Counsel

Principal Accountabilities

• Provide legal support and advice with respect to nuclear licensing and nuclear regulatory compliance issues, including but not limited to Nuclear Regulatory Commission investigations and enforcement matters.
• Negotiate, draft and review a wide variety of diverse contracts, leases, waivers, and other agreements on behalf of Energy Northwest with limited oversight or supervision.
• Provide legal support in a number of regulatory areas such as environmental, ethics, industrial safety, and employment, including but not limited to attending meetings and interfacing with all levels of staff at Energy Northwest.
• Establish and maintain programmatic and procedural guidance for implementation of the PRA including oversight of the Paralegal in analyzing and evaluating PRA requests, determining responsive records, establishing search criteria.
• Oversee the Paralegal’s work to ensure timely communication with requesters to establish commitments. Oversee the Paralegal’s work with office(s) of records to obtain responsive records within commitment timeframes. Provide legal review and support of PRA responses.
• Protect Energy Northwest’s financial and legal interests by initiating and/or defending Energy Northwest in contract claims, contract requests for equitable adjustments, lawsuits, administrative hearings, administrative investigations, and/or directing the conduct of such litigation by outside counsel.
• Provide legal advice to Energy Northwest staff and governing boards on both policy and operation level matters on an ongoing basis.
• Prepare budgets for significant transactional matters and litigation and assure that, to the extent practicable, those matters are conducted within budget.
• Team participant in strategic development of energy transactions.
• Must participate on the Emergency Response team (ERO) when designated.
• Support the biennial refueling outage.

Required Education And Experience

• Senior Counsel: Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and seven years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney. Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access. Previous legal experience related to employment, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions required.
• Staff Counsel II: Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and five years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney. Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access. Previous legal experience related to employment, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions required.
• Staff Counsel I: Requires a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school and two years of aggregate experience practicing as an attorney. Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access. Previous legal experience related to employment, nuclear, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions required.

PAY RANGE

• Senior Counsel: Salary: $162,274 - $243,412 Midpoint: $202,843
• Staff Counsel II: Salary: $141,070 - $211,604 Midpoint: $176,337
• Staff Counsel I: Salary: $122,681 - $184,021 Midpoint: $153,351

Qualifications

• Must have a Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an accredited law school.
• Must have a record of continual learning and training and the ability to obtain license through the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) by Motion within one year.
• Must meet and maintain nuclear requirements for Unescorted Plant Access.
• Previous legal experience related to employment, contracts, litigation, environmental, and energy transactions is required.