Lima Refining Company Hiring for Senior Legal Counsel at Columbus, Ohio Full Time

Worker Type: Employee
Group: US Refining & Marketing Department
Job Post End Date: 07/17/2023
About this opportunity:
As an integral part of the legal team, the Senior Counsel will be working with a wide variety of people both internal and external to Cenovus. This position assists the refineries and marketing entities with negotiating, drafting, and closing out procurement and construction contracts. Initiates litigation to enforce Cenovus’ right or defends Cenovus in claims brought against the company. Assists the business in making sound business decisions.
About Cenovus:
We’re a Canadian-based integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe, innovative, and cost-efficient manner, integrating environmental, social and governance considerations into our business plans.
We operate in Canada, the United States, and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining, and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.
Our shares trade under the symbol CVE and are listed on the Toronto as well as the New York stock exchanges.
For more information, visit cenovus.com .
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Why we work at Cenovus:
* Safety as a core value
* Competitive compensation
* Employer paid benefits: health, dental, vision & more
* Volunteering opportunities
* Community Investment activities
* Inclusive work environment
* Career progression/internal mobility opportunities
* Company/team building events
Responsibilities:
* Procurement
* Significant experience with drafting, negotiating, analyzing and closing out construction and procurement agreements. Experience with fixed fee and lump sum agreements is a positive.
* Work with business staff on legal issues related to the continuous improvement of contract terms and templates.
* Maintain a high level of expertise with legal and industry developments.
* Significant experience with contract and claims management.
* Litigation
* Represent the company in claims brought by or against the company, including managing external litigation counsel.
* Advise the company regarding disputes or potential disputes that have not risen to litigation.
* Evaluate claims through gathering of relevant facts and documents, including internal investigations.
* Legal research, analysis and drafting motions.
* Plan, oversee, coordinate and/or conduct oral and written discovery.
* Assist in Court Hearings, Arbitrations, Mediations and Trials.
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Qualifications :
* Minimum 8 years of experience is preferred.
* A Juris Doctorate is required.
* Experience with downstream energy, refining or petrochemicals is a plus, but not required.
Cenovus Energy is an affirmative action employer, and we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, veteran status, national origin, or personal or physical characteristics protected by law.
At Cenovus we embrace diversity of thought, experience, and backgrounds to help us make better business decisions, address our challenges, seize opportunities, and unlock innovative solutions. We define diversity as the variety of people, including all of tApply here: https://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=YmJnZW5lcmljLjg1NDg1LjEwNTA4QGNlbm92dXNjb21wLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ