Corporate Counsel

Position Summary: 

The Corporate Counsel will play a critical role in ensuring our organization operates within legal frameworks and adheres to regulatory requirements. This individual will serve as the General Counsel’s primary trusted assistant and will be a key advisor to senior management and other employees on a wide range of legal matters and will contribute to Evapco’s overall strategic direction.  

Key Responsibilities: 

The Corporate Counsel will provide legal advice and services to Evapco’s executives and other employees on a wide array of subjects and areas, with an initial focus on construction matters but that will also include labor and employment matters, commercial transactions, corporate matters, intellectual property protection, and interfacing with insurance companies. The work will include providing services to Evapco’s subsidiaries in North America, as well as Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.  The specific duties/work will include:

•    Negotiating terms and conditions for all types of contracts, including agreements with Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) companies;

•   Pursuing legal claims and dispute resolution;

•   Negotiating and pricing change orders;

•   Negotiating commercial transactions including acquisitions, joint-ventures, and strategic supply agreements;

•   Providing advice on labor and employment matters for all US locations;

•   Ensuring protection for an extensive intellectual property portfolio, including foreign and domestic patents and patent applications as well as trade secrets;

•    Supervising and managing litigation of all types;

•   Serving as corporate secretary to ensure compliance with local laws and maintaining board resolutions.

Education/Experience: (Minimum requirements)

•    3+ years of legal experience (law firm or in-house legal department)

•    Juris doctor required from an accredited law school

•    Maryland Bar membership or the ability to be admitted within one year

•    Ability to balance protecting company assets with business objectives

•    Ability to work as part of a team

•    Ability to perform wide range of tasks, regardless of importance

•    Exceptional writing skills

•    Strong analytic abilities

•    Ability to mediate conflict

•    Highly developed negotiation skills 

Location/Reporting:

• Position will be based at Evapco’s Global Headquarters in Taneytown, Maryland.
• This is an in-person position, No remote or hybrid work offered. 
• Candidate will report to the Evapco General Counsel and work collaboratively with the individual business leaders involved with a particular matter. 

Evapco’s Summary of Pay & Benefits

• The salary range consists of base pay and most recent profit-sharing bonus amounts
• Medical, Vision, & Dental Insurance 
• Employee Stock Ownership Program – we are an employee-owned company
• Profit Sharing Bonus – which is paid twice per year 
• Pretax Savings & Investment Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Pay
• Company Paid Basic Life Insurance equivalent to base salary, with option for Supplemental Life election
• Sick Leave 
• Long Term Disability

Additional Information: 

EVAPCO, Inc. is a privately held, employee-owned manufacturing company with global resources and solutions for worldwide heat transfer applications. Employees share ownership of the company in an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP) and share in company profits through a profit sharing plan to foster a high degree of motivation, combined with an excellent benefits plan.

EVAPCO is dedicated to designing and manufacturing the highest quality products for the evaporative cooling and industrial refrigeration markets around the globe. Since its founding in 1976, EVAPCO, Incorporated has become an industry leader in the engineering and manufacturing of quality heat transfer products around the world. EVAPCO’s mission is to provide first class service and quality products in the following markets:

• Commercial HVAC
• Industrial Process
• Power
• Industrial Refrigeration

EVAPCO’s powerful combination of financial strength and technical expertise has established the company as a recognized manufacturer of market-leading products on a worldwide basis. EVAPCO is also recognized for the superior technology of their environmentally friendly product innovations in sound reduction and water management. EVAPCO is an employee owned company with a strong emphasis on research and development and modern manufacturing plans. EVAPCO has earned a reputation for technological innovation and superior product quality by featuring products that are designed to offer these operating advantages:

• Higher System Efficiency
• Environmentally Friendly
• Lower Annual Operating Costs
• Reliable, Simple Operation and Maintenance

With an ongoing commitment to Research and Development programs, EVAPCO provides the most advanced products in the industry – Technology for the Future, Available Today!