Paralegal

The Woodfibre LNG Project is located approximately 7 km west-southwest of Squamish, British Columbia. It involves the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the previous Woodfibre pulp mill site, which would have a storage capacity of 250,000 m3 and would produce approximately 2.1 million tons per year of LNG.

Woodfibre Management Ltd. is a privately held Canadian company based in Vancouver and a subsidiary of Pacific Energy Corporation Limited.

Position

As our paralegal, you play an integral part in our Legal Department in supporting our Project. You will not only provide general drafting and negotiation support of various legal documents, but work closely with our legal department with its various tasks as it supports all aspects of our Project. Additionally, administrative support for basic document control and record keeping ensuring compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal departmental needs.

Key Responsibilities

The successful applicant will:

- Draft legal documents, contracts, agreements, and correspondence related to various aspects of the Project both bespoke or using standard form templates.

- Assist and support the review and negotiation of simple or standard form agreements such as non-disclosure agreements and service provider contracts, working in conjunction with a lawyer and using internal templates and playbooks.

- Have the ability to act as a first point of contact for requests/inquiries from various stakeholders; answer questions, including with respect to executed agreements, or direct to responsible lawyer, as necessary.

- Assist or prepare resolutions, agreements and other corporate documents as required

- Assist with litigation, pre-litigation, and regulatory matters, partnering with in-house counsel.

- Assist in the implementation of strategic initiatives to streamline legal operations and increase workflow efficiency in the areas of document management, knowledge management and workflow allocation.

- Manage and maintain precedent documents and a legal advice library, including assistance with the preparation of standard operating procedures as well as template agreements and playbooks.

- Manage project-related data and documentation within the company’s Document Management System.

- Assist with preparation of document control and preparation of records of engagement.

- Assist in conducting research on laws, regulations, and legal precedents related to Energy contracts, environmental regulations, and more.

- Review, analyze, and manage contracts to ensure compliance with legal requirements.

- Assist in due diligence of the internal processes to identify legal risks and liabilities.

- Create and maintain systems of document control for identifying, tracking, and organizing agreement or document collections.

- Certain clerical duties required by the Legal department.

- Other duties as required.

Required Experience

- Completion of a recognized paralegal program with 5+ years of related experience. Those with BCPA Registered Paralegal designation is a plus.

- Previous experience working as a paralegal for a legal department strongly preferred.

- Proven experience in:

- Accepts responsibility and demonstrates a commitment to the delivery of tasks and targets.

- Experience with capital EPC project, Energy project experience is a plus.

- Self-motivated and self-directed with strong communication skills.

- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.

- Must be proficient in Office 365, MS Teams, Adobe Acrobat and SharePoint.

- Motivated and willing to take ownership of tasks.