Legal Officer

Are you a proactive, solution-oriented legal professional who likes to be close to the business? At TWD, we are looking for a Legal Officer who enjoys working in a dynamic, international engineering environment and who wants to contribute to smart growth, well-balanced risk management, and high-quality legal support.

As Legal Officer, you will be a trusted sparring partner for the business, supporting projects from contract negotiation through execution, while helping TWD operate confidently across multiple jurisdictions.

Why this role matters

As a Legal Officer at TWD, you play a key role in safeguarding TWD’s interests while enabling the business to move forward responsibly. You combine legal expertise with practical advice, helping teams navigate commercial, contractual, and compliance-related challenges.

You will work closely with project teams, management, and colleagues across disciplines, contributing directly to TWD’s strategic objectives and international growth.

What you will do

Contract & Risk management

• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts, including NDA’s, client and supplier agreements, and freelance agreements.

• Advise internal stakeholders on liabilities, indemnities, confidentiality and other contractual risk topics.

• Ensure compliance with applicable laws and TWD’s internal legal standards.

Project & Stakeholder engagement

• Monitor the legal and contractual status of ongoing projects.

• Support project teams throughout the project life cycle and take part in key moments.

• Ensure follow up on open legal actions and decisions.

Compliance & Quality

• Maintain and continuously improve legal policies, procedures and templates

• Manage the contract management system, contributing to contract visibility, quality control, and consistent contract governance.

• Contribute to data protection initiatives, AI Act readiness, and software licensing.

• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments and translate them into practical guidance for the business.

• Contribute to consistent, high quality legal support across the organization.

What makes you a great fit

You are a pragmatic legal professional who enjoys translating legal complexity into clear, workable solutions. You take ownership, communicate easily with non-legal colleagues, and are comfortable working in an international, technical environment.

Your background

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in law.

• Relevant legal experience (in-house or law firm) is a plus.

• Interest in commercial and contract law; exposure to international and cross-border work is an advantage.

• Fluent in English; Dutch fluency is a strong advantage.

Your skills & mindset

• Strong attention to detail and a clear interest in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal documents.

• Able to understand legal concepts and apply them in a practical, business-oriented way.

• Proactive, well-organized, and comfortable managing and prioritizing different tasks and topics.

• Curious, eager to learn, and motivated to continuously develop your legal expertise and professional role.

TWD - A fun challenge to be part of

At TWD, we love to create construction methods and design installation equipment. We achieve creative, simple, and efficient solutions through dedicated teamwork. Thanks to our core values fun, development, and happy clients, we grow at a rapid pace with over 300 talented people in five locations Rotterdam, London, Athens, Taipei, and Perth.

Every day we contribute to the energy transition and key infrastructure projects worldwide. We do this by offering innovative design solutions to our clients, mainly in the offshore wind and heavy civils industry.

Why you will love working at TWD

We are TWD, a young and innovative engineering company specialized in the design of large steel structures. Every day, we contribute to the energy transition and major infrastructure projects worldwide, particularly within the offshore wind and civil engineering industries.

Driven by our core values fun, development and happy clients, TWD has grown rapidly to a team of over 300 colleagues, spread across offices in Rotterdam, London, Athens, Taiwan, and Perth.

Working at TWD means being part of an international scale‑up with an informal, open, and no‑nonsense culture. Teamwork is central to how we operate, and we actively encourage ownership of your professional and personal development. There is plenty of room for initiative and new ideas.

Working at TWD includes

• 8% holiday allowance per year

• Monthly travel allowance

• Collective pension

• 25 holidays per year and compensation of overtime

• A healthy and sustainable free lunch buffet, prepared daily in our own lunchroom

• Friday afternoon drinks and special TWD events such as sports events, pub quizzes, ladies’ night, and various social gatherings

Join our team!

Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are happy to meet you. Submit your CV and motivation letter through the apply button. We aim to respond within one working week.

At TWD, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, welcoming individuals from all backgrounds. We continuously work on enhancing our recruitment process, ensuring fairness and inclusiveness at every step.