General Law Counsel - Employment Law & Litigation, Onsite

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
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• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

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Sandia National Laboratories is seeking a talented and team-oriented General Law Counsel with employment law and litigation experience. If selected, you will provide legal advice to the Laboratories' leaders and human resources professionals on a variety of employment and labor law topics, manage outside counsel, and represent the Laboratories in administrative agency proceedings and litigation. You will also have the potential opportunity to gain exposure to a variety of legal subject areas by working with Senior Counsel on issues related to employee
benefits, privacy and data security, employment and corporate taxation, national security, finance, procurement, and government contract administration.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Provide clear, timely, and actionable advice and counsel to executive leadership and members of
  management at all levels.
• Support subject matter experts and cross-functional teams in developing or improving
  Laboratories' policies, processes, and practices.
• Engage in strategic and cost-effective litigation management by partnering with and overseeing
  outside counsel, directly representing Sandia, or both.
• Coordinate with records custodians and staff members to produce documents in response to
  third-party subpoenas and other document and data requests.
• Create and provide engaging and effective employment law training.
• Research and respond to varied and unique legal questions that arise in connection with a
  government owned, contractor operated laboratory focused on national security issues.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

$133,800 - $227,500

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school.
• A minimum of four(4) years of experience practicing law, with a focus on litigation or labor & employment.
• Must be licensed to practice law in New Mexico, or eligible to obtain New Mexico license through reciprocity or in-house counsel limited license process.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of and adherence to the rules of professional conduct.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q-level Security Clearance.

You are strongly encouraged to apply if you meet the required criteria above. Your application will stand out if you have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Litigation, including taking and defending depositions, preparing written discovery and discovery responses (including document review), motion practice, and appearing at trial or hearings;
• EEOC, DOL, and other administrative agency proceedings or investigations;
• Traditional labor law;
• Employee benefits (ERISA);
• California employment law;
• Department of Energy Management & Operating contracts or Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.

The Litigation, Labor, & Employment Law Center offers legal support, advice, and representation to National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC on labor and employment law, investigations, litigation, and a variety of general legal matters.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.