Contracts Specialist

Job Description & Requirements

**Job Description**:
Support line management with responsibility for organising and maintaining logs and files (both in terms of a central database and hard copy filing systems) in a systematic manner to allow for easy access.

Post client contract award, preparation of prequalification and RFQs for low risk and/or small-size contracts, independently.

Lead negotiations and manage low risk contracts. Exposure to negotiations and drafting of medium risk contracts. Drafting of internal approval sheet and obtaining the various levels of approval for all contracts.

Post award subcontract management, drafting and/or review and approval of subcontract notices, amendments, change requests and change orders formalization of subcontract closeout.

Establish high quality cooperation and team work. Contribute to a positive work environment. Embraces diversity. Takes the opportunity to build diverse teams and values their varied approaches to work. Collaborates with others to achieve tasks and goals that benefit the organisation. Fosters cooperation and transparency across teams, functions, entities, countries and regions.

Industry & Project Execution Knowledge

A preference for upstream oil and gas experience working for owner and contractor organisations in a project delivery environment.

Construction contracts experience

An understanding of technical, commercial, contractual and execution risk in a construction contracts environment and the inter relationships and trade offs between each of these aspects.

Engineering, commissioningprocurement, fabrication, offshore construction and installation and commissioning, Planning and scheduling

Understand how a project team is organised and the inter relationship between the various project functions and with corporate legal, insurance and finance groups

Legal and Contractual Knowledge

Understand the basics of the legal system with a focus on common law jurisdictions - How laws are made, and rights enforced

Understand the law of tort and civil wrongs and the impact on contractual relationships

Have a detailed knowledge and understanding of contract law
- Contract formulation
- Obligations of the Partiers
- Breach of contract
- Remedies for breach
- Termination
- Damages
- Enforcement

Have a deep understanding of construction law
- Allocation of risk between the Parties
- Obligations of the Parties
- Quality of the work
- Time for completion
- Delay
- Extensions of time
- Changes and Variations
- Contractual basis
- Methods of evaluating quantum
- Dispute resolution

Insurance - CAR

Bank guarantees and performance bonds

Charter parties

Commercial Knowledge

Contracting strategy

Types of contract and the associated risk allocation

Evaluation and assessment of the most appropriate form of contracting for a given situation

How developed is the scope of work, time and cost constraints Methods of reimbursement - Lump sum, measured work, reimbursable, hybrid The tendering process

Preparing Invitation to Tender documentation, liaising with and understanding the contract user or owner’s needs,Tender evaluation - Technical, commercial and risk assessment, preparation ofrecommendations to award(d) Contracts and commercial management experience with a focus on contractchanges/variations and claims

Technical Knowledge

Contracts drafting and negotiation experience

Management of the tendering process

Contracts and commercial management - Contract changes/variations and claims

management - Ability to close out contracts and subcontracts pragmatically

Subcontractor and vendor management

An understanding of dispute avoidance and resolution

**Requirements**:
MRICS, MCIArb, SCL is an advantage

Very high level of written and spoken English. Able to draft clear and concise correspondence. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Minimum 7 years relevant experience