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Ref: LP075-75
Job description / Role
Coordinate and Manage Yamama Contracting Strategies for Drilling:
• Prepare Specific Contract Strategies, ensuring alignment with objectives of overall Yamama Project strategy
Pre-award Contract Management
• Develop and perform contract screening and capability assessments, and prepare list of Bidders
• Manage and liaise with C&P Dept on the preparation of all tender documentation, including instructions to bidders, minimum criteria for bidding and technical and commercial proposal requirements, draft contract and proper inclusion of all technical / commercial requirements, on time to ensure compliance and alignment with Yamama Project Strategy and Schedule
• Coordinate and manage User Dept requirements to C&P Dept for each contract and ensure efficient and proper implementation; Ensure timely interaction with C&P Dept throughout each step of tendering to facilitate timely award
• Maintain oversight of overall contract and report progress.
Post-award Contract Management
• Coordinate and manage the timely conforming and execution of contracts as agreed during tendering
• Manage all aspects of post-award contract management, including
• Mentoring of mentoring to subordinates as necessary; provide oversight of contracts administrators throughout the execution phase and ensure timely close-out of contracts
• Monitoring contract compliance by contractors and raising of non-compliance issues to Project management team
• Coordinate, consolidate and report progress of contracts and ensure compliance with schedule
• Manage and coordinate timely escalation of issues, resolution of claims, and report status regularly
• Ensure proper tracking and recording of correspondence and other contractual documentation with contractors
• Support and provide guidance to project management team(s) on contractual matters and coordinate resolutions with project management
Contract change management
• Manage, monitor and assist with the preparation and close-out of Instructions and Change Management proposals
• Manage, monitor and assist with the preparation of Variations and attend Tender Board meetings as required
• When required, recommend and assist with contract changes; liaise with C&P for executing changes and seeking functional guidance for appropriate incorporation of changes.
Requirements
Requirements:
• Minimum 15 years’ overall relevant experience with at least 10 years’ experience desirable in Oil & Gas project environment in pre- and post-award Contracts or Materials management.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience desirable in site based Oil & Gas project environment in post-award contracts management of Construction / EPC packages
• Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying education
• Must demonstrate working knowledge and suitable relevant experience in the drilling industry, including preparation and management of drilling and drilling associated service contracts and agreements
• Significant experience required drafting contract and tender documents, assessing contractor and supplier capabilities, and managing tendering activities
• Experience required in managing procurement/contracts teams/sub-teams in Construction / EPC project environment
• Significant knowledge of Construction / Contracts Law and training in claims avoidance / settlement preferred
• Ready to travel to Iraq for meetings
• Managerial experience – highly preferable
• Advance level of English (written / spoken); Russian – an advantage
• Project management skills training desirable
• Significant knowledge of Construction / Contracts Law and training in claims avoidance / settlement preferred
About the Company
LUKOIL is one of the world’s leading vertically integrated oil & gas companies. Main activities of the Company are exploration and production of oil & gas, production of petroleum products and petrochemicals, and marketing of these outputs. Most of the Company's exploration and production activity is located in Russia, and its main resource base is in Western Siberia.
LUKOIL owns modern refineries, gas processing and petrochemical plants located in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries. Most of the Company's production is sold on the international market. LUKOIL petroleum products are sold in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, near-abroad countries and the USA.