Sydney, AU
Legal Counsel
Wärtsilä Energy Storage is powering the shift to a cleaner, more resilient grid.
We work at the front lines of the energy transition, helping partners around the world maximize the value of renewables through grid-scale battery systems, advanced software, and expert services. Our portfolio includes the industry-leading GEMS Digital Energy Platform, utility-scale battery solutions, and lifecycle services that keep storage assets optimized and ready when it matters most.
With over 17 GWh of storage deployed or under contract across 130+ projects globally, we’re shaping how the grid of the future works.
In a world of rising complexity and accelerating change, we’re looking for future-focused talent to help us design, deliver, and support the energy systems of tomorrow.
Sound like your kind of challenge? Let’s build it together.
This is a permanent, full-time position based in Australia. This counsel would join a high-performing and close-knit team of lawyers across the world in the Energy Storage Business Unit at Wärtsilä. This role reports to the Managing Counsel, MEA
We are looking for a legal teammate that will be the missing piece in our legal team, and that will:
- Support the ES business by providing solutions-oriented and proactive legal advice and assistance on all matters concerning sales, life cycle, projects, and disputes in energy storage, mostly in Australia.
- Guide the business on contracting matters by negotiating, drafting, and advising on commercial contracts, including spotting (and solving) commercial and operational risks
- Manage and liaise with external counsel on disputes and on local law challenges
- Reinforce our Wärtsilä ethos of safety and ethics above all
- Implement, coach, and refine Wärtsilä policies and work processes to streamline work and better support the business and our customers
What do we expect from you?
Experience and Skills:
- Have a minimum of 5 years work experience in either a private practice or an in-house corporate legal role
- Strong English oral and written skills
- Experience in construction or utility projects, renewable energy/energy storage and software licensing
Other skills:
- A positive attitude and the ability to craft business-minded solutions
- Good initiative and a strong sense of ethics
- Experience in negotiations and interactions with customers, along with readiness to travel on occasion
- Solid drafting, presentation, and communication skills, with first chair experience a plus
- The ability to work in a multicultural organisation functioning across multiple time zones and through virtual teams
Contact & next steps
Does this sound like the job for you? Please submit your application via the careers portal before the application deadline. Our recruiting tool recognizes the time zone where the job ad has been published and closes the application period according to same time zone. Due to data privacy laws, we only receive applications via our careers portal. We discourage sending any applications by email.
Last application date: 19th August 2026
At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities.
Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.
This is Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com.