Senior Legal Counsel

• Providing legal support and advice to all functions within the Submarines business

• Negotiating, advising on and advising colleagues on a wide range of contractual arrangements with the UK MoD and suppliers

• Providing legal advice and support on regulatory issues, including nuclear, health and safety, product liability and export controls (note: previous experience in these specific areas is not essential)

• Helping to drive improvements in business processes and participating in delivery training on legal and contractual issues

• Managing, supporting and developing more junior members of the Submarines Legal team

• Have a background in commercial and/or corporate law with expertise and experience in a broad span of the law and contracting

• Be comfortable working in regulatory environments where the rules are not always clear and which therefore demand pragmatic, defensible decisions

• Have demonstrable experience of assisting in complex high value commercial contracts

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.