HEAD OF LEGAL - AMEA

Jobs for Humanity; Jeddah; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the energy sector seeks a Head of Legal for the AMEA region. The role involves managing legal and insurance matters for engineering and construction projects, ensuring compliance, and providing legal support to the management team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the construction industry and strong leadership skills. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of a new company within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in engineering, construction, or utilities.
• Proficiency in Arabic and English with excellent drafting skills.

Responsibilities

• Research, advise, and negotiate complex contractual documents.
• Manage and administer the Middle East insurance portfolio.
• Provide legal advice on risks and commercial issues.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Law

Job description

Jobs for Humanity is collaborating with Atkins to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. We support individuals coming from all walks of life.

Company Name: Atkins

Job Title: Head of Legal - AMEA

Location: Amman, Jordan / Saudi Arabia

Join Linxon!

We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy’s deep technological knowledge to create a company dedicated to substations – we are Linxon!

The role is based in Jordan or Saudi Arabia, reporting to the Chief Legal Officer. The candidate (he/she) is required to have a minimum of 12 years’ experience working for a law firm or an in-house position dealing with the construction and/or utility industry, engineering, or manufacturing.

You will support the AMEA business unit in legal and insurance matters relating to engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, major procurements with clients, partners, sub-contractors, and suppliers globally, including certain corporate secretarial matters.

The selected candidate will work closely with the AMEA management team, internal clients, engineers, technical teams, and commercial management on all issues relevant to the Company for legal and contract management in AMEA. As the Senior Legal Managing Counsel, you will ensure that all commercial proposals/transactions comply with the Company’s policies and governance rules.

What will you do?

• Research, advise, prepare, draft, review, comment, and negotiate complex contractual documents and other relevant legal documentation for local or international EPC projects.
• Provide legal advice and opinions on risks and related commercial issues analysis.
• Liaise with insurance brokers and underwriters to review insurance policies for the Middle East in conjunction with the parent company insurance department in Montreal.
• Manage and administer the Middle East insurance portfolio, including general liability, directors’ insurance, environmental coverage, professional indemnity, and construction all-risk policies.
• Manage a lawyer in India, responsible for the Asia-Pacific portfolio.
• Participate in the review and negotiation of tenders and contracts with clients, including MOUs, NDAs, consortium agreements, joint ventures, subcontractors, and suppliers.
• Provide legal and commercial inputs for tenders and contracts, presenting them to the Global Management Team.
• Liaise with other corporate functions to ensure compliance with governance requirements.
• Interpret laws, decrees, and documents to protect the corporation’s interests.
• Participate in applying and following up on company policies, procedures, and internal rules.
• Handle secretarial compliances in coordination with external consultants.
• Support the country integrity officer in integrity matters and employee training.

Experience And Education Required

• Degree in Law from a reputable university.
• Member in good standing of a bar association (preferable but not mandatory).
• Proficiency in Arabic and English; additional languages are a plus, with excellent drafting skills and attention to detail.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in engineering, construction, manufacturing, utilities, or heavy industry, familiar with FIDIC books.
• Willingness to travel occasionally within the AMEA region.
• Ability to work in a small, dynamic, multilingual environment.
• Strategic, self-motivated, practical, detail-oriented, flexible, and dynamic.
• Knowledge of engineering/construction contracting practices and applicable regulations.

Competencies/Skills Required

• Initiative, creativity, perseverance, and compliance with Linxon’s Code of Conduct.
• Calmness under pressure.
• Business acumen to achieve project and business goals.
• Leadership, negotiation, and issue resolution skills.
• Organizational and process management skills.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills for sustainable solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Stakeholder management abilities.

EDI

We value diversity and inclusion at Linxon. We encourage applications from all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and backgrounds.

About Linxon

Shaping energy solutions to empower sustainable connectivity. We combine AtkinsRéalis project management expertise and Hitachi Energy's technological knowledge to create Linxon, a company dedicated to substations.

Our vision is to deliver the best turnkey substation projects using world-class power technologies and managing infrastructure projects efficiently. We serve customers in power transmission, renewable energy, and transportation sectors.

This role offers the chance to be part of a new company, shape its future, and work with motivated professionals in the Substations EPC business. If you seek new challenges and have an entrepreneurial spirit, this is an excellent opportunity.

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