Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About the Senior Attorney – Health, Safety, Environmental and Operations Position

As a Senior Attorney for Colonial, this position will provide legal advice, counsel, and support for health, safety, environmental, and other matters pertinent to the organization’s operation of its interstate common carrier refined products pipeline system and affiliated terminal and other businesses. This position plays an instrumental role in not only supporting Colonial’s day-to-day business, but the development and execution of Colonial’s strategies. This position may also support health, safety, and environmental litigation matters and mergers and acquisitions, capital construction projects, and similar transactions and/or arrangements.

What You Get to Do:

• Advise internal business and operating teams regarding legislative and regulatory requirements (and related rules and interpretations) in the areas of health, safety, and environmental law and pipeline and terminal operations, including, but not limited to, permitting, compliance, monitoring, and waste management programs.

• Manage, analyze, and respond to agency enforcement actions, including notices of violation and/or corrective action letters, as well as proposed rules or other changes in the regulatory environment.

• Interact with federal and state regulators and agency counsel to resolve health, safety, and environmental compliance matters, enforcement actions, and contamination and remediation issues, including, but not limited to, PHMSA, EPA, OSHA, DOT, and/or corresponding state agencies.

• Provide support for litigation relating to health, safety, and environmental matters and pipeline and terminal operations, including collaboration with the Company’s litigation team, outside counsel, and/or consultants, as necessary.

• Identify, assess, and advise on health, safety, environmental, and pipeline and terminal operation related issues in connection with asset acquisitions or divestitures, including due diligence review, preparation, and /or analysis.

• Work with internal clients on projects, compliance with regulations, strategic initiatives, and other matters as assigned.

• Research, assess, and advise internal clients on regulatory compliance and case-law trends.

• Establish, maintain, and strengthen working relationships with clients and outside counsel.

• Draft and review legal memoranda, reports, transactional, and other documents, as requested.

• Draft and prepare written correspondence to government regulators and third parties to advocate Company positions and respond to notices and requests.

• Provide legal research and analysis on key issues as requested.

• Participate as requested in emergency response activities, including any preparatory activities such as training and drills and respond as legal representative in crisis situations.

What You Bring to the Table:

• Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school institution.

• Ideally,5+ years legal experience with a concentration in health, safety and/or environmental matters and/or regulation of pipeline and/or terminal operations.

• Deep knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, particularly with respect to health, safety, and environmental related regulatory matters.

• Membership in good standing with the Georgia State Bar Association or with another state bar association in the United States and capable of qualification for admission or corporate practice in Georgia.

• Knowledge of federal health, safety, and environmental regulations, rules, and statutes.

• Knowledge of administrative law practice and rulemaking, interpretation, and investigation.

• Ability to recognize potential risks to the company and advocate for effective mitigants.

• Ability to be detail oriented, responsive, and results focused, while maintaining stakeholder relationships and having situational awareness.

• Ability to work independently in a deadline driven environment.

• Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.

• Self-motivated, have phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra to Bring ?

• Previous experience with pipeline or terminal regulation and/or petroleum product contamination or remediation is a plus.

• General health, safety, and/or environmental (or other administrative law) experience

• In-house legal experience.

• Midstream or downstream oil and gas experience.

• Experience with PHMSA regulation.

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

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Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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Colonial Pipeline accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Colonial Pipeline employees, hiring managers, or send to any Colonial Pipeline facility. Colonial Pipeline is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.