Legal Assistant (Legal)
The Doe Run Company is currently seeking a Legal Assistant to provide legal department matters management and administrative support. This position is located at our Corporate Office in St. Louis, MO.
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain legal department files and Access databases. Assist with tracking and reporting on matter statuses, documents filed, and garnishments. Monitor legal dept. mail\email.
- Assist with document collections, drafting, and tracking legal hold notices and record review\coding.
- Provide assistance in the preparation, tracking, and organization of board minutes and resolutions.
- Track, process, and report on dept. accounts payable, POs, and insurance reimbursements. Assist with tracking budget expenditures and updating budget forecasts.
- Provide administrative support including scanning of records and department calendar\docket. Assist with company record retention program.
- Complete tasks in a safe and environmentally compliant manner by following EHS (environmental, health, and safety) policies, procedures, and best practices; support and assist peers in working in a safe, compliant manner; report unsafe acts or conditions, incidents, and deviations; and provide feedback to support continuous improvement in EHS performance.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
Education & Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of legal assistant experience.
- Experience in budget administration preferred.
- Associate's degree in relevant field preferred
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Proficient with software programs including Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Access, Excel (must be able to create
spreadsheets, formulas, and validate data), and OneNote.
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Proficient with Adobe Acrobat Professional.
- Basic knowledge of SharePoint and ERP (PeopleSoft).
Environmental Conditions, Physical & Lifting Requirements:
- Regularly required to use a computer and phone.
- General office environment, but occasionally requires working in confined spaces and wet, humid conditions (non-weather). Rarely requires working in extreme cold (non-weather).
- Regularly requires sitting, hearing, feeling attributes of objects, grasping, and repetitive movement. Frequently requires talking. Occasionally requires reaching with hands/arms, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling. Rarely requires pushing, standing, walking, driving, climbing or balancing, moving up and down from/to a sitting position on the floor. Requires clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and the ability to read and write.
- Frequently required to lift up to 5 pounds. Occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds. Rarely required to lift up to 75 pounds.
Based in St. Louis, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and one of the largest integrated lead producers in the Western Hemisphere. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run has facilities in Missouri, Washington and Arizona and operates one of the world's largest, single-site lead recycling facilities, located in Boss, MO. Using innovative mining techniques, Doe Run skillfully taps one of the largest lead deposits in the world.
As stewards of the mineral resources in our care, we strive to provide premium services and products to people who share our belief in enhancing the quality of life. You may view our sustainability report located at http://sustainability.doerun.com/.
All health and welfare benefits as well as 401K are effective on your start date! In addition, we offer tuition reimbursement to help you grow and develop within our organization with ample opportunities for advancement.
The Doe Run Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all areas, including but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, selection, training, education, compensation, benefits, promotion, job transfer, upgrading, separation and recall regardless of the individual's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, and/or other protected categories under all Federal, State, and local laws. For more information, please click on the following links: About the EEO law and EEO law supplement.
Experience
Required- 5 year(s): Legal assistant experience.
Education
Required- High School or better
- Associates or better in Business Administration or related field
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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