Senior Legal Counsel in England

Ontic, a leading licensor and manufacturer of complex engineering parts for the global aerospace and defence industries, are now recruiting for a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team, where you will play a key role in enabling and protecting our operations across the Rest of World (ROW) business. Based at our Staverton site, you’ll work closely with colleagues across functions and regions to provide clear, pragmatic legal guidance that supports our continued growth.

As Senior Legal Counsel, you’ll act as a trusted advisor on a broad spectrum of legal matters that underpin Ontic’s commercial success. Your work will span drafting and negotiating complex contracts, guiding stakeholders on compliance and regulatory obligations, supporting M&A activity, and helping shape internal policies and governance frameworks. You’ll be instrumental in ensuring our legal processes are robust yet commercially aligned, while offering solution-focused advice that enables confident decision-making across the business.

At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we’re also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture. To succeed in this role, you’ll be a qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with experience gained either in-house or in private practice, ideally within aerospace, defence, manufacturing, or similarly regulated sectors. You’ll bring strong commercial judgement, excellent drafting and negotiation capabilities, and the confidence to work directly with senior stakeholders across multiple jurisdictions. Your background will include experience managing complex contractual matters, providing compliance advice, and navigating cross-border legal issues. Equally important is your ability to work independently while fostering strong, collaborative relationships across the organisation.

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this. Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• 10 hours paid volunteering time
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies’ Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic

No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:

• We share a common sense – we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose – we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity – we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you will enjoy a career with us!