Senior Representative

Luma PR•Santurce, PR

About The Position

This position is within the Regulatory Team. The Regulatory Team works to align LUMA’s business plan with the public energy policy goals of Puerto Rico and plays a key role for the design, implementation and reporting on key policy initiatives. Regulatory works with all LUMA departments in support LUMA’s compliance and reporting obligations under the Operations and Management Agreement, the energy regulator and other governmental bodies. The team works with multiple external stakeholders and is responsible for the delivery of professional written documents, and verbal reason to support compliance and reporting. The Land and Permits group within Regulatory is responsible for the administration of all the Transmission and Distribution rights of way and supports LUMA in obtaining and maintaining necessary operational permits, enabling the recovery and transformation of the Puerto Rico electrical system. This position reports to the Lead Federal and Local Permits, this position will be responsible for ensuring that all permit applications are correct in form. This position will have the responsibility to identify compliance obligations in each permit and will be responsible for the compliance filing with each agency.

Requirements

Must a have degree in law from a recognized institution and must be eligible to be registered to practice law within the jurisdiction.
< 1 Year Experience
> 3 Years
Must be eligible to work as a lawyer within jurisdiction

Nice To Haves

Work experience in land rights field is an asset
Work experience in an electrical utility with knowledge of land rights is an asset

Responsibilities

Develop legal section of application for new permits required and make the formal application to the agency and act as the point of contact for the counterpart within the permitting agency
Ensure the form of all applications are compliant
Review all permits and summarize the compliance obligations in each permit
Develop and maintain matrix for required legal filings to agencies for permit obligations
Ensure each required filing to an agency is completed on time.
Ensure that communication with other departments that must provide input into a compliance filing is completed in a timely manner so that input from users can be properly included in the compliance filing
Ensure documentation with respect to each permit is complete, properly formatted, and properly entered into the records system
Must be familiar in working in a Microsoft Office Environment
Follows all policies and procedures
Other duties as assigned
Perform major storm restoration work and associated drills as assigned