Infrastructure Solicitor providing high-quality commercial legal services to Southern Water's water resources projects. Advising on contracts, procurement, and legal frameworks for infrastructure initiatives.
Responsibilities
Advising on the legal ramifications and structuring of a wide range of commercial arrangements and diverse capital /commercial projects, transactions and contracts.
Drafting, negotiating and settling various forms of commercial contracts.
Advising on the full regime of public procurement regulations and practical procurement issues, including acting as guardian of relevant legal policies and providing standardised procurement and commercial legal agreements.
Advising the company on the legal ramifications and structuring of a wide range of often complex and expansive engineering and construction arrangements and diverse commercial projects, transactions and contracts (working with the Senior Commercial Solicitor).
Focussing on the full remit of non-contentious (and some initial stages contentious) engineering and construction matters relating to infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
Requirements
Qualified lawyer (Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive) ideally with at least 10 years relevant post-qualification experience
Expert knowledge of law and legal research techniques, contract drafting and interpretation
Expertise in public procurement law and practice (knowledge of new Direct Procurement for Customers regime highly desirable, but not essential)
Has reliable legal judgement and appreciates legal risk
Produces sound analysis, using secure legal research
Highly developed commercial awareness
Excellent degree qualification (2:1 or equivalent), or satisfactory evidence of equivalent high level academic and/or professional achievement
Benefits
Company and performance-related bonus
Generous pension with up to 11% company contribution
Life assurance payment equal to four times your annual salary
Health benefits through a Cash Plan
Two paid community volunteering days a year
25 days annual holiday
Occupational health service
Retail discount app
Competitive maternity leave, and flexible return to work options
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