We are currently seeking a Paralegal to join us in our Redditch office. We can offer you a welcoming environment to work in, a strong learning culture, and the opportunity to play an important role in our functional support teams that support a group of almost 3,000 talented engineers, planners and scientists nationwide.

You will join a close-knit, collaborative team providing critical support for Stantec across the UK & Ireland. Its an exciting time for our business as we seek to achieve our ambitious growth targets and diversify our portfolio of services.

You will be responsible for contracts review – assisting, supporting and participating in the review process of bespoke contracts with clients, sub-consultants and other suppliers. You will help with the identification of risks on contractual matters and promote the contracts governance during the drafting, negotiation, execution and archiving of bespoke contracts.

You will negotiate terms and conditions on contracts in order to reduce company liability or cost. You will work closely with Contract Manager and Corporate Counsel on more complex areas. You will review completed documents for final execution and manage all updates and modifications to contract documents.

Full training and support will be provided to help identity what Stantec looks for in its contracts with clients. We can also offer flexible and hybrid working options to help ensure you have a good work life balance.

About You:

Ideally you will have some legal or paralegal qualifications but this is not essential. You will have strong analytical and organisation skills, with keen attention to detail with an ability to spot errors. Some contracts or legal experience would be beneficial, but you will need to have a basic understanding of contracts and a level of comfort to review a high volume of documents.

You will have the ability to communicate with varying seniority levels, including staff, managers, and external partners. You will have a high degree of self-management, initiative, reliability and flexibility to ensure that the best possible service is given to internal and external clients. Your interest in developing yourself and your knowledge of contacts management will be key to your success.

This is a hybrid role that requires office attendance 3 days per week. Due to the location and limited public transport in the area, you will ideally need a to drive to the office.

Why Join us?

The friendly and collaborative culture at Stantec is something we are proud of and we have many other reasons for you to be excited about joining us. We offer a competitive salary, a great pension scheme, free private medical insurance, support with your professional qualifications, hybrid and flexible working arrangements, industry leading training, great projects and lots more!

To take a look at what some of our existing workforce says about life at Stantec in our UK & Ireland business please click on My Stantec Stories: Stantec Careers

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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