Corporate Counsel - Manufacturing Industry experience required!
$200K base + 30% bonus
The position is temporarily remote, and will be fully onsite once the office is ready by late 2025
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced in-house lawyer to join our legal team. The ideal candidate will be a generalist and have experience supporting manufacturing operations for multinationals. We are looking for a confident self-starter with strong interpersonal organizational and leadership skills and a demonstrated ability to effectively provide sound legal advice, exercise good business judgment, and work with senior management, outside counsel, and vendors. This is a full-time position.
This role involves supporting the utility-scale battery energy storage manufacturing operations.
Responsibilities:
The candidate will act as the lead in-house counsel supporting our new US battery energy storage manufacturing facilities and operations. In particular, the candidate will:
- Advise and assist on commercial transactions for the manufacturing business, including real estate and construction contracts, vendor agreements and supply chain related agreements.
- Manage corporate housekeeping for the US battery energy storage manufacturing subsidiary.
- Work closely with internal and external trade compliance professionals to ensure that components and raw materials can be timely imported and that issues that arise are effectively addressed.
- Work with internal regulatory and EHS compliance teams to develop legal policies, processes, and procedures for the US manufacturing business.
- Provide proactive, timely, and effective legal advice and analysis relating to risks faced by the business.
- Coordinate and supervise outside counsel on an as-needed basis and with a view to balancing legal costs with business goals.
- Ensure that all activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with our policies, code, and procedures.
Qualifications and Experience:
The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:
- A J.D. from a reputable law school and strong academic credentials, generally.
- Licensed to practice law in the State of Kentucky or in another US jurisdiction with the ability to become licensed in Kentucky.
- 7+ years of legal experience, with a combination of large law firm and in-house experience preferred.
- Experience advising manufacturing businesses, with a general corporate transactional background. Supply chain, labor and employment, real estate, and/or construction experience is a plus.
- Possess a demonstrated ability to effectively provide sound legal advice, exercise good business judgment, and work with senior management, outside counsel, and state and local officials.
- Have a team-first attitude with excellent communication skills.
- Be a leader, i.e. take ownership of matters, direct outside counsel, and drive innovation within the legal department and in concert with commercial leaders to achieve the company’s goals.
- Be willing to travel on occasion to meet legal and business needs.
