• Assume greater responsibility as knowledge of Evans and demonstrated judgment grow.

Work Style

• Practical, responsive, organized, and business-minded.
• Comfortable owning work while collaborating with senior leadership.
• Able to move between strategy and implementation while building repeatable processes.
• Candid, curious, accountable, and interested in growing with Evans.

The position is expected to work primarily from the selected Evans office and to collaborate regularly with colleagues and business leaders across the company. Periodic travel to Evans’ corporate headquarters, regional offices, project locations, or other business meetings may be required.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school and active good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least seven years of relevant legal experience; seven to ten years preferred.
• Meaningful experience in corporate governance, commercial contracts, compliance, contractor licensing, multistate registrations, or in-house counseling.
• Strong research, analysis, drafting, negotiation, communication, and business judgment.
• Ability to own multiple confidential matters, meet deadlines, and collaborate with senior leaders and business partners.
• In-house or outside-counsel experience advising operating businesses, preferably in a project-based industry, preferred.
• Experience with governance, entity administration, contractor licensing, regulated operations, or multistate compliance, preferred.
• Experience negotiating technology, software, professional-services, leasing, employment-vendor, or similar agreements, preferred.
• Experience coordinating outside counsel and cross-functional initiatives, preferred.
• Familiarity with legal-operations technology and responsible uses of artificial intelligence, preferred.

Evans General Contractors, LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employ er. Recruitment Firms/ Staffing Agencies: Evans General Contractors, LLC (Evans) does not accept unsolicited resumes from Recruitment Firms/Staffing Agencies. All unsolicited resumes submitted to any Evans employee, including Hiring Managers, will be treated as the property of Evans and no referral fee will be paid unless there is a previously executed agreement between the Recruitment Firm/Staffing Agency and Evans. Recruitment Firms/Staffing Agencies interested in submitting a candidate for review should contact Evans’ Human Resources Departme nt.