Required qualifications
- Senior Counsel Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and seven years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney.
- A record of continual learning and training and the ability to obtain license through the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) by Motion within one year.
- Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access.
- At least two or more years previous legal experience at a law firm, municipality, or public utility district doing legal work related to one or more of the following areas: employment, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions.
- Staff Counsel II Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and five years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney.
- Staff Counsel I Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and two years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney.
- At least two or more years of previous legal experience at a law firm, municipality, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, doing legal work related to one or more of the following areas: employment, nuclear, contracts, litigation, environmental, energy transactions.
- The level and final offer will also take into account the candidate's overall qualifications.
About this role
The Counsel reports directly to the Legal Services Supervisor. This position provides legal advice, counsel and services to all organizations within Energy Northwest regarding a wide range of activities without significant oversight. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Richland, WA.
Responsibilities
- include providing tax research and guidance, implementing effective tax strategies, as well as preparing and filing federal tax returns.
- In addition to providing tax services to the company, responsibilities will include ensuring procedural and legal compliance in a number of regulatory areas such as environmental, nuclear, ethics, industrial safety, procurement, Washingtons State's Public Records Act (PRA), employment, and managing major contractual transactions and litigation without significant oversight. include ensuring procedural and legal compliance in a number of regulatory areas such as environmental, nuclear, ethics, industrial safety, procurement, Washingtons State Public Records Act (PRA), employment and managing major contractual transactions and litigation without significant day-to-day supervision.
- NOTE: Percentages allotted to job functions vary depending on workload and current assignments.
- Provide legal support and advice with respect to nuclear licensing and nuclear regulatory compliance issues, including but not limited to Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigations and enforcement matters.
- Negotiate, draft and review a wide variety of diverse contracts, leases, waivers, and other agreements on behalf of Energy Northwest with limited oversight or supervision.
- Provide legal support in a number of regulatory areas such as environmental, ethics, industrial safety, and employment, including but not limited to attending meetings and interfacing with all levels of staff at Energy Northwest.
- Establish and maintain programmatic and procedural guidance for implementation of the PRA including oversight of the Paralegal in analyzing and evaluating PRA requests, determining responsive records, establishing search criteria.
- Oversee the Paralegal’s work to ensure timely communication with requesters to establish commitments.
- Oversee the Paralegal’s work with office(s) of records to obtain responsive records within commitment timeframes.
- Provide legal review and support of PRA responses.
Location, schedule, and travel
onsite in Richland, WA.
Pay, eligibility, and equal opportunity
PAY RANGE Senior Counsel Salary : $167,142 - $208,928 Staff Counsel II Salary : $145,302 - $181,627 Staff Counsel I Salary : $126,362 - $157,952 The salary listed represents the starting pay range for this position.
Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the salary range and actual individual placement within the range is determined based on the candidate's experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the role.
Energy Northwest does not provide employment visa sponsorship.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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