Back to jobsDraft and negotiate ECI and preferred supplier agreements, EPC, balance-of-plant contracts for wind, solar, and BESS projects (i.e., for split-scope contracting), including turbine supply agreements, civil and electrical BOP packages, and battery system supply and integration agreements, and other OEM supply agreements (transformers, inverters, panels, and others),.
Advise on procurement strategy, tender documentation, contractor selection processes and tender evaluation - working closely with procurement, technical and project management teams and providing advice on legal risks arising from procurement models.
Draft and negotiate ancillary construction-phase agreements, including owner’s engineer appointments, independent certifier agreements, grid consultant agreements, environmental and geotechnical contractors and consultant terms, met mast supplier contracts, and construction-phase insurance arrangements.
Support the construction and other operational RWE team members to manage construction and services contracts.
Advise on contract administration issues, including payment claims, pricing validity mechanisms, variations, programming, extensions of time, delay liquidated damages, change of law, force majeure, performance liquidated damages, work quality, defects, warranties and interface risk.
Work with real estate, planning, environmental, engineering and other subject matter experts to ensure appropriate contractual flow-downs and risk allocation across procurement and construction contracts.
Support the contracting for services and works on RWE’s operational assets – on both a ‘business as usual’ and planned/project basis.
Provide general legal advice on procurement, health and safety, intellectual property, regulatory and other matters relating to the development, construction and operation of renewable energy projects.
Support legal team initiatives, including process improvement, precedent development, knowledge management and standardisation.
Support contract negotiations and contract administration, providing timely and commercial advice to help the business execute and manage a broad range of agreements, from consultancy agreements to major equipment supply contracts.
