Senior Contracts Engineer
Cammach Bryant
Aberdeen
Senior Contracts Engineer
Our client is looking for a Senior Contracts Engineer on a contract basis, located in Aberdeen.
Provision of contract administration and commercial support primarily to the Engineering Department but with a requirement to also support the Logistics and HSSEQ teams as required, developing highly effective relationships with all team members.
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FULL DESCRIPTION
Our client is looking for a Senior Contracts Engineer on a contract basis, located in Aberdeen.
ROLE
Provision of contract administration and commercial support primarily to the Engineering Department but with a requirement to also support the Logistics and HSSEQ teams as required, developing highly effective relationships with all team members.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages the four stages procurement cycle in accordance with procurement processes and full compliance with DOA requirements, including strategy formulation, tendering and negotiation
- Commercial management of long-term master service contracts ensuring best value.
- Process requisitions once approved by budget holders into Call-off/Purchase Orders, applying diligence to pricing and Terms and Conditions, issue to suppliers, tracking return of signed order and expediting same.
- Preparation of tender strategies and ITT documentation for ad hoc requirements.
- Carries out detailed quantitative and qualitative tender evaluation, direct contractual and commercial negotiation in accordance with contracting principles.
- Responsible for contract risk mitigation and commercial optimisation.
- Liaises with key internal stakeholders to evaluate tenders, obtain contract award approvals and contract execution.
- Develops and presents detailed contract award recommendations to management.
- Provision of post-award administration support including contract amendment and variation administration.
- Responsible for key supplier performance and relationship management.
- Ensures that the Supply Chain department Procurement Plan is kept up to date on a month-end basis as a minimum or more regularly as may be required.
- Ensures effective cost/ budget tracking and CTR management.
- Assists Contracts Leads and Contracts & Procurement Manager as required.
REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Educated to Degree level, preferably in a Business/ Commercial or Quantity Surveying related discipline.
Preferred
- Working towards Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) accreditation
EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS
Essential
- Experience gained in an oil and gas contracts administration role, performing comparable duties
- Experience in contract and commercial negotiations
- Experience in Engineering contracts and operations projects / contracts
- Proven ability to deal with many suppliers, build relationships and communicate effectively
- Ability to develop relationships with key internal stakeholders in operations, engineering, legal departments
- Considerable experience of Microsoft office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Preferred
- Extensive experience in an oil and gas contracts administration role
- Detailed knowledge of LOGIC model contracts
- Knowledge of Oracle/Maximo or similar ERP or procurement & materials systems
- Willing to be 'hands on' to manage all types of contracts, large and small
ADDITIONAL SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Confident and assertive
- Flexible and adaptable to changing environment
- Strong negotiator
- Self-starter
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
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