Senior Corporate Attorney
IBERDROLA RENEWABLES, Inc. (Houston, Texas)

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The Corporate Attorney, located in Houston, will support the efforts of IBERDROLA RENEWABLES, Inc., with a specific focus on its natural gas storage business, particularly its subsidiary, Enstor Operating Company, LLC.  The successful candidate in this position will report to the General Counsel of IRI and have a functional report to the senior member of the IRI Office of General Counsel supporting Enstor in Houston.  Responsibilities include:   

Provide overall legal advice and assistance on project development and facility operations matters, which may include real estate matters, permitting (state and federal), vendor service contracts, construction contracts and related matters, and working with outside counsel on same.
Provide legal assessments, interpretations, recommendations and representation on project development matters, including related policy matters. Manage and assist in due diligence on project acquisitions and divestitures.
Provide overall legal advice and assistance on gas storage commercial transactional matters, which may include development and negotiation of storage agreements, interpretation and drafting of storage tariffs (FERC) and other interaction with the FERC in respect of the Company’s current and future gas storage activities.
Provide assistance with the OGC's compliance and training programs for the Company’s personnel.
Draft legal advisories, documents and contracts, including transactional documents and board papers.
Provide a business sensitive, value added approach to the delivery of high quality work product and adequate legal controls, on a timely basis, to the Company's business units.
Adhere to effective internal controls.

Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
5+ years experience working on the development of energy resources, with a particular focus on real property, oil, gas and energy and permitting or engineering, construction and procurement. 
Proven ability to identify and mitigate material legal risks.
Ability to draft and negotiate storage agreements and vendor master service agreements, draft permitting applications and manage legal requirements associated with the ownership, operations and development of natural gas storage facilities.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to bring diverse interests together through clear and effective communications and an ability to listen and respond to divergent opinions.
Experience in efficiently managing outside counsel is expected as is the ability to work within a team structure.   

Preference may be given to candidates who have the following: 

Membership in the bars of Alberta, Canada, Texas or Oregon.
Experience with form energy agreements (including the EEI, WSPP, ISDAA, IADC), customized energy purchase agreements, physical and financial trading, natural gas storage, transportation, scheduling, and credit enhancement/ margin agreements, letters of intent and term sheets for project development/acquisition.
Experience with general business law and natural gas / electricity energy transactions. 
Experience with FERC rules, regulations and policy in respect of natural gas storage matters (including both Section 311 and Section 7(c) authorizations). 

 All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, references, drug screen, verification of legal right to work in the U.S., and in some cases, a credit check.  A credit check will be administered when a prospective employee will be working in Finance, Accounting, Treasury or where duties may involve handling of funds, accounts or cash.  IBERDROLA RENEWABLES Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer