Construction Solicitor (Flexible - Hybrid)

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen – for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all.

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life.

Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people.

Home to work that matters, and you can be a part of it.

Job Summary

As our first dedicated in-house construction solicitor, you will provide legal advice and support on a wide range of construction-related matters. This is a fantastic opportunity for a solicitor with ideally 2-5 years of post-qualification experience (PQE) to advance their career in a supportive and collaborative environment. The role offers a great opportunity to get involved in projects of local or national importance against a dynamic legal landscape arising out of the Building Safety Act 2022. As a result, the role offers the potential for significant exposure to Heads of Function and senior leaders across the Taylor Wimpey group.

Whilst the role is best suited to a non-contentious construction solicitor, it offers an excellent opportunity to work with our leading external legal advisors and counsel as the key internal contact between our external legal teams and the in-house cladding team. The initial focus in the role will be to establish a close relationship with the Taylor Wimpey cladding team and Business Units to support our significant cladding remediation and recovery matters across the UK.

This role sits within the group legal team, reporting to the Taylor Wimpey UK Legal Director. The team currently comprises of a commercial and operations solicitor, a dispute resolution solicitor and the Taylor Wimpey data protection team. It is critical that the successful candidate is a team-player, accountable, personable and willing to go the extra mile when required to help deliver our goals.

Primary Responsibilities:

Legal Compliance: Supporting our business in relation to its construction activities to deliver key projects in a timely and compliant manner. Ensuring that our cladding remediation activities comply with current laws, regulations, self-remediation terms and industry standards.

Contract Management: With specialist external legal support, draft and negotiate contracts related to cladding projects, including agreements with contractors, suppliers, and consultants.

Cladding Projects: Act as the in-house legal lead for all cladding related queries and projects. This role will be the main conduit between our external legal advisors and the Taylor Wimpey cladding remediation team.

Risk Assessment: Identify and mitigate legal risks associated with cladding remediation, providing strategic advice to senior management as to cladding and other building safety risks.

Stakeholder Communication: Liaise with internal teams, external contractors, regulatory bodies, and other stakeholders to ensure legal and safety standards are met.

Cladding Recovery: Assist the cladding team by procuring timely and concise external legal advice to support potential recovery actions in relation to cladding remediation costs, working towards effective and efficient resolutions.

Advisory Role: Provide construction and building safety legal advice and support to business units, functions and the cladding team, ensuring all activities are legally sound and compliant.

Location

You can work from any of our TW BU Offices across the UK 3 days a week with 2 days a week remote working. The Group Legal team is based around England and is agnostic as to location provided the in-person commitment 3 days a week is delivered. A full list of locations can be found at: Office locations ‧ Taylor Wimpey

Experience, Qualification, Technical Requirements & Education:

• Very good Excel skills
• Operation of IT based systems
• Working in time critical environment
• Administrative experience
• Full UK driving licence

What We Offer At Taylor Wimpey

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it\’s about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover. Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey.

Inclusivity Statement

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.