General Counsel - Safety and Environmental - Aerospace

Honeywell Aerospace•Washington, DC

About The Position

Serve as the leader on all aspects of the health, safety and environmental (HSE) law practice at Honeywell Aerospace, a newly formed public company that will emerge from the spin of Honeywell’s Aerospace division ($17B annual revenues) by Q3 2026. This position has no direct reports but operates at an executive level in the Law Department reporting to the Chief Litigation Officer and has significant influence on legal and business strategy. The role will work with senior legal, HSE operations and compliance leadership and interact closely with business leaders and other functional professionals including our Integrated Supply Chain, our site managers, our HR, and Finance organizations, among other stakeholders. The General Counsel, Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) serves as the company's most senior legal advisor on all environmental, health, and safety matters, with particular emphasis on the strategic management of a substantial legacy environmental remediation portfolio and comprehensive oversight of occupational health and safety legal risk. This is an executive-level role within the Legal Department of a newly public aerospace company whose operations span active manufacturing, research and development, and a considerable number of current and former operating sites carrying historic environmental liabilities and ongoing workplace safety obligations inherent to aerospace production. Given the company's recently established public company status, the significance of its environmental obligations, and the safety-critical nature of aerospace manufacturing, this role carries outsized importance for the organization's credibility with investors, regulators, and the communities in which it operates.

Requirements

Expertise in corporate law
Expertise in contract negotiation
Expertise in risk management
Executive-level experience in the Law Department
Experience working with senior legal, HSE operations and compliance leadership
Experience interacting closely with business leaders and other functional professionals including Integrated Supply Chain, site managers, HR, and Finance organizations
Experience advising on environmental, health, and safety matters
Experience with legacy environmental remediation portfolios
Experience with occupational health and safety legal risk
Experience in aerospace manufacturing
Experience with recently established public company status
Experience with environmental obligations
Experience with safety-critical nature of aerospace manufacturing

Responsibilities

Overseeing legal matters and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations.
Serving as the leader on all aspects of the health, safety and environmental (HSE) law practice.
Providing strategic management of a substantial legacy environmental remediation portfolio.
Providing comprehensive oversight of occupational health and safety legal risk.

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