Senior Solicitor

Description

• Build and maintain good relationships with clients in the business, colleagues across the Legal team and other internal specialist corporate functions.
• Work closely with legal colleagues, internal specialist corporate functions and business representatives to achieve their goals and objectives by providing high quality, pragmatic legal support and advice in relation to a variety of commercial and construction matters for both existing operational assets and new projects for the business.
• Gain a clear understanding of our strategic priorities as a business and assist in ensuring that we deliver on our core purpose, to power communities to thrive today and create a net zero tomorrow.
• Undertake work in-house and, where necessary, engage external lawyers from our panel firms.

Requirements

• Broad experience of commercial and construction matters (preferably in the utilities and/or energy sector) including drafting and negotiating engineering and construction contracts and associated commercial agreements.
• A proactive and pragmatic approach to giving legal advice and support in a clear and concise manner and within timescales. Demonstrates authority, credibility and maturity in their approach to their work.
• Comfortable working independently and within project teams and leading matters of high value and high risk.
• A high degree of confidence in your approach to work, legal skills and knowledge with a demonstrable resilient attitude to challenging situations. Comfortable in taking the lead in challenging situations and effectively resolving conflict.
• Qualification as a solicitor in Scotland and/or England and Wales with a minimum of 5 years PQE, with knowledge of the legal and commercial issues that are pertinent to the construction or utilities sector.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance