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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Assisting on construction related matters including reviewing, drafting and negotiating standard form (NEC, IChemE, JCT and FIDIC) and bespoke construction contracts and O&M contracts and sub-contracts
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating ancillary construction and project related documents, including collateral warranties and performance security documents
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating heads of terms, letters of intent, supply contracts and grid connection documents
- Ability to advise on the contentious elements of projects, including advising on and mitigating risk in relation to project issues such as delays, cost claims and extensions of time
- Ability to also get involved across a broad range of general commercial legal work and working closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Responsibility for providing commercially focused legal advice on a range of EV and battery projects
- Supporting with commercial and contractual matters with respect to tenders, projects, variations and on-going contractual and operational matters
- Working confidently with external legal resource as required
- Supporting and managing more junior members of the team and advising on specific questions
- Ability to upskill and be involved in asset finance/ project finance
- Guiding and advising the business on regulatory, compliance and procurement matters and on key construction related issues that may impact the business and operations
- Supporting Heads of Legal and General Counsel when required
- Reporting into the Head of Legal (NI & Construction) and Global General Counsel and supporting legal functions globally as we expand
- Confidently manage general commercial legal related aspects of the business
- General day to day advice on key risk and legal issues
Requirements
What you’ll need- At least 5 to 10 years PQE having trained and qualified at a good regional, national or international law firm
- Strong Generalist and construction experience
- Non-contentious construction lawyer with excellent knowledge of construction agreements
- Ideally someone who possesses in-house experience
- Experienced contract negotiator with commercial awareness
- Excellent legal drafting skills
- Sound commercial judgment with an ability to prioritise effectively
- An understanding of the energy regulatory environment and experience in the energy sector would be a strong advantage
- An understanding of project finance/ financing documents would be advantageous
- Able to establish rapport and build strong trust-based relationships
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
Comp & perks- Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
- 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
- Private Medical Insurance
- £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
- EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
- Enhanced parental leave
- Cash back health plan
- Plus more
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract negotiationlegal draftingconstruction contractsproject financerisk mitigationcollateral warrantiesperformance security documentssupply contractsgrid connection documentscommercial legal advice
Soft Skills
commercial awarenesssound commercial judgmentrelationship buildingcommunication skillsteam managementprioritizationadvisory skillsstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingleadership
Certifications
PQE