Legal Counsel
vor 1 Woche
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Austal are looking for a Legal Counsel who will be working closely with the Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Manager and General Counsel. This role is responsible for providing the company with legal advice, to assist in the negotiation and execution of contracts, management of risk, resolution of disputes, governance and ensure compliance with applicable legislation.
Key objectives & responsibilities include:
Contracts and Tenders
- Good understanding of contractual issues
- Comprehensive and clearly worded agreements
- High level of accurate, commercially strategic advice and support
- Good working customer relationships are maintained
- All material risk are identified and acceptable conditions negotiated
- Facilitates successful conclusion of agreements
Company Secretarial Compliance
- Understanding of, or willingness to learn, principles of ASX Listing Rules
Litigation and Arbitration
- Cost effective use of external legal resources
- Unnecessary litigation avoided
- Settlement is commercially defensible and in the interests of Austal and shareholders
Insurance
- Ability to prepare, track and manage insurance claims where appropriate
Governance and Reporting
- Good understanding of governance requirements across the Group and the ability to update relevant procedures and reports where changes in legislation require same
- Promotion and championing of ESG activities into the business
Enterprise and Project Risk Management
- Consistent application and assessment of risk across all levels of the business
General Legal Advice
- Advice is legally accurate and position taken is defensible
- Advice is business oriented and consistent with Austal’s business strategy
- Advice is concentrated on areas of greatest efficiency/greatest value add
- In house counsel is seen as a value add team member
Required Skills / Experience / Attributes:
- Hold a Construction safety induction (white card).
- Tertiary qualification in Law and requirements enabling admission to practice in Australia.
- Minimum of five (5) years PQE in corporate/commercial environment with a full exposure to financial legal matters.
- Experience in resolving contractual disputes essential.
- Demonstrated strong understanding of the core principles of contract law, construction law and Corporations law. An understanding of employment law would be well regarded.
- Previous exposure or a demonstrated knowledge of ship building industry and/or engineering concepts would be well regarded.
- Previous exposure or a demonstrated knowledge of Australian Department of Defence or government contracting (ASDEFCON suite) would be well regarded.
- Demonstrated high level of proficiency in providing practical, commercially focussed solutions to often complex contractual legal issues.
- Demonstrated capability to work as a part of a team.
Why Austal
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- A supportive and dynamic work environment.
- Opportunities for career advancement within our growing organisation.
What's on Offer?
- Located in Henderson, WA
- Nine-day fortnight with an RDO every second Friday
- Salary Sacrificing, Novated Leasing, Retailer discount, EAP, Insurance discounts
Our global team is guided by a universal set of values that describe the focus of our efforts. Our goal is for all our decisions and actions to reflect these core values. We believe that putting our values into practice creates the greatest benefits for our shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities in which we serve.
Excellence - Customer Focus - Integrity - Team Work
At Austal we are committed to providing a safe and inclusive work environment for all. We believe that achieving greater diversity will enhance our operations and as such we actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.
Austal is a global defence prime contractor and a designer and manufacturer of defence and commercial ships. For more than 25 years Austal has been a leader in the design, construction and maintenance of revolutionary ships for Governments, Navies and Ferry operators around the world. More than 250 vessels have been delivered in that time.
Austal has been at the forefront of the high speed ferry market since the early days of the industry. Our market leading designs of high performance aluminium vessels have long been at the heart of Austal’s research and development.
Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website
Austal is a global defence prime contractor and a designer and manufacturer of defence and commercial ships. For more than 25 years Austal has been a leader in the design, construction and maintenance of revolutionary ships for Governments, Navies and Ferry operators around the world. More than 250 vessels have been delivered in that time.
Austal has been at the forefront of the high speed ferry market since the early days of the industry. Our market leading designs of high performance aluminium vessels have long been at the heart of Austal’s research and development.
Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website
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