Legal, Compliance and Contracts Placement

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Legal, Compliance and Contracts Placement

Summary 

We have two Placement opportunities within our Legal, Compliance and Contract Managements teams, you'll gain invaluable skills and experience in covering aspects of either legal practice or contract management. 

Legal

Our legal and compliance teams are critical to our business operations, consisting of savvy legal experts dedicated to keeping our company’s operations compliant with laws and regulations. Including senior-level lawyers who supervise, litigate, and make strategic decisions to junior-level lawyers ready to research, review, and support.

Roles and Responsibilities

Contracts Management Placement

In the 12-month Contracts Manager Placement, you'll gain invaluable skills and experience in covering all aspects of contract management including risk review, contract drafting and negotiation, protecting our intellectual property, corporate governance and board meetings, assisting on commercial real estate matters and working with our Compliance function. You could be assisting with drafting and negotiating the contractual agreements for the sale of our products and purchases from our suppliers, whilst also gaining experience in M&A transactions, GE Aerospace’s Compliance program, international trade controls, research tasks and monitoring changes in applicable laws (and its impact on the business).

The UK Contracts Team is made up of contract specialists based at Cheltenham but who also support other Systems businesses in the UK. During the placement, you will gain valuable insight into the running of a busy Contracts department and have responsibility for many projects. You will work closely with other members of the Contracts organisation locally, and as part of a wider UK and global Contracts team, whilst also working closely with the GE Aerospace Legal team.

Legal Placement

In the 12-month Legal Placement, you'll gain invaluable skills and experience in covering all aspects of legal practice including risk review, contract drafting and negotiation, protecting our intellectual property, corporate governance and board meetings, assisting on commercial real estate matters and working with our Compliance function. You could be assisting with drafting and negotiating contractual agreements for the sale of our products and purchases from our suppliers, whilst also gaining experience in M&A transactions, GE’s Compliance program, international trade controls, research tasks and monitoring changes in applicable laws (and its impact on the business) and providing general legal support to our business.

During the placement you will assist the International Commercial Legal team in all matters that we work on, including high value aircraft engine sale and servicing agreements, licensing, commercial real estate, ESG, corporate governance, NDA’s, business advisory, research projects and disputes. You will have the opportunity to work on cross-border transactions, drafting contracts, networking with our Sales, Commercial and Product Line colleagues (from working team to senior executives).

You will be guided by structured goals and objectives and will have responsibility to deliver on inspiring projects supported by your People Leader and team around you. We will guide you throughout the year to ensure you make the best of your GE Aerospace experience. Your People Leader will offer coaching and mentoring, and you will be provided with the opportunity to connect with other placement students across the UK.

If you are passionate about law and contract management, we would like to hear from you.

These opportunities are offered at our Cheltenham site.

With over 1,600 employees, GE Aerospace Cheltenham is one of the largest GE Aerospace sites outside the USA and a major contributor to the local economy.

Our heritage dates back to 1940 yet our technology is cutting-edge. Located in the heart of Gloucestershire, GE Aerospace Cheltenham focuses on the design, development and manufacture of state-of-the-art aircraft power distribution and avionics systems for the global aviation industry. Our customers include all major aerospace manufacturers - covering commercial, business jet and military applications. The scale and complexity of engineering projects at GE Aerospace Cheltenham offer our employees unique opportunities to work on major international projects, developing critical aircraft systems that will be relied on by many people for decades to come.

GE Aerospace Cheltenham is actively committed to inclusivity and diversity. We regularly run science, technology, engineering & maths (STEM) programmes with local secondary schools, support the Cheltenham Science Festival and support the promotion of women in engineering. At GE Aerospace, we strive to be an employer of choice by offering internships, apprenticeships, mentoring and staff development programmes that create a workplace where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential.

Innovation, a commitment to engineering excellence and leadership development places GE

Aerospace Cheltenham as a pioneering force in building the future of flight. 

Qualifications/Requirements

• Currently studying or recently achieved a Law bachelor’s or master’s degree
• On course or achieved a 2:1 degree

Desired Characteristics

• Able to roll up your sleeves and get involved in projects
• Organised & able to work towards deadlines
• Inspired and curious to learn
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to take ownership for projects
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Able to work as part of a team

A placement at GE Aerospace is an opportunity to learn while doing. At GE Aerospace, you’ll work with business leaders in an atmosphere that will develop you, while doing work that makes an immediate impact.

Total Reward 

At GE Aerospace we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice, and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.   

As a new joiner to GE, we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs.  

• Non-contributory Pension        
• Life Assurance  
• Group income protection         
• Private medical cover     
• Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell  

About GE Aerospace

At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. Our rich history of inventing the future of flight, our continual investment in research and development, and our talented and innovative people will enable us to rise to the challenge of building a world that works with industry-leading technology and innovation. In fact, we’re already developing our next-generation of technologies to achieve greater fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions with an ambition to be a net-zero company by 2050. 

Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, curiosity, and ability to question the status quo to a collaborative and diverse team. It means you will have ideas and we will listen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart people. Work that you will be proud of. Work that really matters.

Here are just a few of the reasons you will want to consider a career with us:

• You will help solve the global challenge of how the world flies more sustainably. Do work real work with a real purpose.
• Be a part of a global workforce of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences where everyone feels supported and respected.
• Learn from the best minds who also want to learn from you.
• Earn merit-based rewards and incentives.
• Have opportunities for continuous learning and development

How to apply

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

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