Senior Legal Counsel

WSP; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Canada is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to support the Transportation & Infrastructure sector. Responsibilities include negotiating contracts, providing legal advice, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. The ideal candidate has over 7 years of experience in law, especially within construction or engineering. This role offers a hybrid work model and a commitment to inclusivity.

Benefits

Flexible work options

Comprehensive benefits

Virtual healthcare

Wellness platform

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of legal experience.
• Experience in the construction and engineering industry.
• Ability to synthesize and simplify complex legal concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal assistance for contracts in T&I sector.
• Draft and review legal documents.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong organizational skills

Ability to manage multiple projects

Analytical skills

Bilingualism (French and English)

Experience in commercial agreements

Conflict resolution

Education

Member of a Canadian provincial Bar

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Job description

The Opportunity

The Opportunity:

WSP Canada is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Commercial & Contracts Team (Legal Department) in the Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) business sector across Canada. Reporting to the Head of Legal for T&I, the successful candidate will support all business needs in the T&I Sector.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

# WeAreWSP

What you can expect to do here

• Provide legal assistance to the T&I sector for the negotiation, drafting, and interpretation of contracts;
• Provide timely legal advice to project teams throughout the project life cycle;
• Provide legal assistance to internal clients and stakeholders on a variety of issues that impact the business;
• Attend internal meetings with relevant stakeholders as well as external meetings with clients and other representatives and partners;
• Draft and review legal documents, including WSP’s contract templates;
• Review public and private RFPs and assist in preparing service offers;
• Assess business opportunities and risk profiles and present it to various internal risk committees for bid approval;
• Ensure all business opportunities and decisions comply with WSP's internal authorization matrix as well as corporate policies and governance;
• Work with the internal Claims & Litigation Team to assess and advise on contractual disputes or claims;
• Help ensure that projects, contracts and all actions of the company comply with federal and provincial laws and regulations;
• Perform any other tasks deemed necessary to support the legal affairs of WSP as well as any other tasks normally undertaken by members of the Legal Team;
• Provide support for ongoing projects and legal advice in the normal course of business, as required.

What you’ll bring to WSP

• Member of a Canadian provincial Bar for a minimum of 7 years and more;
• Hybrid work model with minimum of 3 days per week presence at the office;
• Excellent communication skills (verbal & written), including to effectively synthesize and simplify complex legal concepts for Upper Management and other company stakeholders;
• Experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements in the construction and/or engineering industry and relevant industry knowledge;
• Good understanding of business fundamentals and risk management;
• Experience in construction/engineering, partnerships (joint ventures, public-private partnerships) and major projects (alternative delivery such as public-private partnerships, design-build, collaborative agreements, alliance model and strategic projects) is an asset;
• Ability to analyze situations effectively in order to lead conflict resolution;
• Strong organizational and analytical skills, and attention to detail;
• Ability to manage multiple urgent projects simultaneously;
• Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders in a multidisciplinary team;
• Willingness to take on new responsibilities and challenges, while remaining focused on a variety of repetitive tasks;
• High degree of autonomy and excellent organizational skills; ability to take initiative and work with minimal supervision;
• Demonstrate a high level of collaborative mindset;
• Bilingualism (French and English) is an asset;
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office 365 suite.

About WSP

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

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