Siemens Energy

A Snapshot of Your Day

As a Legal Counsel, you will primarily support commercial contracts pertaining to the sale and service of Siemens Energy’s portfolio of Grid Technologies products, systems, and solutions.  You will be expected to provide guidance and legal advice to business partners on innovative and practical ways to deal with contract requirements, negotiations, obligations, and risk exposures.

How You’ll Make an Impact  

• Write, review, analyze, modify, and negotiate contractual documents to achieve acceptable risk levels.
• Support business development team in interactions with customers and vendors.
• Write, review, analyze, modify, and negotiate memoranda of understanding, letters of intent, confidentiality agreements, changes to existing agreements, settlement agreements, technology development agreements, cooperation agreements, and other contractual terms and conditions.
• Prepare contractual and legal risk analysis and summaries for review and approval by management.
• Provide legal advice related to contractual and general commercial matters.
• Provide claims handling and litigation support for various matters, including projects in execution.
• Provide support for legal matters outside your direct area of responsibility including corporate governance and compliance matters.
• Conduct legal research and draft legal memoranda.

What You Bring

• Juris Doctorate is required.
• Must be currently admitted, in good standing, and actively licensed to practice law in one or more states in the United States.
• Minimum of 3 years of legal experience in a law firm or corporate in-house position; drafting and negotiating contracts or equivalent litigation of same, preferably in an energy and construction-oriented environment. The ideal candidate will have some experience with the power transmission or energy sector.
• Strong negotiation skills, detail oriented, able to handle multiple demands at the same time.
• Strong customer orientation.
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving and strong flexibility to adjust to changing requirements, schedules, and priorities.
• Team player who can also work independently and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Ability to provide legal guidance and support to non-lawyer members of the Legal department.
• Able to communicate clearly and concisely with a range of colleagues, business partners and senior executives with gravitas to convey confidence and build trust.
• Excellent organizational and facilitation skills.
• Ability to travel up to 15% domestically and internationally.
• Highly proficient technical skills in MS Office Suite.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Our Corporate and Global Functions are essential in driving the company's strategic initiatives and ensuring operational excellence across various departments, business areas, and regions. These roles support our vision to become the most valued energy technology company in the world. As part of our team, you contribute to our vision by shaping the global energy transition, partnering with our internal and external stakeholders, and conducting business responsibly and in compliance with legal requirements and regulations.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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