Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist - J80 CINTRA US SERVICES LLC
Austin, TX
About the Job
Who is Cintra?
Cintra is the highways business unit of Ferrovial, one of the world's leading infrastructure operators committed to developing sustainable solutions. Ferrovial is listed simultaneously on 3 stock markets: USA (Nasdaq), the Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam), and Spain (IBEX 35). Ferrovial U.S. listing represents a key step in its internationalization process and plans for growth in North America.
Cintra is the leading private-sector transportation infrastructure company in the world, with experience spanning over 55 years of innovative highway development on four continents. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion.
We provide the maximum value in each project, managing all phases of the life cycle of our state-of-the-art infrastructure assets, such as the 407 ETR in Canada, the Managed Lanes LBJ and NTE in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, I-66 in Virginia and our projects in Europe, South America, and India.
What makes us different?
Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly.
Job Description:
Summary: The Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist provides key legislative and governmental affairs support activities, analysis, legislative tracking, processes and research functions on behalf of the United States Corporate Affairs Office and all of its disciplines. The Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist provides legislative and related support inputs, evaluations, and liaison roles related to external team legislative issues management, governmental affairs support matters, as well as stakeholder engagement coordination and key issues management functions for US corporate commercial support considerations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Cintra is the highways business unit of Ferrovial, one of the world's leading infrastructure operators committed to developing sustainable solutions. Ferrovial is listed simultaneously on 3 stock markets: USA (Nasdaq), the Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam), and Spain (IBEX 35). Ferrovial U.S. listing represents a key step in its internationalization process and plans for growth in North America.
Cintra is the leading private-sector transportation infrastructure company in the world, with experience spanning over 55 years of innovative highway development on four continents. Today, its portfolio includes nearly 1,200 miles of managed highways globally, representing a total global investment in roadway improvements of over $24.8 billion.
We provide the maximum value in each project, managing all phases of the life cycle of our state-of-the-art infrastructure assets, such as the 407 ETR in Canada, the Managed Lanes LBJ and NTE in Texas, I-77 in North Carolina, I-66 in Virginia and our projects in Europe, South America, and India.
What makes us different?
Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly.
Job Description:
Summary: The Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist provides key legislative and governmental affairs support activities, analysis, legislative tracking, processes and research functions on behalf of the United States Corporate Affairs Office and all of its disciplines. The Senior Corporate Affairs Specialist provides legislative and related support inputs, evaluations, and liaison roles related to external team legislative issues management, governmental affairs support matters, as well as stakeholder engagement coordination and key issues management functions for US corporate commercial support considerations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Coordinate Department's key state and federal legislative interests and priorities. Provide in-depth analysis of a wide range of legislative areas, legislative processes, informing current and future commercial interests of Department engagements.
- Coordinate Department's key US state and federal legislation tracking/capture functions including facilitation among corporate headquarters and concessions on behalf of US VP of Corporate Affairs which includes the following: (US VP of Corporate Affairs, Commercial Units, Legal Division, Concessions, appropriate hierarchy as needed) relative to existing operations and future commercial considerations. Will maintain individual state and federal systems for tracking/evaluating, and act as coordinator with all US concessions and commercial divisions.
- Coordinate external government affairs and related consulting contracts (federal and state) in existing or commercial markets of interest, ensuring legal and ethical compliance, negotiated contract elements, terminations and schedules, compensation, and annual evaluations of effectiveness.
- Organize government affairs coordination of state strategic planning and documents together with concessions and consultants; maintaining strategic public affairs plans for key states and US engagements.
- Coordinate tracking and evaluation of key corporate US responses to elected and appointed government officials, with responsibilities, to include tracking of issues management and coordinating response among multiple corporate divisions.
- Coordinate public affairs issue management research on behalf of the Department which includes a cross-reference of US contract provisions relative to pending or existing state-specific legislation, state/national policy implications, or 3rd party engagements in the advancement of corporate interests.
- Organize and evaluate all 3rd party stakeholder contracts and agreements, ensuring corporate interests, participation, and evaluation of interests. May act on behalf of US VP of Corporate Affairs to ensure coverage of key activities in the advancement of US and state-specific policies.
- Assist and implement select strategic engagements with government officials, legislators, key 3rd party officials to advance corporate affairs agenda and manage key issues.
- Coordinate and manage US Advisory Group agenda, meeting schedules, the capture of issues, and implementation
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