Bilingual Associate Corporate Counsel

Acuren Inspection, Inc.; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP + Company match

Tuition grants

Discounted fitness memberships

Insurance offerings

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Acuren Inspection, Inc. seeks an Associate Corporate Counsel to provide legal support across corporate, commercial, and operational matters.

You will draft, review, and negotiate agreements, advise on legal risks, and help with compliance and training while collaborating with Legal, Operations, HR, Finance, and Executive Leadership. The role is hybrid, based in Oakville, Ontario or another East Coast office, with a 40-hour week.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school and active membership in a Canadian law society.
• Minimum 2–4 years of legal experience, in-house or law firm supporting commercial clients; international operations exposure preferred.
• Bilingual French is strongly preferred.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements for customers and suppliers.
• Provide legal guidance on transactions and business initiatives.
• Support dispute resolution and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.
• Develop, deliver and train on legal and compliance programs.
• Present legal topics to leadership in clear, pragmatic terms.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

Legal research

Commercial law

French bilingual

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

JD/LLB

Active law society membership (Canada)

Tools

Luminance

LexisNexis

SharePoint/OneDrive/Outlook/Teams

Job description

Position Summary

The Associate Corporate Counsel provides legal support across a broad range of corporate, commercial, and operational matters. This role is responsible for reviewing, drafting, and negotiating commercial agreements, advising business partners on legal risks, supporting dispute resolution efforts, and contributing to corporate compliance and initiatives. The Associate Corporate Counsel works collaboratively with other members of the Legal Department and Operations, QHSE, Human Resources, Procurement, Real Estate, Tax, Finance, and Accounting, as well as Executive Leadership to provide practical, business-focused legal guidance that supports organizational objectives while managing legal risk.

Role Details:

• Hybrid role, based out our Oakville, Ontario office, or another East Coast based office. Monday - Friday, 40 Hours/week.
• Permanent, full time. Salary range is $115,000 - $140,000.
• Bilingual proficiency in French is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage customer, supplier, and other commercial agreements while providing oversight and guidance to non-attorney members of the Contracts Review Team.
• Provide legal guidance and support for commercial transactions and business initiatives.
• Support senior members of the Legal Department in assisting with dispute resolution, including evaluating legal issues, responding to discovery, and coordinating with internal stakeholders and outside counsel as needed. Previous litigation experience (including through internships) is a plus.
• Develop, support, and deliver legal, contractual, and compliance programs and related training across the organization.
• Present legal topics to employees, management, and leadership in a clear and practical manner.
• Partner with other functional departments and Executive Leadership to identify legal risks and develop practical solutions.
• Support corporate governance, policy development, and strategic legal initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve legal processes, contract management, and business practices.
• Conduct legal research and prepare legal memoranda, correspondence, and other documentation.
• Stay current on legal and regulatory developments affecting the organization.
• Utilize AI and further develop AI processes to complete all duties.
• Other work duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, or Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with a Canadian provincial or territorial law society, with authorization to practice law in Canada.
• Minimum 2-4 years of legal experience, preferably in-house or at a law firm supporting commercial clients in a related field. Experience supporting international operations is preferred.
• Bilingual proficiency in French is strongly preferred.
• Internship, articling, or clerkship experience in corporate or commercial law is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Experience supporting engineering, construction, industrial services, manufacturing, or similar industries preferred.
• Knowledge of Microsoft O365, specifically SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, and Teams and legal AI tools, specifically Luminance and LexisNexis
• Experience utilizing legal AI tools for research, drafting and management of legal processes.
• Strong knowledge of contract law, commercial transactions, and corporate legal principles.
• Excellent contract drafting, review, negotiation, and legal research skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent written (both in formal correspondence and daily email interaction), verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate legal concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships and partner effectively with executive leadership, business leaders, and field personnel.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and provide practical, business-focused legal advice.
• Knowledge of the engineering, construction, industrial services, or related industries, along with government contracting experience, is strongly preferred.
• Ability to use judgment to evaluate urgency, exhibit flexibility, and triage responsibilities and requests.

Benefits

The strength of Acuren lies in its outstanding people. As a rapidly growing, intensely innovative, international publicly traded company, the opportunities to pursue challenging and diverse career development paths are vast.

Complemented by an attractive and comprehensive total compensation package, including paid time off, employer paid benefits, RRSP + Company match, tuition grants, discounted fitness memberships and insurance offerings, employee assistance programs and more! At Acuren we commit to the principles of a respectful workplace and offer tremendous opportunities to those who wish to succeed.Join our team at Acuren and embark on a rewarding journey where you will contribute to the company's growth and success while advancing your career.

Working Conditions

• Work is performed in a remote, hybrid, or office-based environment, depending on business needs and the successful candidate's location.
• Occasional domestic and international travel may be required to company locations, customer sites, meetings, or legal proceedings.
• Frequent interaction with employees, business leaders, customers, suppliers, and external legal counsel.
• May require flexibility to meet business needs and legal deadlines.

Company Overview

As an organization, our strength comes from the ability to embody our core values - People First, Integrity Always, Pride In Our Work, and Growth Together. None of these values is more important than People First, and we are honored that our people decided the company is worthy of being included in the Forbes 2024 and 2025 List of Canada's Best Employers.

Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services.Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 5,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality, and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees. Please note we will consider accessibility accommodations to applicants upon request.

The company utilizes AI enabled tools to organize candidate responses. These tools may be used in the screening or assessment of applicants.