Senior Legal Advisor at Consolidated Power Projects

Job description

Principal Accountabilities:

• Specific duties and responsibilities, knowledge, experience and skill sets must include but may not be limited to:
• The purpose of this role will be provide legal advice and support to the Company
• Provide accurate legal advice to internal stakeholders via Commercial Manager
• Formulate, provide, advise and review contractual agreements between the company and
• third parties to ensure that the interests of the company are protected and best commercial position maintained
• Review Tender documents from a legal perspective
• Assist the Business with day to day legal matters on Project and Tender level
• Perform the legal and contractual risk management, mitigation and corrective action
• This includes drafting and reviewing of agreements | contracts and disputes, providing high-
• quality, technically sound advice, which includes:
• NDA’s
• JV’s
• Credit Applications
• Suppliers Agreements and Back to back subcontracts
• EPC Contracts (bespoke and based on the standard form contracts in the Construction Industry)

Key requirements include:

• LLB Degree with completed articles and admitted Attorney
• Construction background would be an advantage
• 5-8 Years working experience

Required skills include:

• Experience in drafting, reviewing and editing of agreements and contracts
• Solid experience in providing expert legal advice to businesses
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and are responsible, accountable and dedicated
• Must be self-motivated and able to work effectively with little or no direct supervision and possess multi-tasking skills
• Strong Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint skills
• Contract suites of NEC3, FIDIC, GCC and WORLD BANK
• The successful candidate should be high performance focused with drive, energy and flexibility
• Ability to communicate effectively and work in a team environment
• Ability to understand construction logic and sequencing of complex projects
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage expectations accordingly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills plus attention to detail required
• Must be able to perform work in a fast paced work environment
• Good people and communication skills and an ability to interact with internal and external parties
• Strong planning, organising and administration skills
• Business travel required