ESCO Group LLC

Group Corporate Counsel - North America

LocationFort Worth, TX
Job Typefull_time

About This Job

Weir Corporate Forth Worth, TX Hybrid Purpose of Role:

Legal Counsel North America is responsible for assisting the Group General Counsel North America to analyse, develop, and manage legal operations across North America, assisting Group General Counsel North America to identify, advise on, and manage strategic or other material legal risks (including in particular major transactions and disputes), and to lead commercial support to Weir’s Minerals and ESCO operations for customer sales and other commercial contract matters.

This role supports Weir Group and each Weir Division and is responsible for providing practical and robust legal advice and commercial contract support and managing changes to legal operations across the region.

Why choose Weir: Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future:

At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.

An opportunity to g row your own way:

Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.

Feel empowered to be yourself and belong

: Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist the Group General Counsel to develop, implement, and manage improved legal operations for Weir’s Minerals and ESCO North America businesses, including identifying business operational needs and potential solutions, strategic planning, developing and rolling out business process, documentation, and legal training, and managing change.
Assist the Group General Counsel North America with a broad range of matters across the region including strategic or other material legal, governance, transactional, and commercial matters.
Develop close working relationships with Weir businesses and business leaders in North America and in other regions to provide timely, commercially-orientated and sound legal advice, and enable business to build and grow legal maturity and acumen.
Lead and provide commercial contract support to the Weir businesses North America operations for customer sales and other commercial contract matters.
Assist with the regional implementation of Weir Legal policies, including the Code of Conduct, Weir Competition Manual and Weir Commercial Manual, and Identify opportunities for and provide legal and compliance training.
Identify, appoint and instruct external law firms as required.
Safety First: Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.


Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

Any equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered for candidates that have the ability to perform the objectives above.
Minimum of 10+ years’ legal experience gained in a well-regarded law firm or in-house (in-house general counsel experience highly desirable).
Juris Doctor from accredited law school in US and license to practice in at least one US state required.
Experience working on complex international corporate and commercial transactions.
Individual with a positive, professional, and collaborative demeanor, in order to gain the confidence, trust and reliance of colleagues around the world.

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.

For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.

Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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