Corporate Counsel, EHS and Real Estate Law
Requisition ID: R10010762
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Category: Legal and Regulatory
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Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States of America
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Citizenship Required: United States Citizenship
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Clearance Type: None
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Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
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Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
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Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
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Positions Available: 1
Overall Job Description
- Legal and Strategic Advisor. Counsel will provide thoughtful, practical, innovative and timely advice on a wide range of federal, state and local environmental, health and safety (EHS) legal issues and related business initiatives; identify and anticipate opportunities and challenges and develop practical solutions that mitigate potential EHS risks; and defend the company when EHS issues and disputes arise.
- Partner and Collaborator. Counsel will partner and collaborate closely with the EHS legal team and broader law department, and with company leadership and many functional and business stakeholders at all levels across the company in the U.S. and internationally (e.g., EHS, real estate, facilities, business operations, communications, government relations, etc.).
Specific Substantive Job Responsibilities / Required Skills
- Environmental Remediation. Counsel will have experience providing legal and strategic advice on a wide range of environmental remediation projects, with an emphasis on U.S.-based remediation projects.
- Environmental Compliance. Counsel will have experience advising on a wide range of federal, state and local environmental regulatory requirements and developments (under RCRA, EPCRA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, TSCA, etc.); and identifying opportunities and developing practical solutions to enhance the company’s environmental compliance program and mitigate potential risks.
- Occupational Health and Safety Compliance. Counsel will have experience counseling on a wide range of federal, state and local health and safety requirements and developments, including with respect to COVID-19; and identifying opportunities and developing practical solutions to enhance the company’s health and safety compliance program and mitigate potential risks.
- EHS Noncompliance/Defense. Counsel will have experience investigating and responding to federal, state and local EHS regulatory agency demands, citations and inquiries; and developing strategies that mitigate the company’s potential risks.
- Environmental Sustainability. Counsel will have experience providing legal and strategic advice on environmental sustainability goals and reporting.
- Real Estate and Business Transactions. Counsel will have experience counseling and developing creative approaches to address environmental issues in real estate and business acquisitions and dispositions.
- Third-Party Claims. Counsel will have experience advising and supporting EHS claims, disputes, litigation, mediation and arbitration.
Other Qualifications and Requirements
- Counsel will have exceptional integrity and outstanding strategic and holistic analytical skills and judgment.
- Counsel will have the ability to effectively collaborate with and promote and contribute to a team environment that encourages and supports inclusion to drive innovation and reach the best solutions to complex problems.
- Counsel will have excellent verbal and written communications skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with diverse individuals at all levels and areas within the organization, from company management to front-line EHS professionals and managers.
- Counsel will have the ability to self-motivate, take initiative, work under minimal supervision, but know when to coordinate with management, and learn new substantive areas within and beyond EHS law.
- Counsel will have a law Degree from an ABA accredited law school and active bar membership.
- Counsel will be a member of the State Bar in Virginia, capable of being licensed through testing or comity, or, in lieu of licensure, capable of registering as an in-house counsel in accordance with the rules of the applicable State Bar of Virginia.
- Counsel will have 8 or more years of EHS experience at in-house legal department(s), government service, and/or law firm group specializing in EHS law.
This position reports to Northrop Grumman’s Assistant General Counsel – EHS and Real Estate Law and will be located in the Northrop Grumman Corporate Office in Falls Church, VA.
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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