Corporate Counsel
Corporate Counsel
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Overview
When you join Suburban Propane you become a part of a fastpaced and dynamic company that has been serving its employees and customers for over 90 years. You join an organization with a strong sense of community that values safety customer satisfaction training and development and teamwork. The ideal candidate for our Corporate Counsel will be responsible for providing legal assistance and counseling to the operating departments of the Company to assist those departments in achieving their goals and objectives while minimizing associated legal risks.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary legal resource to business units within the Company on matters presenting legal and/or business issues. Interact directly with internal clients including members of senior management. Maintain a positive relationship with internal clients and external customers.
- Perform legal tasks in support of the Companys designated objectives and provide legal guidance and support pertaining to a wide variety of areas such as litigation corporate governance field operations real estate HR labor and employment matters. These tasks may include without limitation preparing drafting or reviewing contracts; assisting with or responding to governmental investigations; assisting with HR and employment matters; supporting the Companys Field Operations in addressing legal issues as needed; and supporting leading and recommending legal policies and practices to assure legal and/or regulatory compliance.
- Retain supervise and assist outside legal counsel in analyzing and processing matters. Work independently or under the direction of internal counsel in developing and implementing contract and litigation strategies and defining objectives and goals for projects assigned to outside counsel. Monitor and control the expenses incurred by outside counsel. Continually monitor the quality of outside legal services.
- Provide guidance and instruction to the Legal Departments support staff in rendering assistance to business units.
- Function as the Legal Department representative on committees or multidepartmental project teams as assigned.
- Remain current and knowledgeable regarding legislation regulations case law and administrative rulings (or pending legislation or administrative pronouncements) pertinent to the Companys operations within the assigned areas of responsibility.
Why Suburban Propane Suburban Propane takes pride in serving our employees and does so by offering competitive pay with incentive potential and a comprehensive benefits package including but not limited to medical dental vision disability life insurance HSA and FSAs paid vacation personal and sick pay tuition assistance online learning opportunities and training and a 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting.
For a full list of our benefit offerings please visit degree from an ABA accredited law school As part of our preemployment hiring process background checks and drug screens are performed. Headquartered in Whippany New Jersey Suburban Propane Partners L.P. (NYSE:SPH) is a nationwide marketer and distributor of a diverse array of products to meet the energy needs of our customers specializing in heating oil and refined fuels as well as the marketing of propane natural gas and electricity in deregulated markets. As a national propane industry leader with over 3000 employees Suburban Propane maintains business operations in 42 states providing prompt reliable service to over one million residential commercial industrial and agricultural customers. We are committed to supporting the growth and innovation of propane as a sustainable energy source and investing in the next generation of even cleaner and lower carbon renewable energy sources. At Suburban Propane we know that our strength comes from our diverse and inclusive team of employees who make a difference in the communities we serve across the country every day. All applicants for employment shall be considered without regard to race religion color creed national origin ancestry age gender sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity gender expression marital status physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information military or veteran status or any other classification protected by law.
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