Legal Assistant - Environmental Health & Safety
About The Position
Valero is seeking a Legal Assistant to provide paraprofessional legal and administrative support to attorneys and the legal department. This role involves assisting with environmental, health, and safety (EHS) legal matters, regulatory compliance, investigations, and litigation. The Legal Assistant will maintain legal files, databases, and calendars, track deadlines, and assist with the preparation and submission of various legal documents and filings. The position requires maintaining strict confidentiality and exercising sound judgment, with potential for travel on short notice to field operations. This position is salaried nonexempt status, eligible for overtime pay.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- 3 years of legal experience required.
- Experience involving legal research, drafting legal documents, and a variety of other law-related tasks required.
- Able and willing to work on-site, in-person at the Valero San Antonio location, required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred.
- Certificate from accredited paralegal training program strongly preferred.
- Regional/national law firm or corporate legal department experience preferred.
- Experience with legal technology tools, including Legal AI software preferred.
- Certified Paralegal preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys with environmental, health, and safety (EHS) legal matters, regulatory compliance initiatives, enforcement actions, investigations, and litigation.
- Maintain environmental legal files, matter databases, regulatory calendars, and document repositories.
- Track environmental permitting, licensing, reporting, and regulatory filing deadlines.
- Assist with preparation and submission of environmental permits, registrations, notifications, and related filings as needed.
- Coordinate communications and document requests involving environmental regulatory agencies and other governmental entities.
- Conduct legal and factual research regarding environmental laws, regulations, permits, enforcement actions, and agency guidance.
- Assist with environmental audits, inspections, and compliance reviews under attorney supervision.
- Coordinate collection, organization, review, and production of documents for environmental investigations, audits, litigation, and regulatory inquiries.
- Assist with responses to notices of violation, agency information requests, administrative subpoenas, and enforcement actions.
- Maintain environmental compliance records, permits, monitoring reports, inspection reports, and correspondence.
- Support due diligence activities as needed.
- Assist attorneys in preparing chronologies, summaries, presentations, and reports related to environmental matters.
- Support litigation management activities, including discovery, document preservation, legal holds, witness files, and document productions.
- Assist with records retention and document preservation requirements relating to environmental compliance and litigation matters.
- Prepare reports, metrics, and other information as needed.
- Maintain strict confidentiality regarding environmental investigations, compliance matters, litigation, and attorney-client privileged communications.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
- Have flexibility to travel on short notice to field operations as needed for legal support/assistance.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus Program
- 100%25 match on 401(K) up to 7%25, with immediate vesting
- Company-sponsored Pension Plan
- Comprehensive Healthcare and Wellness Programs
- Onsite Daycare Center
- Onsite Employee and Family Wellness Centers (Physician & Pediatrician)
- Onsite Pharmacy
- State-of-the-art 24-hour Fitness Center free for employees and spouses with access to Tennis and Basketball Facilities
- Onsite cafeteria open for breakfast and lunch
- Sprawling campus with walking paths and access to biking trails
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
