About the Role
Location
United States of America
Florida
Orlando
- Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- State/Province/County: North Carolina
- City: Charlotte
Company
Siemens Energy, Inc.
Organization
Grid Technologies
Business Unit
Legal & Compliance
Full / Part time
Full-time
Experience Level
Experienced Professional
A Snapshot of Your Day (position overview)
Be part of a team of Contract Managers and Legal Counsels, crafting the energy landscape of the future. In this role, you will support Siemens Energy's Grid Technologies and its project business by handling complex contractual matters. This includes analyzing contracts, identifying risks, negotiating agreements, and advising project and site management in large-scale projects.
You will act as a senior advisor to project leadership proactively ensuring consistent adherence to Siemens Energy’s contract and claims strategies throughout project execution, including proactively identifying, developing, and advancing contractual entitlements and claims, and resolution options, in accordance with established claims management processes.
You will be exercising independent judgment on risk, claims strategy, and dispute positioning, and serving as a key escalation point and advisor for complex contractual issues.
How You’ll Make an Impact (responsibilities)
- Providing advice and support for customer contracts, consortium agreements, and sub-contracts to strictly protect Siemens Energy’s rights and entitlements.
- Supporting in contractual and commercial matters, such as the change order processes and reviewing and drafting of relevant correspondence.
- Identifying all relevant technical, commercial, and contractual aspects to support the set-up of project-specific claim strategies.
- Contributing to pursuing and defending incoming and outgoing claims by collecting and advising on relevant project records, documentation, and all pertinent facts.
- Collaborating with legal teams by providing support in substantiating relevant facts for claiming quantum, extension of time, and establishing factual defenses in arbitration proceedings.
- Performing quantum or delay analyses to establish causation for relevant events impacting the project schedule and/or the scope of work.
What You Bring (requirements)
- 5–10 years of demonstrated success managing complex commercial contracts while supporting multiple projects simultaneously, including claims management.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience in project execution.
- Strong negotiation skills with the ability to effectively support and contribute within a matrixed negotiating team.
- Self-driven, pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to analyze complex issues and make sound, actionable recommendations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely across all levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements, schedules, and priorities, with willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
About the Team
We are a team of professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest energy company of the world. We collaborate with our stakeholders around the world to protect Siemens Energy and create safer environment. Our central functions provide first-class services and solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, and thus actively support the business. "Let’s make tomorrow different today" is our genuine commitment at Siemens Energy to all customers and employees on the way to a sustainable future.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our
focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
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Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.
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