Legal Assistant

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At Enbridge, we are dedicated to encouraging an inclusive and collaborative environment where every team member can excel. As a Legal Assistant based in our Houston, TX office, you will play a vital role in offering top-tier administrative support to our Gas Law group. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a world-class organization where your contributions will directly impact our success!

Apply today and grow your career at Enbridge! We offer opportunities for growth, flexible work, competitive benefits and pension plan, and generous time off. #joinourteam

What You Will Do:

• Provide high-quality administrative support related to commercial transactions, regulatory and environmental law projects, to include drafting, proofreading, and revising legal documentation, correspondence, standard form agreements, presentations, and other documents with outstanding attention to detail.

• Manage legal matters within TeamConnect, including creation, updating, and closing matters

• Manage coding, processing, and monitoring of external legal advisors' and other Law Department invoices.

• Prioritize, schedule, and coordinate meetings (both in-person and virtual), appointments, travel arrangements, and maintain calendars.

• Prepare, submit, and process individual expense reports electronically in accordance with deadlines.

Who You Are:

• You have a minimum of 5 years of legal administrative experience in private practice law firms and/or in-house legal departments.

• You are proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and MS Teams, and can quickly learn other information/document management systems.

• You exhibit outstanding organizational and time management skills, with a strong sense of practicality and business insight.

• You have excellent interpersonal, communication (written and oral), and people skills.

Working Conditions:

• Office environment.

• Often you will have challenging workloads, competing priorities, and strict/tight deadlines.

• Enbridge provides competitive workplace programs that differentiate us and offer flexibility to our team members. Enbridge’s FlexWork (Hybrid Work Model) offers eligible employees the opportunity to work variable daily schedules with a flexible start and end time, to opt for a compressed workweek schedule, or the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays. Role requirements determine your eligibility for each option. #LI-Hybrid 

Physical Requirements:

Grasping, kneeling, light – moderate lifting (objects up to 20 pounds), reaching above shoulder, repetitive motion, typing, sitting, standing, visual requirement (able to see screens, detect color coding, read fine print), hearing requirement and the ability to sit at a computer for long periods of time.

Mental Requirements (Both Field & Office) include but are not limited to:

Ability to: understand, remember and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information, understand complex problems and collaborate/explore alternative solutions, organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology, organize and prioritize work schedule on a short-term basis, make decisions which have moderate impact on the immediate work unit and monitor impact outside this area, understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines, complete routine forms, compose letters, outlines, memoranda and basic reports and communicate with individuals via telephone.

At Enbridge, we are dedicated to our core value of Inclusion. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to age, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, veteran status, Indigenous status, disability, or any other reason protected by federal, state, or local law. Applicants with disabilities can request accessible formats, communication supports, or other accessibility assistance by contacting [email protected].

Information For Applicants:

• Applications can be submitted via our online recruiting system only.

• We appreciate your interest in working with us; however, only those applicants selected for interviews will be contacted.

• Final candidates for this position may be required to undergo a security screening, including a criminal records check.

To learn more about us, visit www.enbridge.com