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At Textron Systems, we are Pushing Past Possible.  We defend, protect, and support our customers around the world through courageous thinking and continuous evolution. We strive to be the customer’s greatest ally because they put their lives on the line every day – and we never forget what we owe them.

This is a great opportunity to join a cutting-edge, global, multi-industry company that is a recognized leader in the aerospace and defense sector. We are looking for a motivated attorney with 5 to 10 years of labor and employment experience who is interested in taking the next step in their career. In this position, you will serve as key partner to human resources personnel and leaders on employment and labor law matters.

As part of the Textron Systems Legal Department, you will be part of a dedicated and diverse team of in-house attorneys and professionals. You will work closely with business stakeholders to mitigate risk, anticipate and favorably resolve employment issues, and help ensure compliance with global, federal and local employment and labor laws. In this position, you will report to Textron System’s Deputy General Counsel and work closely with numerous business leaders and personnel across the Company.

As our Assistant General Counsel, you will:

•                      Serve as a trusted legal advisor on labor and employment matters with a high degree of integrity.

•                      Provide timely, practical, and business-oriented legal advice on a range of labor and employment issues, including hiring, performance management, employee relations, personnel policies and handbooks, leaves of absence and accommodations, discrimination and harassment, wage and hour, internal investigations, discipline and termination, compensation, benefits, and privacy.

•                      Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement a variety of workplace policies, employee training and employment-related templates and agreements.

•                      Investigate and respond to claims, demand letters, administrative complaints, audits, and other employment-related inquiries.

•                      Represent the Company in investigations and mediations before administrative agencies including the EEOC, DOL, NLRB, and equivalent state bodies.

•                      Manage employment related litigation, including responding to attorney demand letters, effectively negotiating resolution of claims, and making recommendations to Human Resources and senior management on corrective action.

•                      Critically supervise and manage outside counsel to ensure high-quality, cost-effective service through developing and monitoring budgets and oversight of outside counsel on employment litigation matters.

•                      Support the human resources benefits team in review and response to appeals under qualified and non-qualified benefit plans.

•                      Conduct/oversee internal audits to support compliance, such as classification reviews and management of leaves of absence.

•                      Collaborate with local outside counsel to advise Human Resources and management on international employment issues.

•                      Advise and assist Human Resources and management to ensure compliance with U.S. federal executive orders, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations, the Service Contract Act, and other Government Contract related obligations.

•                      Work collaboratively with other Legal Department attorneys and teams as needed.

About This Role

Textron Systems Electronic Systems (TSES), a Textron Inc. company delivers innovative high-fidelity simulation and training solutions to the commercial and military markets while providing superior technical support and customer service. The TSES business focuses on Military Simulation, Mission & Maintenance Training from our facility in Goose Creek, SC (Charleston).

TSES is currently seeking candidates for a Systems Engineer II for our Goose Creek, SC operations.

The Systems Engineer is a highly motivated, self-driven team player that has the ability to perform in a fast changing business environment. The preferred candidate will understand and employ the systems engineering process in the design and modeling of the system architecture for large scale military training devices; have the ability to understand and extract system level requirements from customer technical specifications, and parse and allocate requirements to mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines; and guide the system integration activity using test methodologies and verification methods. This candidate will have a strong desire for innovation and have the ability to identify and incorporate modern hardware technologies and software applications. This candidate will lead a multi-discipline engineering staff throughout the system development life-cycle. The Systems Engineer will lead the project engineering team and reports to the Systems Engineering Manager.

Who We Are
Textron Systems is part of Textron, a $14 billion, multi-industry company employing 35,000 talented makers, thinkers, creators and doers worldwide. We make things that fly, hover, zoom and launch. Things that move people. Protect soldiers. Power industries. We serve customers in industries spanning aerospace and defense, specialized vehicles, turf care and fuel systems.

This role is in Textron System’s Air Systems Domain. Visit TextronSystems.com to read more about who we are and the products we make!

Responsibilities:
•    Support program management and engineering staff in coordinating daily activities, team communications, and other functionally specific initiatives.
•    Utilizing various systems and tools to support project activities such as meeting set ups, data collection, and status updates.
•    Maintain program and department metrics through data collection and analysis from various systems.
•    Scheduling, organizing, and attending meetings to include setting up conference rooms, documenting notes, and coordinating follow-up actions.
•    Supporting new and existing employees with IT requests, facilities issues, and office space requirements.
•    Procure various items to support the team (i.e. tools, hardware, supplies, test equipment, etc.).
•    Serving as a helpful resource to others within the work group / department and others across the organization as needed.