Legal Counsel

🚀 Legal Counsel – John Cockerill Corporate

Are you ready to take on the legal challenges of a global, innovative industrial group? Join John Cockerill Corporate as a Legal Counsel and play a key role in supporting strategic and operational projects through expert legal guidance and contract management.

🌐 About John Cockerill

A catalyst of opportunities since 1817, John Cockerill develops large-scale technological solutions to meet today’s key challenges: enabling access to non-fossil energy, promoting sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, fostering greener mobility, enhancing security, and building essential infrastructure.

We serve businesses, governments, and public authorities through services and equipment in the fields of energy, defense, industry, environment, transportation, and infrastructure.

With more than 6,500 employees, John Cockerill generated €1.046 billion in revenue in 2022, operating in 24 countries across 5 continents.

🎯 Why Join Us?

At John Cockerill, we offer:

• Meaningful Work: Contribute to industrial projects with real impact.
• Career Growth: Benefit from training, mentoring, and internal mobility.
• Global Exposure: Work on international projects with multidisciplinary teams.
• Supportive Environment: Enjoy flexibility, autonomy, and a healthy work-life balance.
• Agile and Innovative Culture: Take part in fast-paced decision-making and expertise development.

🛠️ Your Role: Legal Counsel

As a Legal Counsel, you will provide legal and contractual support to operational and project teams, with a focus on public and private contracts in both domestic and international contexts. You will help secure the Group’s interests across the full project lifecycle.

📋 Key Responsibilities:

• Draft and review legal and contractual documentation
• Provide legal advice during contract negotiation phases
• Oversee contract execution (customers and suppliers)
• Handle legal aspects of public tenders and claims
• Collaborate with the Group’s Commercial & Legal Department
• Train internal teams on legal and contractual best practices
• Implement contract management tools (RACI matrix, deviation lists, minutes, etc.)
• Attend meetings with clients, partners, and suppliers to defend the Group’s contractual position
• Support and coach local representatives and project teams in legal and negotiation matters

👥 Your Team

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, in close collaboration with legal, commercial, financial, and project teams.
You will report to the Head of Legal and collaborate with external legal partners and internal business stakeholders.

🧩 Your Profile

📚 Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Law or equivalent qualification
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in a law firm or corporate legal department
• Strong knowledge of public procurement and international contracts
• Full proficiency in French, and good working knowledge of English (spoken and written)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
• Willingness to travel occasionally (10–15%)

💼 Personal Attributes:

• Analytical and structured mindset
• Proactive, organized, and autonomous
• Results-oriented and solution-focused
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Comfortable working in international and multicultural environments

💎 What We Offer

• Attractive salary package, including:
• Company car
• Meal vouchers
• Hospitalization, life, and income protection insurance
• Performance-based variable compensation (up to 25% of gross annual salary)
• Profit-sharing plan
• Hybrid work policy: Up to 2 remote working days per week after onboarding
• Structured onboarding program: A comprehensive 6-month training plan
• Career development: Broad training catalog and international mobility opportunities
• 31 paid leave days per year

📢 Recruitment Process

Ready to take on this exciting challenge? Apply now and join a team that's shaping the future of industry and sustainability.

🗓️ Next steps:

1. First interview: with Antoine, Senior Recruiter RPO (Permanent Contract), to discuss your background and expectations.
2. Second interview: with
• Koenraad Van Himbeeck, VP Legal and Sales
• Vincent Franckart, Head of Legal
  to explore your potential contributions to the Group.
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Join us in building a sustainable future! 🌱

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!
 

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