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Solicitor – Construction
June 17, 2021 | Comments Off on Solicitor – Construction
Location: Flexible
Business Area: Kier Group Services
The scope and opportunity for your talent and ambition.
Kier Group has long believed that we all have the potential to shape our world - and leave a lasting legacy. So bring your talent and ambition to our team and you'll be given the scope and opportunity to achieve just that - investing in your own future, building your expertise and contributing to a diverse culture that's helping shape the world of tomorrow.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a Solicitor who will be responsible for providing and procuring legal support to the Kier Construction Business Units (BUs) in conjunction with the Senior Solicitors (Construction). In this role you will be collaboratively working with the BU commercial function to identify and manage legal risk and mitigation strategies, providing legal input to commercial/business/operational issues for the relevant BUs. You will also be responsible for the procurement and management of any necessary external legal advice for the BUs; doing so efficiently with regards to time and cost (in conjunction with the Senior Solicitors (Construction) and the Group Legal Director).
What do we need from you?
You will need to be a Solicitor or Barrister - anticipated 4+PQE Qualified or alternative equivalent experience, admitted to England & Wales or passed QLTs including appropriate legal degree (or foreign equivalent). You will need knowledge and experience in construction law, ideally both in contentious and non-contentious matters, gained from either a leading private practice, also with some in-house legal experience. In addition you will need to be a self-starter comfortable working with relative autonomy drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of construction and commercial agreements, as well as having an awareness of general business law issues (in particular competition law, procurement, company law, joint ventures, commercial contracts, intellectual property and data protection).
Pre-employment checks
It's worth remembering that we'll undertake the relevant/ standard employment checks if you're successful in the selection process. This includes taking up your references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.
Make the journey. Leave a legacy.
Being part of Kier means living our values of being Collaborative, Trusted and Focused. We all have the potential to shape our world, and it's through these values that we will leave a lasting legacy.
Kier is an inclusive employer
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