Legal Assistant

Department: Legal

Reports to: General Counsel 

Compensation: Starting hourly wage $25 - $35. Commensurate with skills and experience

Hours: Full-time: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm

Benefits 

• Two weeks paid vacation.
• Eight and a half paid holidays per year.
• Two paid flexible holidays per year.
• ICHRA Health Insurance Reimbursement or Health Insurance Reimbursement.
• 100% Employer Paid Dental & Vision Insurance.
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance.
• Other benefits accrue over the first 3-24 months, including additional paid vacation, no-cost primary medical care membership, 401k, 401k matching, and quarterly profit share.

Place of Work: Corporate Headquarters - 1730 South Street, Redding CA, 96001

Company Overview

Maas Energy Works is the leading developer and operator of on-farm, waste-to-energy
systems on the west coast. The Company designs, develops, constructs, and operates biogas powered renewable energy generation systems on dairy farms. Our projects include anaerobic digesters, biogas-powered electric generation, and renewable compressed natural gas upgrading.

Position Description

Maas Energy Works (MEW) is searching for a proactive and dynamic individual to join our legal team as a Legal Assistant. In this pivotal role, you will partner closely with our General Counsel to support the company’s legal operations. Your primary responsibilities will include organizing, drafting, and refining critical agreements, as well as facilitating contract communications from the start to final execution. You will play a key role in maintaining our legal database, ensuring timelines and records are always up to date with relevant information. This is a unique opportunity for a detail-oriented professional to contribute to the success of an innovative and forward-thinking company.

Responsibilities

• Draft/revise agreements for new clients.
• Field phone and email inquiries regarding agreements.
• Learn and clearly communicate the basis of agreement language to all parties upon request.
• Organize agreement documents (digital & physical).
• Manage contract progress with all active agreement parties that need to be executed and update timelines.
• Prepare documents for recording, as necessary.
• Ensure that communications and progress are properly recorded in the Company database, and regularly reported to the appropriate director and General Counsel.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in Contracts/Agreements
• Legal Experience preferred
• Self-Motivated
• Quick learner
• Highly Organized
• Willingness to Learn
• Proficient in Microsoft Word
• Must be proficient in English

Other Duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.