Counsel, Labour & Employment Hot

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Key Accountabilities:

• Provide expert written and oral advice on a broad range of contract, employment, industrial relations and work health and safety laws (e.g. discrimination, general employment, bargaining, restructuring and redundancy programs, workplace investigations, litigation, employment and labor-related contracts) to support organisational goals of the Boeing entities and leaders in the region;
• Represent Boeing in negotiations, transactions and proceedings as required including but not limited to Fair Work Commission advocacy, government agencies and suppliers;
• Provide legal support for a variety of contractual agreements with suppliers and customers including advice on legal risk and exposure, negotiation and drafting;
• Develop targeted and strategic legal solutions for business matters of high complexity;
• Drive efficiencies and prevent future legal problems through training, consultation, leadership and counsel;
• Collaborate and build constructive working relationships with legal colleagues and business and functional leaders across multiple geographically dispersed locations to assist in identifying and developing a full life cycle of legal solutions from early implementation to final delivery;
• Resolve multifaceted disputes through negotiation, alternative dispute resolution, or litigation; investigate facts, analyse the law, perform risk analysis, and develop recommendations and work with Boeing entities to implement them on complex legal matters;
• Retain external counselwhere required, manage litigation and disputes and track and manages external performance and costs;
• Represent and advise Boeing in respect of any internal or external audits and compliance matters with external regulatory agencies;
• Direct and/or conduct complex internal investigations and draft investigation reports to determine compliance with legal and/or Boeing requirements;
• Draft workplace policies;
• Monitor legislative, regulatory, common law and industrial changes and assess impact on Boeing entities/strategies and workforces;
• Supervise and mentor legal support staff such as paralegals and analysts.

Competencies:

Prioritisation

Provides expert business counsel and manages a high-volume work environment and ability to balance competing legal and business priorities across multiple global time zones

Risk Management and Mitigation

Applied knowledge of risk management and mitigation principles and tools and the ability to apply them in various situations to determine necessary and cost-effective protection. Takes proactive and ‘outside the box’ approach to identifying potential and emerging legal risk areas.

Analytical Skills

Ability to: collect, organise, synthesise, and analyse data; summarise findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources.

Collaboration

Works effectively and cooperatively with others; establishes and maintains strong working relationships internally across functions and businesses and externally to Boeing.

Communication

Communicates effectively and has ability to clearly convey advice, information and ideas to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the particular audience.

Integrity

Pursues the highest standards of ethical and professional behaviour and promotes and acts with integrity in their everyday work. Creates and champions Boeing’s speak-up culture.

Business Focus

Makes business priorities their own and acts with integrity, gives a damn every day about business priorities, is attune to stakeholder objectives and provides pragmatic options that factors in legal risk and operational and commercial considerations.

Work Standards

Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposes standards of excellence.

Key Requirements:

• Admitted as a legal practitioner in an Australian jurisdiction with a Bachelor of Laws and practicing certificate;
• At least 7 + years’ post qualification experience (PQE);
• Superior current knowledge and expertise in employment, safety and regulatory matters and excellent drafting, negotiation and communication skills;
• Experience negotiating and advising on commercial contracts and a general understanding of intellectual property matters preferred, but not required;
• Business focused, flexible, pragmatic and ability to work autonomously and seek guidance and support where required;
• Experience working across global time zones and in a corporate group environment preferred but not required.

Applications for this position will be accepted until Aug. 22, 2025

Education

Bachelors Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance

Applicants must be Australian Citizens to meet defence security requirements with the ability to obtain an Baseline clearance

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.