Legal Counsel

About ENGIE

ENGIE’s 1,000 employees in the UK are actively engaged in helping the Group reach net-zero carbon by 2045. We have been active in the UK energy market for over 20 years and our investments are in renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro, biogas) and storage, whilst supplying energy to organisations of all sizes. Some of our major businesses include First Hydro and Storengy.

We are shaping the future of responsible business by reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. If you’re excited about making an impact, we invite you to join our journey to build tomorrow’s low carbon energy systems and meet the challenges of climate change.

About the Role

We have a 12 month Maternity Cover opportunity for a legal counsel within ENGIE UK, with a focus on the Renewables and Storengy businesses. You will be required to provide timely and commercial legal advice, to assist in the negotiation and drafting of commercial and contractual matters such as tenders, projects, construction contracts, supply chain negotiations, variations and on-going contractual and operational matters and to deal with risk management, governance and compliance.

Consideration will be given to part-time applicants with the ability to work 3/4 days a week. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the ability to work autonomously, and progress their own matter negotiations and projects. In addition, this role will assist the Country GC & Ethics Officer with UK Ethics compliance and implementation of Group Ethics policies.

This is a Hybrid role assigned to our Leeds office where the successful candidate would be based two days a week. On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package and the chance to make a difference in the energy transition.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsibility for legal support on a broad range of complex commercial outsource transactions, supporting the ENGIE UK business;
• Providing commercial legal advice;
• Assisting in the governance of transactions at local and group level;
• Working closely with colleagues including throughout the Group and with customers;
• Management of external legal resource on particular projects;
• Providing advice to operational teams on appropriate strategies in relation to disputes that have not yet been formalised;
• Energy industry experience would be useful, but not essential;
• Involvement in developing and delivering training on various issues for colleagues across the business;
• Ability to take ownership of, and progress, own files and projects; and,
• Supporting ENGIE UK Ethics policies compliance.

Knowledge and skills:

• Good knowledge of relevant areas of law including outsourcing,  construction , and commercial contract.  Knowledge of the energy industry preferred but not essential.
• Strong drafting and negotiating skills.
• Ability to deal with risk management, governance and compliance.
• Ability to manage a sizeable workload in a fast paced environment.
• Comfortable with stakeholder management but also able to work with colleagues at all levels of the business
• UK (or common law equivalent) qualified solicitor or barrister with ideally   6 years or greater,  PQE.  We will be flexible depending on the quality of experience.

Experience:

• Experience of construction transactions and supply chain negotiations.
• Strong commercial contracts lifecycle experience.
• Experience in advising on pre-litigation contract disputes.
• Experience in leading on complex transactions.
• Some experience of energy projects preferred.
• Experience of managing own workload.

Benefits we offer

• Flexible Working
• Bonus Programme
• Income Protection
• Highly Competitive Employer Pension Contribution
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• myENGIE discounts
• Diverse Employer

Equal Opportunity

We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process you will be asked to complete an equality questionnaire on a voluntary basis and any data we collect will be treated confidentially and used for evaluation purposes only. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.