Assistant General Counsel (Renewable Energy)

Location: Full-time onsite in San Diego, California or Denver, Colorado. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Salary: $205,396–$246,475 per year

Company

hirify.global provides infrastructure services for the power industry, including the design, construction, and maintenance of utility-scale solar, battery storage, and high-voltage substation projects nationwide.

What you will do

• Advise executive leadership and cross-functional teams on commercial, operational, regulatory, and legal matters.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and administer complex EPC, construction, procurement, supply, O&M, real estate, customer, and service agreements.
• Provide guidance on contract interpretation, change orders, claims management, and dispute avoidance.
• Identify legal and commercial risks in new market opportunities and develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Support compliance, corporate governance, entity management, organizational records, and scalable legal processes.
• Coordinate construction and commercial claims, disputes, outside counsel, legal budgets, accruals, and matter management.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Active bar membership in good standing.
• 8–12+ years of legal experience, including significant experience at a nationally recognized law firm or sophisticated in-house legal department.
• Experience in renewable energy, construction, infrastructure, project development, or related industries.
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and construction-related contracts.
• Managed other attorneys for at least 3 years, with strong judgment, integrity, organization, communication, negotiation, and business skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, and disability insurance for employees and eligible family members.
• 401(k) plan.
• Vacation, sick, and holiday pay.
• Collaborative, solution-oriented work with business leaders, executives, developers, contractors, and outside counsel.