Legal Counsel, Consumer & Specialties - Minerals Technologies

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.2 billion in 2023.

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers’ manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially-formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI’s ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

Job Summary

Minerals Technologies is recruiting a mid-level attorney with strong commercial acumen to primarily support the Consumer & Specialties segment. 

• As Legal Counsel at Minerals Technologies, you’ll provide front-line support to business stakeholders by analyzing legal issues, drafting and negotiating agreements, and providing commercially driven legal advice in a global environment.
• You’ll report to the Segment Counsel, Consumer & Specialties.
• This role is based in Minerals Technologies’ Lehigh Valley Campus in Bethlehem, PA.  

Operational Excellence/Lean

• Actively participates in the implementation of sustainable improvement processes, such as 5S, Kaizen, Daily Management Control, Standard Work and Problem Solving.

Preferred Skills and Experience

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

• Around 5 years of relevant experience in a globally recognized law firm and/or in-house with a manufacturing or resources organization, which should include substantive international responsibility.
• Ability to quickly and clearly identify and resolve critical legal and commercial issues.
• Proven capability to adapt to different environments.
• Demonstrated interest and curiosity about the world.
• While not required, time spent outside of the U.S., fluency in foreign languages, in-house experience (including secondments), legal compliance expertise and/or experience in the mining/manufacturing sectors would be distinct advantages.

Education Requirements

• Incumbent must possess a Bachelor's degree in a related field and a Juris Doctor degree.

Salary Range 

• $120,000 - $170,000 per year
• salary will be based on experience 

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