About the role

Location: North East, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Join a dynamic legal team in a premier manufacturing site, where your legal expertise will influence production and commercial decisions across the business. In this collaborative environment, you'll work closely with various departments, including Engineering, Production Control, Logistics, Purchasing, and HR, in a fast-paced and multifaceted setting. You'll need a proactive mindset to navigate the complexities of this evolving industry.

This role places you at the forefront of legal and commercial considerations for new technologies,

Requirements:

• Qualified solicitor/barrister in the UK with at least 5 years' post-qualification experience in commercial law, including in-house experience

• Minimum 2:1 bachelor's degree with strong academic records

• Excellent analytical, drafting, and communication skills for negotiating commercial contracts

• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and handle high workloads under pressure

• Willingness to learn continuously and tackle varied roles

• Experience in manufacturing law, with the ability to identify risks in new areas

• Capability to balance customer expectations and commercial demands against legal risks

• Open and transparent approach, comfortable in an international setting

• Leadership and project management skills to build trust and manage conflicts

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Fluency in English, with other languages being a plus

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the Legal Manager to provide a wide range of legal advice in a complex manufacturing environment

• Manage a diverse workload, including specialist projects and daily transactional work

• Advise on commercial contracts, including supply of goods and services, engineering and construction, logistics, outsourcing, collaborations, funding agreements, and intra-group agreements

• Work with internal and external lawyers on specialised areas such as energy, environmental, financial regulations, data protection, intellectual property, cyber security, and GDPR

• Support corporate governance, sustainability, and compliance functions

• Supervise junior team members and contribute to department objectives

• Develop new templates and procedures, and provide legal training

• Assist in managing the legal budget and overseeing external legal advisors

• Enjoy a hybrid work model with travel as needed

If you are interested in this role click 'apply now' and a member of our team will be in touch!