Senior Associate General Counsel EPC - Americas

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia.

Right now, we're bridging two worlds as we accelerate to more sustainable energy sources, while helping our customers provide the energy, chemicals and resources that society needs now.

We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. We solve complex problems by finding integrated data-centric solutions from the first stages of consulting and engineering to installation and commissioning, to the last stages of decommissioning and remediation. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.

Purpose:

Senior legal professional within the Americas Legal team and responsible for developing and implementing legal and contracting strategies. May lead or contribute to cross-functional projects. Develops and supports policies, procedures, and training programs aligned with organizational goals. Provides advice, interpretation, and guidance to senior management and officers regarding a variety of legal and contractual topics. This full-time role supports the Americas region and offers the flexibility to be based anywhere within the region.

Responsibilities:

• Senior-level lawyer with substantial relevant experience, knowledge and skill in reviewing, drafting and negotiating large EPC or EPCM contracts and providing support, post award.
• Trains, coaches and mentors more junior attorneys in the Americas region, or within the wider company, in matters of their specific knowledge and/or experience.
• Leads a team of direct reports (regularly hosts meetings, sets team goals, etc.) consisting of individual contributors, with the objective of expediting their upskilling and training as Worley lawyers so that they can handle broader and more complex contract and legal matters. Responsible for the management, mentorship, training and professional development of their direct reports.
• Potential to act as the legal business partner for a Global Operations SVP, providing advice and guidance to the Global Operations SVP and their leadership teams regarding contracts, risks to the business and various legal and business matters.
• Reports to the General Counsel Americas and collaborates closely with senior leadership, regional generalist attorneys, CoE teams, MPP/strategic teams, and cross-functional teams to manage legal risk, support business objectives, and build legal capability across the Americas.
• Reviews and negotiates complex customer contracts within the Americas region.
• Handles and resolves complex matters in collaboration with the relevant CoE teams.
• As Legal lead, advise Major Projects capture teams on contractual and other legal risks and issues and by drafting, reviewing and negotiating the relevant contract.
• As Legal lead, advise Major Projects in the execution stage by providing legal advice regarding change management, commercial issues and potential claims and disputes with the customer and third parties.
• Participates in the Major Projects Working Group, and potentially the Construction & EPC Working Group, in collaboration with the relevant GC's.

What you will bring
Technical/Industry Experience and Qualifications Requirements:

• Relevant experience, with in-house experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in a global or matrixed organization strongly preferred.

Decision Making:
Makes strategic decisions with broad impact across functions and regions. Advises senior leadership on legal risk and business strategy.

Supervision Received:
Operates with broad authority and minimal supervision; expected to lead initiatives and influence direction.

Supervision Authority:
May lead legal or cross-functional teams or task forces on a project basis.

Communication:
Highly effective communicator both orally and in writing; presents complex strategies to senior management; influences decision-making and drives alignment.

Systems, Processes & Tools:
May lead development of legal tools, templates, and training programs.

Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:

Required:

• Requires a law degree from an accredited university and an active license to practice law in at least one Worley jurisdiction, to the extent legally required in the relevant jurisdiction.

Preferred:

• Experience in employment law would be an asset.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation.

We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology.

Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here. And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels they belong, can bring themselves, and are heard. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

Please note: No agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy.