Legal Specialist

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

Labor Compliance & Supplier Oversight:

• Support compliance with Mexico’s labor reform requirements, including oversight of specialized service providers and subcontractors.

• Coordinate REPSE related documentation, supplier registrations, and ongoing monitoring of labor and social security compliance.

• Partner with Procurement, HR, and Operations to ensure required documentation is collected, reviewed, and maintained.

• Support preparation for and response to STPS and labor related audits, including documentation tracking and internal coordination.
• Maintain audit ready records and compliance trackers across all Mexico sites, leveraging AI-enabled tools and dashboards for deadline tracking, document completeness, and early risk detection.

Corporate Governance & Regulatory Filings:

• Manage day to day corporate governance and entity compliance activities across Mexican entities.

• Coordinate statutory filings, registrations, and reporting requirements involving corporate, tax, labor, and foreign investment authorities.

• Prepare and maintain corporate books, powers of attorney, and governance documentation in coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel.

• Track deadlines and ensure timely execution of recurring regulatory and governance obligations.

• Support audit preparation and regulatory inquiries related to corporate and entity compliance.

AI Enablement & Legal Process Efficiency:

• Use approved artificial intelligence tools (e.g., Microsoft 365 Copilot and nVent-approved legal technology) to perform first-pass review, summarization, and comparison of contracts, policies, and regulatory documents, always subject to attorney review and validation.

• Apply AI-assisted drafting to generate and maintain templates, clause libraries, playbooks, checklists, and bilingual (Spanish/English) versions of legal documents.

• Identify repetitive, high-volume legal tasks and propose automation or standardization to reduce cycle time and external legal spend.

• Support the creation of compliance matrices, risk trackers, and executive summaries using AI and data visualization tools.

• Apply prompt engineering fundamentals and critically validate AI output for legal accuracy, correct statutory citations, and factual reliability; escalate limitations and errors.

• Comply with nVent’s AI usage, data privacy, confidentiality, and information security policies, including protection of privileged and personal data (LFPDPPP) when using AI tools.

• Support the rollout and adoption of legal technology and AI-enabled workflows across the Mexico legal function and partner areas.

External Counsel Coordination & Cost Management:

• Serve as a point of contact for outside counsel on routine governance, labor compliance, and regulatory matters.

• Prepare documentation, gather inputs, and manage workflows to reduce external legal spend.

• Use AI-assisted review of legal invoices and matter data to monitor spend, identify trends, and support budget discussions with external firms.

• Escalate complex or strategic matters to the Regional Counsel as appropriate.

Cross Functional Collaboration:

• Partner closely with HR, Finance, Procurement, Operations, EHS, and Security to support compliance initiatives.

• Support internal education and awareness related to labor compliance and governance processes.

• Assist with the rollout of updated compliance processes, templates, and playbooks.

• Share best practices on responsible AI use in legal workflows with internal stakeholders and the International Legal team.

YOU HAVE:

• Required bachelor's degree in Law and specializations or postgraduate studies in areas related to the company's business.
• +5 years with a proven track record in commercial contracts and compliance.
• Must be bilingual, excellent English written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in manufacturing / IMMEX / maquiladora environment.

• Familiarity with REPSE considerations for specialized services and vendor compliance and STPS inspections.
• Must have digital and AI proficiency: hands-on experience using generative AI and legal technology tools like Copilot, CoCoubsel for document review, drafting, summarization, translation, and legal research, with sound judgment on when human review is required.

• Ability to structure clear, effective prompts and to critically assess AI-generated output for accuracy, completeness, and legal soundness.

• Working knowledge of data privacy, confidentiality, and information security considerations applicable to the use of AI tools with legal and personal data.

• Process mindset: ability to map, simplify, standardize, and digitize legal workflows to improve efficiency and scalability.

• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams); experience with contract lifecycle management, e-billing, or case management platforms is a plus.

• Inspires trust and open communication, demonstrating interpersonal and business counselling skills.
• Ability to quickly and effectively resolve conflicts and challenges.

• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance as well as part of a team demonstrating initiative and adaptability.
• Willingness to travel within the region on a regular basis.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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