Job Introduction

A great opportunity has arisen for a Legal and Compliance Counsel to support our businesses in the UK. This newly created position will be based at the offices of our Aprenda business based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire but with the option of flexible working up to two days from home. The successful candidate may be required to travel to other BRUSH locations including Loughborough, Leicestershire and London from time to time.

We require, first and foremost, a contracts specialist with proven experience in a construction environment and who is familiar with NEC and other construction terms and conditions. The successful candidate will lead on all local contract reviews and support our construction orientated power distribution businesses with other legal and compliance activities.

This position sits within the Group Legal & Compliance function providing general and project support to the Group General Counsel who is based in the Loughborough office. Additionally, there will be a requirement to assist the Group Compliance Manager with embedding compliance initiatives across the business.

This role reports to the Group General Counsel.

Role Responsibility

• Contract review. The review, analysis and negotiation of business contracts with customers, suppliers and other third parties. Our customers and suppliers form part of the energy and construction industries and we supply both power products and undertake maintenance services to this group.
   
• Compliance Integration.  The Legal & Compliance Counsel will be expected to collaborate with the Group Compliance Manager and be accountable for the continued integration of Group compliance policies.
   
• Supporting the balance of the Power Distribution business with generic legal issues from disputes and litigation through to property, intellectual property and insurance matters.
   
• Work in a collaboratively with key stakeholders including Finance, Sales, Tendering and Project Management the Group Legal &Compliance Manager.
   
• Undertake projects and lead discussions of a Legal & Compliance nature.
   
• Support the integration of a number of recently acquired businesses into the BRUSH Group to deliver improved value to its customer base

The Ideal Candidate

Qualifications:
Either:

(i) A UK qualified solicitor having at least 2 – 4 years PQE who has worked within the construction industry – preferably in an in-house role; or

(ii) A contracts specialist who has rounded legal skills and experience and again, has a construction background.

Skills & Experience: 

Skills

• Proactive person with a ‘can do’ attitude who is resilient and uses their initiative and common sense. They will need to be good at influencing and relationship building and a be detail orientated.

Knowledge

• Good technical and working knowledge of contract law as well as possessing sound commercial awareness.
• Any additional legal or compliance experience would be beneficial in this role.

Experience

• Relevant experience of working in a commercial/construction department in private practice or in-house.
• Ideally a breadth of experience of both private practice and in-house contracts experience within the energy or construction sectors. 

About the Company

The BRUSH Group support the global drive to Net Zero with innovative, engineered solutions that address grid resilience and systems challenges, facilitate electrification of transport and heat and maximise resource efficiency. Our sustainable solutions are engineered to perform, built to last and supported for life by a global organisation dedicated to secure peak performance and maximise asset life.

At BRUSH our people engineer and support a comprehensive range of transformers and switchgear, providing innovative solutions that meet the needs of today’s changing energy landscape. Our dedicated team of experts also support with product installation, servicing, repair and lifecycle management.

BRUSH Group