Portland General Electric · 3 weeks ago
Counsel II (Labor/Employment)
Portland, OR
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$113K/yr - $245K/yr
8+ years expPortland General Electric is focused on advancing innovative clean energy solutions. The Counsel II role serves as a key strategic partner providing expert legal guidance on employment and labor issues while managing litigation and compliance strategies within the energy industry.
Electrical DistributionEnergyRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Providing excellent legal advice and counsel to a broad assortment of internal partners on a variety of topics with a particular emphasis on mitigating litigation risks
Preparing and reviewing legal documents and providing legal analysis, interpretations, and recommendations in compliance with corporate policies and applicable law
Overseeing and assisting with document collection and discovery matters
Overseeing and conducting internal investigations
Representing the company in labor arbitrations and other legal matters
Educating and training internal partners on legal topics and risk mitigation
Implementing best practices and procedures that will mitigate the company’s risk
Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders
Carrying out other appropriate duties and responsibilities as may be assigned
Provide timely and practical legal advice to the executive team, Human Resources, and other departments on daily labor and employment matters, including hiring, performance management, terminations, leaves of absence (FMLA, ADA), compensation, benefits, and interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement
Manage employment-related litigation, including administrative complaints (EEOC, DOL, state agencies) and demand letters
Develop case strategies, conduct discovery and witness preparation, and manage outside counsel to ensure efficient and favorable resolutions
Draft, review, and implement company-wide policies, procedures, and employee handbooks to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
Proactively monitor issuance of executive orders and changes in legislation and translate them into corporate policy
Oversee and advise on complex internal workplace investigations, ensuring fairness, thoroughness, and legal compliance
Consulting with Senior Managing General Counsel regarding when to engage outside counsel or other outside services; establishing statements of work and objectives; overseeing selection of appropriate external resources; negotiating rates; overseeing performance to established statements of work and monitoring completion
Supporting risk mitigation for areas of engagement, ensuring risks are identified and internal partners have information on potential risk mitigation strategies
Qualification
Required
Requires a Juris Doctor degree
Typically, eight or more years of experience in employment and labor
Admitted to the Oregon State Bar or be willing and able to become a member of the Oregon State Bar
Prior experience in government, in-house or at a law firm in any of the following areas: litigation, investigations, employment, or labor
Working knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and legal practice in multiple practice areas
Basic skills for identifying risk, problem solving and strategic thinking in nonroutine operations and ambiguous situations
Basic skills in distilling complex legal concepts and issues in a manner to make them understandable to nonlegal specialists up and down the corporate reporting chain
Basic skills in understanding and supporting the technical needs of a regulated utility and advocacy on behalf of the Company to advance its position or interests
Advanced skills in legal research and writing to analyze, summarize, and draft legal documents
Basic analytical thinking skills
Basic decision-making skills
Basic presentation/facilitation skills
Basic project management skills
Basic enterprise/business awareness skills
Ability to lead positive change
Ability to engage employees
Ability to achieve results
Ability to build capability
Ability to design work
Ability to uphold values
Consulting skills
Decision-making skills
Enterprise/business awareness skills
Negotiation skills
Organization and prioritization skills
Resource management skills
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
Ability to work long hours
Ability to work a variable schedule
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
Travel - Frequently (at least once a week or more) – in service territory
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
Preferred
Litigation and/or experience in labor arbitrations are a plus
Benefits
Performance based incentive bonus
Total rewards package
Company
Portland General Electric
Portland General Electric (PGE) is a vertically integrated electric utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$379.5MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2023-05-10Grant· $4.5M
2022-10-25Post Ipo Equity· $375M
2006-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Maria Pope
President and Chief Executive Officer
Joseph Trpik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-09
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