Flour & Energy Materials Projects Counsel

Orbia Advance Corporation is a Purpose-led company with big aspirations. We are out to advance life around the world while maximizing value to our shareholders, customers and employees. The Company is passionate about the topics that define how people will live and thrive tomorrow: the future of cities, buildings, agriculture, and materials. Orbia Advance Corporation has five business groups which offer innovative solutions across multiple industries including building and infrastructure, data communications, chemicals and more. In 2018, Orbia Advance Corporation bought a majority stake in Israeli-based Netafim, the world’s leader in drip irrigation, and is helping the world ‘grow more with less’ as it helps to solve food and water scarcity. Orbia Advance Corporation has operations in 41 countries with more than 22,000 employees.

 

We started as a producer of commodities and have evolved to become a provider of innovative solutions that address the global issues of rapid urbanization, water and food scarcity, and a growing and aging population. We’re already a global leader in Polymers, Fluor, Building & Infrastructure, Datacom, and Precision Irrigation. We have embarked on a CEO-led transformation, as part of our journey to become a truly purpose-led, future fit company.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. That’s the spirit of the community you’ll find at Orbia: where the purpose to advance life around the world drives our global team of over 23,000 every single day.

 

From creating solutions to deliver clean water, secure food supplies and reliable information to steering material advances that power the future of green and smart cities, transportation, and healthcare, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for.

 

F&EM Projects Counsel

Flour and Energy Materials, an Orbia business, is hiring for a F&EM Projects Counsel to be based in the state of Kansas in the United States!

 

Job Summary/ Purpose

The Orbia Legal Department is searching for an attorney to support several large capex projects. The role requires substantial experience negotiating and drafting engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) contracts, preferably in projects that involve US government funding. This position will not have supervisory responsibilities and will focus only on OFEM Mega Projects.

 

Main Responsibilities

• Working day-to-day with the large project teams, supporting requests for contract support and legal advice.
• Leading the negotiation and drafting of agreements, such as engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts and other project-related contracts, e.g., equipment and construction contracts.
• Analyzing a contract’s risk to the business and ensuring that the contracts meet company’s risk profile and the business unit’s objectives.
• Creating contract templates, clause banks, and involvement in other similar efficiency-improving projects for OFEM Mega Projects.
• Assisting in the development of and conducting training programs for the project teams with respect to contracting and other legal topics.

• Assisting in the development of and conducting training programs for the project teams regarding compliance with applicable laws and company policies.
• Collaborating directly with other members of the Orbia Legal Department as appropriate.