Job title

Lead Legal Counsel - Alternative Energy

Grade

Stream

Alternative Energy

Function

Legal

Location

Oman - Muscat

Budget control

*OPEX and/or CAPEX and/or Revenue amount as relevant*

Reporting to

TBC

Direct Reportees

0

Job Purpose

Lead Legal matters in Alternative Energy and acting as OQ’s legal representative for Alternative Energy in dealing with contractors, leading researches, handling clients and business relationships, including the policies and procedures relating to legal framework & integrated to the complex end-to-end Business, for both annual cycles and ongoing re-forecasts, updates.

The position will act in accordance with the Group’s Mission, Vision, Values & Strategies, as well as, policies, guidelines and international standards, supported by an IT Technology platform, HSE standards, Omani’s government & other legal justification’s, and best international practices in consonance with national objectives.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Manage resource-based across multiple jurisdictions and ensure high quality advice and experience resources to deliverer that advice
• Work with Leaders Legal Alternative Energy and team on most critical business unit matters that require additional guidance/ support
• Drive integrated legal support to assigned business segment / Stream through collaboration with Legal CoE’s (Corporate, Operations)
• Actively promote legal team career development (and overall legal team generally)
• Providing guide and legal advice on Legal Alternative Energy legal processes/ activities and coordinate with legal firms (locally/ internationally) to ensure compliance.
• Guide on how strategize Legal Alternative Energy legal process to various stakeholders among the Group.
• Provide insights associated with key variance / legal trends arising from reports, forecasts and plans for Oil & Gas industry
• Guide and provide high support on planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting practices / set of processes, as well as, documents, performance indicators (KPIs) and embed in day-to-day activities.
• Guide & contribute on the development and implementation of departmental policies, systems, processes, procedures and controls, and continuously identify and recommend improvements while ensuring compliance with the group guidelines, international / local standards and relevant legislation.
• Liaise with Value Partners, Shared Services, and other Centres of Excellence to provide seamless legal service delivery to customers.
• Coordinate of Legal and regulatory issues related with OQ’s Alternative Energy in line with financial, and technical advisors.
• Ensures timely and compliant execution of significant Legal Business Unit/ Stream (Generic) contracts and catalogues, while maintaining custody of the same.
• Advises on maintaining full compliance with Legal Alternative Energy contractual obligations, regulatory agencies and environmental laws
• Support the development and oversee the implementation of Corporate Legal policies, systems, processes, procedures and controls covering all areas of Upstream & Alternative Energy so that all relevant procedural / legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service in a consistent manner.
  
  

Key interactions

Internal: Assurance, Finance, Commercial, Downstream, Upstream, A.E., PTC

External: Staffing specialized Contractors, Vendors & Suppliers

Notable Working Conditions. Office environment, intensive computer screen use, sporadic visits to operation site.

Education Requirements

Minimum qualification required is a bachelor’s degree in law,

Master or any other qualification is a plus.

Language

Excellent knowledge of written, read, and spoken English (required)

Background And Experience

Competencies and skills

• 10+ years’ experience in similar role, in a large oil industry industrial organization. (transactional, operational) essential, ideally both internationally and in Oman including the following sectors:
• Oil (Upstream – Downstream)
• Gas
• Alternative / Renewables Energies
• Petrochemical
• Commercial for Oil products and polymers
• Oil & Energy Projects
  
  

Strong experience in:

• Legal frame for the assigned Business Unit
• Legal Compliance,
• Legal Operation
• Corporate Law, Omani law or British law under Oil & Gas frame.
• Corporate Governance. Multinational contracts & agreements
• People’s management skills
• Analytical skills
• Maintaining effective, accurate and transparent communication with all stakeholders & community
• Negotiation
• Planning skills
• Forward thinking
• ethics & guidelines
• Engages & inspires people to collaborate and share knowledge to achieve common goals
• Models and ensures commitment with business aspirations,
• Pursues innovation & continuous improvement
• Acts as an agent for change, constructively challenging the status quo
• Leads a solution-based approach to plan and deliver competitive results
• Transforms strategic insight into achieving business excellence
• Takes accountability for a performance culture that delivers continuous transformation.
  
  

Technical Competencies

• Excellent business and technical report writing skills
• Very good knowledge in using PC software.
• Legal Operation
• Business Partnering
• Contracting & Procurement
• Litigations
• Multinational contracts & agreements
• Corporate,
• Banking,
• Planning & business.
• Litigation and Arbitration.
• Projects Oil & Gas
• Claims & Disputes
• legal frame for Oil & Gas industry
• Corporate Law,
• Omani law or British law under Oil & Gas frame.