About Veolia North America

A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website www.veolianorthamerica.com.

BENEFITS

Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.  Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement. 

Position Purpose: 

Corporate Counsel will serve as a member of the legal team supporting the Company’s Municipal Water Regulated Water business. Regulated Water is comprised of the regulated utility companies that provide water and wastewater services to approximately 2.1 million customers in six U.S. states – New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Idaho. This position will advise senior management on a broad array of topics, with a particular focus on the Company's ongoing operations, including drafting and negotiating contracts, and advising on regulatory, real estate, land use, permitting, environmental, water supply and allocation, and water quality matters. The position may provide additional assistance to the Company’s other business units, as needed and appropriate.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Represents or coordinates legal representation of the Company before zoning and planning boards with regard to permits for Company projects.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates a wide variety of contracts for matters such as the construction of major facilities, provision of various services to Veolia subsidiaries, and wholesale water and wastewater arrangements.
• Negotiates favorable legal terms in contracts, with a goal of protecting the Company's financial interests and mitigate legal risks.
• Provides advice to Company personnel regarding rights and responsibilities under contracts and assists with the enforcement of contract rights. 
• Monitors select regulations, circulates relevant proposals to various departments for comment, drafts, and files comments with the subject agencies where necessary, and informs personnel of relevant rule adoptions.
• Provides advice on the legal implications of proposed and newly enacted legislation, upon request of Company management.
• Performs legal work in connection with regulatory matters, including filing petitions for approval of Company initiatives and waivers from regulatory requirements, coordinating with the regulatory business departments, and responding to inquiries from public utility commission staff.
• Provides legal support in administrative proceedings relating to environmental matters and water and wastewater permits, including filing comments with environmental and municipal agencies concerning proposed activities by others that may affect the Company's operations.
• Keeps the Senior Utility Counsel informed when complex, sensitive and/or material matters arise, and seeks their counsel on matters requiring their attention.
• Drafts and reviews legal documents for the use, acquisition, or disposition of real estate.
• Represents utility subsidiaries in regulatory proceedings.
• Performs all work in a professional manner with the goal of protecting the Company’s interest and mitigate risk that could adversely impact the operations and growth ambition of VNA’s regulated utilities.

Education/Experience/Background:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree in law.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in legal practice.
• Prior land use law, environmental law and governmental agency experience preferred.
• Prior experience as in-house counsel preferred, but not required.
• Substantial familiarity with the legal aspects of various areas of water and wastewater operations, both in regulated utilities and contract operations, and relationships among these areas.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills as well as a proven ability to negotiate and draft documentation for sophisticated commercial transactions.
• Adept at working with minimal supervision on multiple time-sensitive projects and dealing directly with business developers, senior management and finance, accounting, and tax professionals.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with an ability to interface with people at all levels by virtue of professional competence, personal integrity, and personal style.
• Ability to contribute to Legal Department as a team player.

Required Certification/Licenses/Training:

• Licensed to practice law in the United States with bar admissions n New Jersey and (preferably) New York. and a bar member in good standing.

Physical Requirements:

• Travel required to visit the Municipal Water Utility sites in the United States.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.