Do you want to change the world? we do, too.
The energy market is roughly $4 trillion globally, and solar penetration is less than 1%But just one hour of sunlight, if harnessed, could power the entire world for a yearWe have the opportunity to completely change the way energy is produced, distributed and consumed on a global scale, and we’re looking for talented, committed people to help us drive our growth and achieve our goals.
Sunpower is a global solar energy solutions company with a rich heritage of pioneering the best energy technologies in the worldOur solutions are unrivaled in terms of long-term reliability, efficiency and guaranteed performance, and our company is unmatched in terms of global reach and scaleThrough design, manufacturing, installation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring, sunpower provides its proprietary, world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers worldwide.
Sunpower is changing the way our world is powered every day with a brilliant, passionate and driven team of more than 2,000 in north america and the philippinesIn an industry that is reshaping the world’s energy future, there’s no better place to be than sunpower.
We believe that our employees create our brand – with each project, each communication, each task completed and each interactionExperience is critical to sunpower in regards to not only our customers but also our employees and dealer partnersAs such, we strive to hire candidates that are service focusedThe experience we would expect the ideal person to deliver is:
Description:
Sunpower is seeking a legal assistant for a dynamic, dedicated and collaborative team working in one of the economy’s most important growth industriesPart of a problem-solving team working to build the renewable energy structure of the future with forward-looking energy solutionsAt sunpower, the legal team works directly with the business to solve multi-jurisdiction, multi-functional, complex problems that require a willingness to create new solutions for a leading solar development company offering a broad array of energy solutions for both residential and commercial customers.
The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for maintaining and updating the library of legal forms needed for residential solar sales to customers, and other template agreementsThe successful candidate will be responsible for working with in-house and external attorneys to coordinate the creation of new form agreements as well as regularly updating existing agreements, requiring close coordination across subject matter experts, and will also provide general support to other members of the legal department on a wide variety of matters as instructed.
Specific duties will include:
Serving as the key point of contact between internal stakeholders and outside counsel to coordinate their feedback on the creation of, or amendments to forms of customer-facing agreements and other template agreements and making the appropriate edits and updates;
Maintaining a document tracking log to ensure appropriate version controls and to track required updates;
Maintaining and meeting a schedule for the ongoing review and update of forms of agreements;
Communicating with stakeholders about updates and amendments of forms of agreements;
Collecting and summarizing legal research for attorneys, as instructed;
Assisting with the closings of transactions and agreements as instructed;
Preparing and filing legal documents with appropriate entities, as instructed; and
Assisting attorneys and other members of the legal team as needed in a variety of transaction, regulatory and other matters.
Required skills and capabilities:
Excellent project management skillsProject management certificate or training preferred.
Experience with document management, version control and managing inputs from multiple stakeholders.
Highly organized with the ability to pay close attention to detail.
Experience balancing competing priorities and exercising sound judgment.
Experience effectively collaborating with multiple stakeholders while still independently self-motivating and completing assigned tasks.
Clear and professional communication skills, both verbal and written.
A great teammate, pitching in wherever needed, whether or not it fits squarely into your role or expertise.
A passion for sunpower’s mission of changing the way the world is powered, and for improving the lives of consumers through sunpower’s products and services.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree.
1-3 years of experience performing the duties listed above, or similar duties in a business environment.
Proven, advanced capabilities with the microsoft office suite of products and adobe.
Equal employment opportunity
The company is an equal employment opportunity employer and makes employment decisions, including but not limited to, hiring, firing, promotion, demotion, training, and/or compensation, on the basis of meritEmployment decisions are based on an individual’s qualifications as they relate to the job under considerationThe company’s policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, the actual sex of the individual, or the gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, including religious dress practices and religious grooming practices, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran or military status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws, ordinances, or regulationsThe company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunitiesThis commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the company and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the company, including supervisors and co-workers.
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Sunpower corporation is an equal employment opportunity / affirmative action employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job application proceduresIf you have any difficulty using our online system and you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address to contact us about your interest in employment at sunpower corporation: jobs@sunpower.comPlease indicate in the subject that line of your email that you are requesting accommodationOnly candidates being considered for a position who require an accommodation will receive a follow-up response.
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Sunpower is a federal government contractorAs a part of the company’s obligations under law, it must develop a written affirmative action program (aap) for the disabled, recently separated veterans, armed forces service medal veterans, disabled veterans and active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans and for women and minorities as specified by lawNon-confidential and non-proprietary aspects of the aap are available for inspection by applicants and employees, consistent with applicable law, which will be made available during office hours by contacting the eeo officer.
