Legal Counsel- Energy & Construction

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Location: Victoria, Australia
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Description:
Help Shape Australia’s renewable energy future
Balanced workload I Mid-sized team offering variety without the burnout
Hybrid Working I 2-3 days in office

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.


Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.


About the Role

As a Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic legal services that enable the AusNet Group to achieve its objectives. You’ll partner with the business to deliver pragmatic, ethical, and outcome-focused legal advice across a range of commercial and infrastructure projects.


Key Responsibilities


Provide legal services for regulated and unregulated transmission and distribution connection services.
Draft, negotiate and execute contracts for energy infrastructure procurement and construction.
Advise on asset acquisitions to support transmission connection services.
Deliver legal support for distributed energy projects including metering, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and clean mobility.
Support leadership with legal advice on strategic and project-specific matters.
Develop and maintain legal templates and precedents.
Assist with claims management and resolution.
Brief and manage external legal advisors and associated costs.

What We’re Looking For


We value curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You’ll thrive in this role if you bring:


A Bachelor of Laws and a current practising certificate in Victoria.
5+ years’ legal experience (in-house or private practice).
Proven track record of delivering legal support in complex commercial environments, preferably within the construction or energy sectors.
Strong commercial acumen and analytical mindset.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
A collaborative and professional approach to stakeholder engagement.
High levels of self-motivation, accountability, and autonomy.
Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results under pressure.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.


We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.

 

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