Senior Counsel Labor & Employment

GE Renewable Energy Power and Aviation; Remote; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global aerospace firm is seeking a qualified Lawyer based in Singapore to provide legal support on labour and employment law across the APAC regions. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in a multinational context with strong advocacy and negotiation skills. Responsibilities include advising on employee relations, drafting agreements, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. The position also offers relocation assistance and is fully remote.

Benefits

Relocation assistance

Work on innovative projects

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in labour and employment law in multinational corporations.
• Experience with contentious and non-contentious matters.
• Fluent in English for drafting, negotiating, and presenting legal documents.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on employee and union relations.
• Draft employment separation agreements and workplace policies.
• Advise on employment litigation and collective bargaining.

Skills

Advocacy skills

Interpersonal abilities

Analytical thinking

Project management

Negotiation skills

Education

Qualified lawyer licensed to practice

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Description Summary

This role will cover labour and employment issues across APAC including, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and Australia ("covered regions"). The role reports directly to the International Labour & Employment Leader for GE Aerospace, with strong links to the General Counsels for the countries/regions. This role will be based in Singapore; Perth, Australia; Bangalore or Pune, India.

Company Overview

Are you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world‑leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.

Site Overview

For more than 40 years, GE Aerospace in Singapore has been a trusted partner to the commercial aviation sector in Asia Pacific. Through strategic partnerships, we drive innovation and support the growth of aviation across the Asia Pacific region. The future of flight in the Asia Pacific is filled with the most promising innovations and new possibilities. GE Aerospace stands at the forefront of these advancements.

Role Overview

Providing legal advice and support on Labour and Employment law issues to GE Aerospace in the covered regions.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and compliance advice across a wide range of issues including employee and union relations; restructuring, redundancies and outsourcing;
• Equal opportunities and diversity;
• Employment litigation;
• Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures;
• Collective bargaining obligations;
• Employee discipline, performance management, grievances and termination;
• Drafting of employment separation agreements and workplace policies;
• Reviewing and advising on workplace investigations;
• Advising on working time obligations and other minimum statutory benefits;
• Retain and work effectively with outside counsel where required, and manage external counsel to reduce costs;
• Secure value‑added services and improve make‑vs‑buy decisions;
• Drive simplification initiatives and consistent enterprise standards for Labour and Employment support across the covered regions;
• Training for the HR and business teams on key employment and compliance risk areas;
• Keeping abreast of relevant legal developments across the covered regions.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years experience working for a large multinational corporation across the APAC region, advising stakeholders on both contentious and non‑contentious matters, with particular focus on the areas set out in the role overview.

Required Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer, licensed to practice in a major jurisdiction within the covered regions.
• Substantial legal post‑qualification labour and employment experience within one of the covered regions, preferably including time spent with a leading law firm and in‑house at a large multinational corporation.
• Extensive hands‑on labour & employment legal experience, including international experience.
• Substantial experience and success in working with senior management and international environments.
• Experience of labour and employment work on M&A activity, litigation, advisory work and training.
• Superior advocacy skills, including the ability to effectively communicate in writing and orally, with an aptitude for practical negotiation.
• Ability to think clearly and quickly under pressure, and composure to satisfy multiple and often competing interests.
• A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism, and passion for excellence.
• A work history that demonstrates leadership and ability to persuade and push others to deliver on commitments.
• Demonstrable fluency in English, including the ability to draft, negotiate and present legal and business documents in English.
• Superior negotiating skills and ability to work in a complex international environment, with substantial experience working across cultures.
• Demonstrable computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and redlining tools.
• Strong project‑management and prioritisation skills.
• Record of dedicated and successful teamwork, excellent interpersonal and diplomatic abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Quick learner, strategically prioritises work, and committed.
• Strong communicator, decision‑maker, and collaborative.
• Analytical‑minded, challenges existing processes, and critical thinker.

Additional Information

Relocation assistance provided: Yes.

#LI-Remote – This is a remote position.

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together we will mobilise a new era of growth in aerospace and defence. Where others stop, we accelerate.