Job Title: PARALEGAL
Location: Remote/Hybrid (White River Junction or Montpelier)
Reports To: In-House Corporate Council
Employment Type: Full Time, Hourly, Non-exempt
Salary: $60,000-$75,000, based on experience
Role Summary
Norwich Technologies is seeking a Paralegal with overall corporate as well as renewable energy project specific responsibilities. On the project level you will help streamline the details of developing, financing, constructing, and maintaining renewable energy projects. You will route, review and record all necessary documents – including titles, surveys, and financing related documents such as SNDAs. At the corporate level, you will contribute to company goals by maintaining form libraries, drafting documents, conducting due diligence, and coordinating with stakeholders to facilitate the development, acquisition, sale, construction, ongoing ownership, operations and maintenance of renewable energy projects. You will maintain trackers for key dates such as annual tax filings, contract expirations and renewals, project regulatory and compliance filings, and annual corporate entity maintenance and filings.
Key Responsibilities
Entity Creation & Maintenance
- Handling entity formations, operating agreements, maintenance, and ownership charts.
Contract Administration
- Assisting business teams in managing their core operating documents such as leases, MIPAs, EPC agreements, and O&M Agreements.
- Implementation of document management processes, including the standardization of agreements, and the maintenance of form libraries and templates.
- Develop and maintain tracking systems for key performance requirements across financing, EPC, O&M, land, and offtake agreements, e.g., ensuring compliance with COI obligations, lease notice and payment obligations, and loan reporting obligations. Real Estate Management
- Preparing, reviewing, and organizing land control documents like leases, easements, purchase and sales Agreements and options.
Project Support
- Coordinating closings, drafting documents, and managing permitting and due diligence for solar projects.
Regulatory Compliance
- Assisting with permitting processes and ensuring adherence to local, state, and federal laws. Interact regularly with the Vermont PUC.
- Identify and implement specific departmental functions that improve the company’s positive social and environmental impact. Assist with B Corp recertifications and compliance.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Experience: 3 – 6 years working as a corporate, real estate, or energy law paralegal at a law firm, or as part of an in-house legal team
- Knowledge: Understanding renewable energy, land use, and title/survey review.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development within the renewable energy sector.
- A dynamic, collaborative work environment committed to sustainability and innovation.
How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume to careers@norwichsolar.com. No phone calls please.
Norwich Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be given due consideration regardless of race, religion, or gender.
Norwich Technologies is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in our workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender (including gender identity or expression), pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, marital status, sexual and domestic violence or stalking victim status, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, alienage or citizenship, age, disability, military or veteran status, recovery status from substance use disorder, criminal history, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, or any other legally protected status. We are actively seeking applications by members of all underrepresented groups. Employment with the Norwich Technologies family of companies is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence.
