Role Overview

Reporting to the Corporate Counsel, Global Projects & Commercial, Legal, the Legal Advisor, Procurement will provide strategic legal advice to Teck’s Commercial group and other commercial teams on procurement, supply chain, and logistics, ensuring alignment with business objectives and risk management priorities. The successful candidate will work with Teck teams in Canada as well as its foreign operations.

The preferred candidate will have a primary background in sophisticated procurement supply chain, and logistics contracting matters, including contract negotiation, management and dispute resolution. The candidate will ideally have exposure to the natural resources industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures.
• Serve as the primary legal partner for various procurement teams across the organization, developing collaborative business relationships that drive value and mitigate risks.
• Provide strategic legal advice and guidance on all aspects of procurement and supply chain contracts led by Teck’s business in North America including:
  • Advising on requests for proposals and procurement documents
  • Drafting and negotiating various procurement contracts, including for machinery/equipment, professional services, consultancy, outsourcing and transportation (including trucking and rail contracts)
  • Advising on contract management, including claims or related dispute processes
• Work with members of Teck’s broader Legal team to provide strategic legal guidance on Teck’s sourcing, supply and logistics contracts in Latin America
• Support the Corporate Counsel, Global Projects & Commercial to develop and improve legal processes and procedures related to procurement, supply chain and logistics globally at Teck, including templates, training and guidance materials
• Identify and advise on legal risks and opportunities connected to purchasing, supply management, and distribution
• Lead outside counsel on a variety of procurement, supply chain and logistics related matters

Qualifications

• Minimum three years’ experience as a legal practitioner is required.
• Membership in the BC Bar, or eligibility to become a member, is preferred.
• Strong drafting skills and commercial savvy is required.
• Strong background in commercial contracts, particularly procurement contracts, is required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-jurisdictional team is required.
• Experience working on natural resources projects (preferably mining) is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Spanish is an asset.