Senior Counsel - Greenville, United States - Fluor Corporation

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    Job Description


    As a senior member of the leadership team, the Senior Counsel will provide legal support and risk management counsel, providing best in class expertise in a wide range of areas including dispute resolution, construction matters, contracts, and other engineering agreements.

    Principal Job Duties & Responsibilities


    • Serve as a senior legal adviser, ensuring business practices, policies, dealings, and legal activities meet regulatory requirements to protect the organization from legal action
    • Provide an environment for the development and professional advancement of staff members, including on-the-job and formal training and development opportunities and timely performance feedback
    • Manage, negotiate, and structure material commercial contracts including but not limited to Strategic Partnership/JV agreements, M&A agreements, Financing agreements, EPC agreements, as well as complex land use agreements
    • Provide strategic legal advice to internal stakeholders to reduce legal exposure
    • Leverage internal and external resources to administer policies and procedures consistently across all business lines, functions and locations
    • Interpret new laws and regulations and their impact on the business
    • Maintain compliance with all applicable policies, procedures and global standards
    • Adhere to and support Fluor's Health, Safety & Environmental and Sustainability Policies
    • May need to travel to attend to business related matters
    • Other duties as assigned
    Preferred Qualifications


    • Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school and 15 (fifteen) years of work-related experience that includes significant transactional experience in the EPC industry
    • Experience hiring a leading a team of legal professionals
    • Strong knowledge of construction law, industry standards and applicable federal, state, and local laws
    • Ability to handle confidential material with requisite discretion while ensuring integrity in all business transactions
    • Strong client-service mentality with proven ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external clients
    • Exceptional ability to articulate and advocate Fluor's positions during contract negotiations with client's counsel