Provide leadership and management direction to Legal Services. Manage and evaluate direct report staff performance through performance appraisals/reviews, promotions, salary changes, professional development and through active monitoring and coaching.
Provide legal advice and counsel on complex, enterprise-level and high stakes matters across EN departments including regulatory proceedings and novel legal questions. Draft, review, and negotiate major contracts, leases, waivers, releases, financing documents, and other documents on behalf of Energy Northwest.
In coordination with the Assistant General Counsel/Compliance Director, serve as Energy Northwest’s point of contact with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Office of the General Counsel and Office of Investigations. Represent Employees Testifying in Legal Actions, Proceedings and Public Hearings (GBP-LEG-03) and NRC Investigations: Rights of Energy Northwest Employees (GBP-LEG-04).
Maintain knowledge of, and ensure Energy Northwest compliance with, federal and state statutes, regulations and court decisions.
Protect Energy Northwest’s interests by initiating or defending Energy Northwest in significant lawsuits, administrative hearings and/or directing the conduct of said litigation by in-house or retained counsel.
Provide training, as required, to Energy Northwest staff on current legal issues and in compliance with legal requirements.
Review and act upon legal invoices less than or equal to $200,000; refer greater expenditures to the appropriate delegated authority under Delegation of Authority—Financial Matters Chief Executive Officer Re-Delegation for action.
Prepare and manage the annual budget for Legal Services.
Must participate on the Emergency Response team (ERO) when designated.
Must support the biennial refueling outage.