Location: Germany
Hunter Philips is partnering with a leading international engineering and technical consultancy that delivers complex infrastructure and energy projects across Europe and globally.
The business plays a key role in supporting the energy transition through major electricity transmission, utility and infrastructure developments. With a collaborative culture and a strong focus on employee development, this is an opportunity to join an organisation where your expertise will directly contribute to delivering critical energy infrastructure.
We are seeking an experienced Team Lead – Legal & Project Support to lead an established specialist team supporting major infrastructure projects.
This position combines people leadership with operational oversight, ensuring the successful delivery of legal administration and project support activities across large-scale energy and utility developments.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading, mentoring and developing a specialist project support team.
- Managing recruitment, onboarding and the ongoing development of team members.
- Planning workloads, monitoring team performance and driving continuous process improvements.
- Working closely with internal project teams and acting as a key point of contact across multiple stakeholders.
- Supporting major infrastructure projects involving electricity transmission, underground cables, pipelines and other utility assets.
- Coordinating legal documentation, easements, permits and project records.
- Maintaining accurate documentation within internal management systems.
- Ensuring activities are delivered efficiently, accurately and in line with project requirements.
The successful candidate will have:
- A qualification in legal administration, office management, commercial administration or a related discipline.
- Previous experience supporting infrastructure, utilities, engineering or energy projects.
- Proven leadership or team management experience.
- Strong organisational and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with legal documentation and document management systems.
- Excellent communication and conflict resolution skills.
- Fluent German language skills, both written and spoken.
- A proactive, collaborative approach with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established organisation delivering nationally significant infrastructure projects while leading a highly regarded specialist team. The role offers long-term career development, a collaborative working environment and the chance to play an important role in Europe's energy transition.
For a confidential discussion or to apply, please contact:
Nickie Lynch
[email protected]
Executive Recruitment Consultant – Legal & Infrastructure
Hunter Philips Executive Search
