Job Description As a senior member of the leadership team, the Senior Counsel will provide legal support and risk management counsel, providing best in class expertise in a wide range of areas including dispute resolution, construction matters, contracts, and other engineering agreements.
Principal Job Duties & Responsibilities
. Serve as a senior legal adviser, ensuring business practices, policies, dealings, and legal activities meet regulatory requirements to protect the organization from legal action
. Provide an environment for the development and professional advancement of staff members, including on-the-job and formal training and development opportunities and timely performance feedback
. Manage, negotiate, and structure material commercial contracts including but not limited to Strategic Partnership/JV agreements, M&A agreements, Financing agreements, EPC agreements, as well as complex land use agreements
. Provide strategic legal advice to internal stakeholders to reduce legal exposure
. Leverage internal and external resources to administer policies and procedures consistently across all business lines, functions and locations
. Interpret new laws and regulations and their impact on the business
. Maintain compliance with all applicable policies, procedures and global standards
. Adhere to and support Fluor's Health, Safety & Environmental and Sustainability Policies
. May need to travel to attend to business related matters
. Other duties as assigned Basic Job Requirements . Accredited 4 (four) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and 15 (fifteen) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to 19 (nineteen) years if non-degreed
. Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors and other stakeholders
. Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete job
. Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province and federal/national statutes and guidelines
. Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner Preferred Qualifications . Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school and 15 (fifteen) years of work-related experience that includes significant transactional experience in the EPC industry
. Experience hiring a leading a team of legal professionals
. Strong knowledge of construction law, industry standards and applicable federal, state, and local laws
. Ability to handle confidential material with requisite discretion while ensuring integrity in all business transactions
. Strong client-service mentality with proven ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external clients
. Exceptional ability to articulate and advocate Fluor's positions during contract negotiations with client's counsel To be Considered Candidates: Must be authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Notice to Candidates: Background checks are carried out as part of any conditional offer made, including (but not limited to & role dependant) education, professional registration, employment, references, passport verifications and Global Watchlist screening.
