Infrastructure Solicitor

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Solicitor to join our team at Southern Water. As a key member of our Engineering & Capital Delivery function, you will provide high-quality legal services to support our water resources infrastructure programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Environmental and Planning Solicitor on high-value and complex capital projects.
• Advise on a wide range of project-related legal matters, including consenting processes, public inquiries, and statutory consultation processes.
• Draft, negotiate, and settle agreements with statutory bodies, landowners, and other affected parties.
• Focus on non-contentious and some contentious planning and consenting matters relating to infrastructure and non-infrastructure projects.
• Support and liaise with other members of the WfLH legal team on the legal ramifications and structuring of capital projects.

About You

• Expert knowledge of law and legal research techniques, contract drafting, and interpretation.
• Senior-level experience of providing commercial/contracting legal advice for engineering & construction projects within a regulated environment.
• Reliable legal judgment and appreciation of legal risk.
• Expert in your field and an acknowledged authority, with a good grounding in infrastructure, planning, environment, and related regulatory law.
• Knowledge of statutory and environmental regulations within which the Company operates.
• Expert influencer and negotiator.
• Pro-active individual with an interest in business matters.
• Excellent degree qualification (2:1 or equivalent), or satisfactory evidence of equivalent high-level academic and/or professional achievement.
• Qualified lawyer (Solicitor/Barrister/Chartered Legal Executive) ideally with at least 4-5 years relevant post-qualification experience.

What We Offer

This role will be full-time, Monday to Friday, with a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer office and home. We offer a competitive salary, company and performance-related bonus, generous pension, life assurance, health benefits, and more.

About Southern Water

We are a company committed to career progression, training, and development opportunities, our customers, and the environment. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently.