Contracts Lead
Qatar
Parttime: 0 hrs a week
Experience: Not applicable
Conventional Energy
Introduction
- Provide specialist knowledge and guidance in developing, supporting and executing complex and high value contract for Production & Sustainability Project.
What are you going to do
- Responsible for interpreting and analyzing the complexities of critical tender and contract documents ensuring accurate, clear and comprehensive responses are provided to clarifications, logical and commercially astute recommendations are made to management and actioned effectively to meet project deliverables.
- Major challenges of this role are (1) understanding the key project drivers to ensure delivery within the agreed timeframe (2) operating in a pressure environment with short deadlines to complete activities and/or assessments related to contract administration.
- Preparation of tender packages and coordination of tendering process with Supply, and other PMT functions as required.
- Formulate tendering and contracting activities including comprehensive engineering, technical and commercial reviews of scope of work documents received from various project teams to evaluate and mitigate any potential risks to the Project.
- Review technical bids for complex and high value services, leading to the establishment of suitable contracts to facilitate project execution.
- Provide specialist expertise in contracting processes ensuring the latest financial, technical and SHEQ standards are embedded in the documentation.
- Examine scope of work and commercial documentations to ensure accuracy and compliance with regulatory, company and local standards.
- Participate in contract audit, review records for accuracy and conformance to standards and address any audit findings for compliance with established procedures.
- Steward the Contractor's activities with respect to contract administration ensuring that all affected parties are familiar with contract terms and conditions, contract provisions, coordination procedures, contract objectives and overall job requirements.
- In addition coordinate any required communication with Contractor to resolve warranty, payment and milestone issues.
- Take the lead in preparing contractual responses to the Contractor.
- Facilitate close-out by ensuring contract obligation has been fulfilled and invoices have been paid and no outstanding claims exist and all deliverables have been received and approved.
- Ensure the timely close-out of all claim oriented correspondence to avoid potential claims.
Essential skills and knowledgeÂ
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Commercial, Marketing, Sciences, Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Law, Communication, Technologies, Mathematics, and Statistics
- 8 years experience in business related function or discipline, including 4 years in the Oil & Gas Industry, and including 1 year experience in a supervisory or acting role, or oversight of contractor / subcontractors / service / vendor personnel.
- Experience in handling reimbursable procurement for major contract would be preferred.
- Excellent written and spoken English skills.
- Strong analytical and reasoning skills.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Good technical knowledge in reviewing and preparing technical contracts.
- Computer literacy (MS Office) including working knowledge of business software programs
What we offer
- Salary:
- Day Rate in USD Plus Allowance
- Work Schedule:
- 10 Hours / 6 Days
- Duration:
- 36 Months, with possible extension
- Location:
- Qatar