Description:

At A Public Utility Company, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We're always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

This position will serve as a lawyer reporting to the managing assistant general counsel in the commercial or regulatory group practice group. You will be working with business partners throughout the company to further key business strategies and projects that will include commercial, operational, and regulatory issues.

This position will serve as a legal advisor assisting the Company in complying with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations. You will also advocate for company positions, potentially representing the company in contested proceedings before regulatory agencies. The successful candidate will be joining a practice group and legal department that prizes and fosters a culture of collaboration, creative problem-solving, and results.

A Public Utility Company supports career progression, and this role will be filled at the level commensurate with the successful candidate's applicable skills and experience at either the Assistant General Counsel I or II levels.

Key Responsibilities:

Provides legal counsel on state and federal regulatory issues ensuring company's interests are effectively represented by developing and recommending company positions on legal issues to further the company's legal interests and mitigate potential legal risk.
Provides commercial, regulatory, and compliance legal support for power operations (energy trading).
Identifies and assesses legal, business and regulatory risks and offers steps to comply and mitigate risk.
Prepares and reviews written legal contracts, documents and provides legal analyses, interpretations and recommendations in compliance with policies and laws.
Identifies and implements process improvements and efficiencies within the Legal department. Contributes to the overall strategy and goals of specific business partners, the practice group, and department as a whole.
Represents and advocates for PGE's interests to governmental agencies, counter parties and third parties.
Selects outside counsel as needed. Oversees outside counsel to ensure cost-effective and high-quality legal representation.

Education/Experience/Certifications

Preference will be given to candidates who are newer in career and possess 2-5 years of experience.
Requires a Juris Doctor degree.
Typically three - seven years practicing (in private practice, in-house, or government) in connection with commercial, state regulatory or FERC matters.
Admitted to Oregon State Bar (or able to be admitted within 6 months of employment)

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
Functional Competencies

Intermediate knowledge of particular laws, regulations and legal practice in multiple practice areas.
Working skills in identifying risk, problem solving and strategic thinking in nonroutine operations and ambiguous situations
Intermediate skills in distilling complex legal concepts and issues in a manner to make them understandable to nonlegal specialists up and down the corporate reporting chain
Working skills in understanding and supporting the technical needs of a regulated utility and advocating for the company to advance its position or interests
Working legal research and writing skills to analyze, interpret and summarize, as well as draft, complex legal documents
Working knowledge of the utility industry, market, and politics
Working knowledge of and support for PGE's policies, practices, philosophy, business model, regulatory regime, and financial reporting requirements

General Competencies:

Working analytical thinking skills
Working decision-making skills
Working presentation/facilitation skills
Working project management skills
Working enterprise/business awareness skills

Physical and Cognitive Demands
Cognitive

Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks

Schedule/Attendance

Ability to work long hours
Ability to work a variable schedule
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance