Senior legal counsel

We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Natural Resources team based in a flexible and agile location, with travel to London and sites as needed.

Location: Flexible / Agile (with travel to London and sites as needed)
Hours: Full time – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Natural Resources business as a Senior Legal Counsel. You'll be working with a dynamic team supporting major infrastructure projects across the Water, Nuclear & Energy, and Environment sectors. We're looking for a commercially minded lawyer who thrives on building strong relationships and providing pragmatic, solutions-focused legal advice. Initially, your focus will be on supporting our Water sector business, working with well-known clients including Severn Trent, Southern Water, United Utilities, Thames Water, and Anglian Water. Over time, your role will broaden across our entire Natural Resources portfolio, including nationally significant projects such as Sizewell C and the STEP nuclear fusion project.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Legal Counsel, you'll be working within the Natural Resources legal team, supporting them in delivering excellent legal advice across all stages of the project lifecycle. Your day to day will include:

• Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and providing clear, commercially focused legal advice across live projects
• Supporting bids for major infrastructure contracts and frameworks, advising on legal risk and strategy
• Advising on procurement and subcontracting, including drafting and negotiating contracts
• Supporting the management of disputes, working closely with commercial teams and external advisers
• Advising on regulatory matters and supporting internal governance and risk management processes

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Legal Counsel is great for you if:

• You're a qualified Solicitor or Barrister (8-10 years' PQE, though we'll consider those with lower PQE with strong experience) admitted to England & Wales
• You have knowledge and experience of UK infrastructure contracting or construction law, gained from private practice or in-house
• You're a collaborative relationship builder who can work effectively with people at all levels
• You have strong non-contentious experience and are willing to develop contentious skills
• You can explain complex legal concepts in simple commercial language

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits .

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan . As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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