Senior Counsel

Our client is a leading project-based organization operating across the renewable energy, infrastructure, engineering, and construction sectors. The company supports large-scale capital projects throughout North America and is recognized for delivering complex projects through innovative procurement, supply chain, and project execution strategies.

As the organization continues to expand its project portfolio, it is seeking to strengthen its legal support for procurement and supply chain operations. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with executive leadership, sourcing professionals, project teams, and business stakeholders on high-impact commercial transactions that directly support critical project delivery objectives.

Our client is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel, Supply Chain to support procurement, sourcing, supplier management, and commercial contracting activities across a growing portfolio of projects and operations.

This attorney will serve as a strategic advisor to supply chain leadership and business stakeholders, providing practical legal guidance on supplier agreements, procurement-related transactions, contracting strategy, and risk management matters. The role requires a commercially minded professional who can effectively balance legal protections with operational and project objectives.

Success in this position will be demonstrated through the ability to facilitate efficient contracting processes, negotiate favorable commercial terms, manage legal and commercial risk, strengthen supplier relationships, and support the organization's broader sourcing and procurement initiatives.

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of supply chain, procurement, sourcing, vendor, and commercial agreements.
• Support procurement and sourcing teams throughout the contract lifecycle, from supplier engagement through contract execution and administration.
• Advise stakeholders regarding purchase orders, supplier quotations, acknowledgements, amendments, and commercial contracting requirements.
• Evaluate and negotiate key commercial terms related to pricing, payment structures, delivery obligations, warranties, indemnification, insurance, limitations of liability, termination rights, and dispute resolution.
• Partner with project, operations, finance, risk management, and procurement teams to align supplier obligations with project and business requirements.
• Provide practical legal guidance on supplier performance issues, contract disputes, warranty claims, delivery delays, and other commercial matters.
• Advise business teams regarding procurement-related legal and commercial risks and recommend solutions that support business objectives while protecting the organization.
• Monitor legal and regulatory developments impacting sourcing, procurement, and supplier management activities.
• Assist with supplier onboarding, qualification, due diligence, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Develop and maintain contract templates, negotiation guidelines, playbooks, fallback provisions, and approval processes.
• Support continuous improvement efforts focused on contracting efficiency, process optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Deliver training and guidance to procurement, sourcing, operations, and business teams on contracting best practices and risk management considerations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal stakeholders to support strategic commercial initiatives and operational objectives.

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• 10+ years of legal experience supporting commercial transactions, procurement…