Job description:
Job Purpose
CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT
The Lead Contracts Engineer works permanently in an interdisciplinary contract environments where he sets up contracts processes to establish contractual documentation and monitors/updates the subsidiary’s contracts process and contracts of various services to be, at all times in line with NOC standards and requirements. The Lead Contracts Engineer manages a team of Contract Engineers and can mentor Senior Contracts Engineers, Contracts Engineers.
Key Accountabilities ACCOUNTABILITIES
- To supervise processes to produce contractual documentation.
- To supervise and ensure that the production of contractual documents is done according to company procedure and ethics.
- To produce contractual documents according to company procedure and ethics.
- To provide a quality, cost-effective and time efficient contracts service to technical entities.
- To participate in the optimization of the economic performance of the operations conducted in NOC.
ACTIVITIES
The Job holder liaises with Technical entities and participates to the processes and communication of the contracts entity by performing the following tasks :
- Introduce contracts practices and/or procedures for the establishment of contractual documents, in cooperation with the Partners entities.
- Supervise and train contract engineers through field training.
- Help manage the workload, the assignments and competences update of his/her team of Contract engineers and contract administrators.
- Keep informed or best practices in contracts procedures in other entities for improvement of contracts practices in NOC.
- Ensure that all insurance issues of company assets and personnel are dealt with.
- Use frame agreements signed by shareholders.
The Job holder executes the following contracts activities :
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Prepare and maintain an up-to-date list of qualified contractors/suppliers/potential tenders/contracts with
updated information in order to perform market studies.
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Take a leading role in the validation of the contracts strategy through:
- Arranging and attending Contracts Committee Meetings.
- Pre-qualifying bidders
- Defining target prices
- Defining criteria for evaluation
Supervise the creation of CFT commercial documents.
- Supervise the preparation and issue of the call for tender to contractors and suppliers on the bidders list.
- Ensure the preparation and send out the dossiers of pre-consultation and Standard or Complex invitations
to bid.
- Verify the alignment with HSE clauses, Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation when issuing all technical contracts and when drafting contractual and commercial terms and conditions.
Verify the Terms & Conditions (standard, general and financial).
- Supervise the establishment of the technical contracts and contractual agreements, directly participate tothe most complex contracts.
- Participate in terms & conditions and commercial bid complex analysis and negotiations to ensure that a clear definition of responsibilities is developed.
- Assume a leading role in RTAs through managing in Contract committees and award validation and RTA
evaluations.
- Handle the approval from authorities and partners, clarification of rights and obligation of signing parties and the signature process of formal documents.
- Intervene in the settlement of claims and lawsuits, in relation with the Juridical, Insurance, Finance and NOC management by proposing strategies and actions and participating to the negotiations.
- Ensure monitoring of on-going contracts status, participate in contract renewal and amendments discussions.
- Review supplier performance.
The Job holder ensures Contracts compliance
- Ensure that all local contracts personnel under his/her supervision is in line with the company’s standardized
norms and codes of conduct
The Job holder adheres to the H3SE rules
- Take the necessary measures to avert immediate threat of danger. Exercising caution as necessary to avoid danger to persons and installations.
- Participate actively in H3SE meetings, training sessions and drills and co-operate actively in the execution of H3SE plans.
Competencies Ability to Execute Ability to Innovate Accountability Ability to Maximize Profits Adaptability & Resilience Agile Agreement and Contract Management Agreement and Contract Negotiations Agreement and Contract Preparation Analytical Thinking Analytical Tools Education
- * BSc Degree in Science or Commercial field or its equivalent
Certification
- * C&P tools advanced certification required
Experience
- * Professional experience: 8 - 10 years’ post-graduate experience required. Minimum 8 years in the O&G industry.
- Minimum 6 years in contracts domain and minimum of 2 years as Senior Contract Engineer in the Company.
- Personal Abilities: Advanced Management, Advanced Human Relations, Problem Solving and Planning / organizing/ coordinating / controlling.
- Advanced level in Contracts technical Competencies required
