Legal Contracts Specialist

A little about Capital Power

Capital Power (TSX: CPX) is dedicated to Powering Change by Changing Power. This north star guides our ambitions, focus, and actions as we transform our energy system to power a lower-carbon future. We're a growth-oriented North American energy company headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta. Our team safely delivers, builds, and creates balanced energy solutions for customers across North America.

Our people are at the core of our journey to deliver reliable, affordable, and lower-carbon power solutions. We provide purpose-driven work in a safe and inclusive environment, and we live by our North Star. With us, your contributions matter – we want you to be empowered to innovate, collaborate, and ultimately drive results. We're here to partner with you so you can learn, grow, and forge a career that's meaningful to you. Join us in powering North America!

Your Opportunity

One Permanent Full Time Position.   

Join our dynamic Trading & Origination Team as a Legal Contract Specialist and play a key role in managing and negotiating power and commodity contracts across North America!

As a Legal Contract Specialist, you will primarily be supporting our Trading & Origination Team, who purchase and sell power in addition to power related commodities (such as renewable energy credits for example) across Canada and the United States on behalf of Capital Power Corporation and its subsidiaries. This position plays an integral role facilitating the efficient, organized, reliable and risk-managed negotiation, execution and management of our commodities and related commercial contracts.

You will contribute to our team by:

• Managing and responding to requests for commodities contracts and other contracts (such as non-disclosure agreements).
• Being the point of contact for counterparty negotiations and correspondence.
• Preparing, editing, and revising contract drafts and amendments to meet organizational need.
• Preparing draft agreements from a template library, inserting counterparty and transaction information and sending draft agreements to counterparties for review.
• Consulting with internal legal counsel to arrange the review of revisions requested by counterparties.
• Tracking legal documents through the execution process, ensuring proper signatures, timely approvals and accurate filing.
• Leading meetings with members of the Trading & Origination, Credit, Risk Management and Legal teams to report and obtain updates on progress of work.
• Collecting counterparty information and ensure that all counterparty and contract information is documented accurately and communicated to the appropriate departments.
• Managing and administering the contract and templates database, including preparing and organizing revisions to templates.

What you will bring to the role:  

Education:

• Completed Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or a Paralegal Certificate with relevant experience.
• Education equivalency may be considered.

Experience:

• 4 - 8 years’ related experience, including experience supporting legal transactions or in a contract management role in a fast-moving business. 
• Understanding of contractual risk and some ability to interpret contract language.
• Paralegal experience would be an asset

Technical Skills:

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Capable of working under pressure, effectively prioritizing tasks, and meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated with a positive attitude and strong collaboration and communication abilities.
• Comfortable working across various departments and with counterparties.
• Professionalism and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Flexible and capable of handling a mix of routine and non-routine tasks.
• Able to maintain concise, accurate and well-organized records.
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office and DocuSign/Adobe Sign.
• Experience with Allegro ERTM, SharePoint and Power BI Analytics would be an asset but is not required.

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid Office/Work from home position, with possible very minimal travel to meet business users at Capital Power facilities or other offices.

Additional Details:

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

In order to be considered for this role you must be legally eligible to work in Canada.

The successful candidate for this position will undergo an education verification, reference checks and criminal record check.

Capital Power employees that refer a successful candidate for this position are eligible for a $1000 Referral Reward!

We believe that creating a culture that supports employee physical, mental, financial, and social wellbeing is critical to our success. That is why we provide flexible and affordable employee benefits, retirement savings, and paid time off programs. We also provide comprehensive onboarding, training, and programs supporting your career development.

Depending on the posting requirements relocation assistance may be available.

How To Apply and Next Steps

Capital Power only accepts resumes via online application at www.capitalpower.com/careers. If you choose to submit your resume by any other means, we cannot guarantee that your application will be considered for vacancies.

Applicants with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation to complete their application can request accessible formats, communication support, or other accessibility assistance by contacting 
careers@capitalpower.com.

Capital Power is committed to providing a fair and transparent hiring process. We recognize and embrace the value of diversity and hire employees with the appropriate skills, experience and knowledge for each position.

Thank you for taking the time to apply and expressing interest in powering a sustainable future with Capital Power! We wish that we could personally respond to everyone who applies; however, it is our practice to contact only those individuals selected for interviews.