Energy Northwest · 1 week ago
Senior Counsel
Richland, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$162K/yr - $243K/yr
7+ years expEnergy Northwest is looking to expand its in-house legal team, and they are seeking a Senior Counsel to provide legal advice and services across various regulatory areas. The role includes ensuring compliance, managing contractual transactions, and offering legal support in nuclear regulatory matters.
Electrical DistributionEnergyEnergy EfficiencyEnvironmental Engineering
Hiring Manager
Erin Mills
Responsibilities
Provide legal support and advice with respect to nuclear licensing and nuclear regulatory compliance issues, including but not limited to Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigations and enforcement matters
Negotiate, draft and review a wide variety of diverse contracts, leases, waivers, and other agreements on behalf of Energy Northwest with limited oversight or supervision
Provide legal support in a number of regulatory areas such as environmental, ethics, industrial safety, and employment, including but not limited to attending meetings and interfacing with all levels of staff at Energy Northwest
Establish and maintain programmatic and procedural guidance for implementation of the PRA including oversight of the Paralegal in analyzing and evaluating PRA requests, determining responsive records, establishing search criteria. Oversee the Paralegal’s work to ensure timely communication with requesters to establish commitments. Oversee the Paralegal’s work with office(s) of records to obtain responsive records within commitment timeframes. Provide legal review and support of PRA responses
Protect Energy Northwest’s financial and legal interests by initiating and/or defending Energy Northwest in contract claims, contract requests for equitable adjustments, lawsuits, administrative hearings, administrative investigations, and/or directing the conduct of such litigation by outside counsel
Provide legal advice to Energy Northwest staff and governing boards on both policy and operation level matters on an ongoing basis
Prepare budgets for significant transactional matters and litigation and assure that, to the extent practicable, those matters are conducted within budget
Team participant in strategic development of energy transactions
Must participate on the Emergency Response team (ERO) when designated
Must support the biennial refueling outage
Qualification
Required
Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and seven years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney
A record of continual learning and training and the ability to obtain license through the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) by Motion within one year
Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access
At least two or more years previous legal experience at a law firm, municipality, or public utility district doing legal work related to one or more of the following areas: employment, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions
Strong technical knowledge and ability to apply applicable statutes to render knowledgeable legal opinions in those areas of corporate law, contract law, administrative law, municipal law, employment law, labor law, civil procedure, property law, finance, accounting, business practices that affect Energy Northwest activities
Demonstrated ability to assess and balance commercial/legal risks against business objectives to ensure timely and appropriate results and outcomes
Areas of substantive law: Contracts (reviewing and drafting), transactions, collective bargaining, labor and employment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and external stakeholders
Ability to interpret and analyze legal requirements
Displays personal integrity
Ability to complete a high volume of work with a consistently high standard of quality
Ability to work independently with the ability to set priorities and respond to changing demands from multiple sources
Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills and ability to interface with all levels of the organization
Benefits
Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Tuition reimbursement
Supplemental life insurances
Credit monitoring
Identity theft insurance
Three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan
The Washington State Pension Plan (PERS)
A 457(b) savings plan
160 hours of personal time per year
Nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year
Company
Energy Northwest
Energy Northwest creates reliable and environmentally-friendly electric power and distributes it to the Northwest public power utilities.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$25MKey Investors
U.S. Department of TransportationPuget Sound Energy
2024-01-11Grant· $15M
2024-01-10Corporate Round· $10M
Leadership Team
B
Bob Schuetz
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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