Project:
The Woodfibre LNG Project is located approximately 7 km west-southwest of Squamish, British Columbia. It involves the construction and operation of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the previous Woodfibre pulp mill site, which would have a storage capacity of 250,000 m3 and would produce approximately 2.1 million tonnes per year of LNG.
The Woodfibre LNG Project is being constructed and will be operated through a partnership between Pacific Energy Corporation Limited (PECL) and Enbridge Inc.
Natural gas feedstock for the project will primarily be provided by Woodfibre’s sister company, Pacific Canbriam Energy Limited (“PCE”) based in Calgary and with assets in Northeast British Columbia.
Position:
Woodfibre Management Ltd., the manager of the Project, and its related business group, including PCE, are seeking Senior Legal Counsel to join its talented team of lawyers in our Vancouver or Calgary offices.
The role reports to the Vice President, Legal and is part of a small, cross-functional team that serves the diverse needs of the Woodfibre LNG project and PCE’s upstream assets in NEBC.
The ideal candidate would bring strong work ethic, exceptional drafting skills, sound judgment, and a pragmatic, effective and creative approach to the in-house legal role. More importantly, we are looking for candidates with a desire to be part of one of the first LNG projects in Canada.
As a small, high-performing legal team, our members are expected to handle a broad range of legal matters that companies face in the energy industry, including natural gas and LNG. While workloads may be allocated to various team members with a particular experience or interest, we are looking for self-starters that are able to quickly identify and prioritize legal and commercial issues and work collaboratively with stakeholders (internal and external) to develop practical and risk-balanced solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
Ideal candidates should have broad and deep experience in the development or regulation of natural resource projects in Canada, with an ability to address a broad range of issues and prepare a variety of agreements, including but not limited to following:
It is not expected that the ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate mastery in all of the above categories, however, preferred candidates should be able demonstrate material experience in several of the above, with a strong preference for regulatory, EPC contract and claims management or GSA, LNG, Offtake Contract experience.
Required Experience:
Only qualified candidates legally entitled to work in Canada will be contacted.
Woodfibre Management Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer.
Thank you in advance for your interest!
Salary range: CAD 135,000 - 190,000/yr