Overview
This role supports a client, a large industrials company, with end-of-life asset portfolio legal matters. The immediate focus is on U.S. upstream and downstream matters, with the potential for the scope to expand to international matters. The position requires a remediation-focused environmental lawyer with significant hands-on experience who can provide effective counsel with little to no training.
Responsibilities
- Advise internal site-management teams and outside counsel on environmental liability, cleanup strategy, remediation actions, and responses to environmental agencies.
- Provide legal guidance on asset retirement and environmental remediation matters involving CERCLA, RCRA, and applicable state cleanup requirements.
- Support end-of-life portfolio matters, including wells, site cleanup, site restoration, and legacy environmental liabilities.
- Engage with environmental regulatory agencies and advise on agency responses and remediation requirements.
- Manage environmental legal issues related to U.S. upstream and downstream assets.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience practicing environmental law, with a focus on remediation and asset retirement.
- Hands-on remediation experience, including the ability to handle matters with little to no training.
- Strong knowledge of CERCLA, RCRA, and state cleanup requirements.
- Proven experience advising on environmental liability, cleanup strategy, and remediation actions.
- Juris Doctor degree or equivalent and licensed to practice law in an applicable jurisdiction.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with underground storage tanks and gas-station cleanups.
- Experience with well abandonment and site restoration.
- Experience handling environmental matters in California, New Mexico, Texas, and/or Washington.
Compensation & Benefits
- Estimated total compensation for full-time attorney roles: $104,500–$325,000 per year.
- Estimated total compensation for full-time non-attorney roles: $71,250–$309,750 per year.
- Compensation decisions are based on factors including experience, skills, certifications, location, and business needs.
- Additional benefits may include health, dental, and vision insurance; paid holidays and PTO; flexible work arrangements; and professional development opportunities and tools.
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