Infrastructure Solicitor (Commercial)

Southern Water • Worthington, MN

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

To provide high quality commercial legal services to the Engineering & Capital Delivery function of Southern Water - focused on Southern Water’s water resources infrastructure programme, the Water for Life Hampshire (WfLH) Programme, in particular the Thames to Southern Transfer (T2ST), and Southeast Strategic Reservoir Option (SESRO) Strategic Resource Options (SRO) programmes

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.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of new Direct Procurement for Customers regime highly desirable, but not essential

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees