Title:  Senior Legal Partner | Auckland or Wellington

• Provide legal advice on capital projects, infrastructure, and commercial matters.
• Collaborate with senior leaders to achieve commercial and operational excellence.
• Full-time position with hybrid and flexible working options available
• Fixed-term opportunity (10-12 months) covering parental leave, based in Auckland or Wellington.

About Us:

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture – where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

The Opportunity:

As Senior Legal Partner, you will play a key role in supporting KiwiRail’s capital projects, infrastructure, and general commercial legal work. This fixed-term position is to cover for one of our team members going on parental leave, with an anticipated duration of 10-12 months, depending on the start date.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with our senior business leaders, providing pragmatic, solutions-focused legal advice to support commercial and operational excellence. If you thrive in a collaborative team environment and have a commercial mindset with strong customer focus, this role will be a great fit for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide expert legal advice on commercial contracts, legislation, and capital project work.
• Partner with KiwiRail business leaders to ensure legal support aligns with strategic and operational goals.
• Collaborate across teams to find solutions that drive commercial success and risk management.
• Support dispute resolution and regulatory compliance, ensuring KiwiRail’s operations run smoothly.
• Promote a culture of safety and excellence within the Legal team.

What We’re Looking For:

•  A law degree with 10+ years of post-admission experience is desirable, though other relevant experience will be considered.
• Proven experience in commercial law, ideally within infrastructure, capital projects or large commercial entities.
• A pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach to legal challenges.
• Strong relationship management skills and a customer-first attitude.
• Previous experience in the freight, infrastructure, or engineering sectors is advantageous.

Why KiwiRail?

• Southern cross discounted health insurance for you and your whānau.
• A supportive, diverse team culture.
• Opportunities for professional growth and learning.
• Enjoy discounted travel, medical cost support, and access to a wide range of holiday homes, through the NZ Rail Staff Welfare Trust.
• Be part of shaping New Zealand’s future through sustainable transport solutions.

KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social, and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities, and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders, and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.

So, are you ready to take the next step in your legal career?

Join us for a 10–12-month journey where your expertise will make a real impact on New Zealand’s infrastructure and commercial landscape.

If you’re ready to go places, we’re ready when you are.  Apply Now!

Applications close Monday 28th of October 2024.

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