Contracts Engineer

Job description / Role

51,000 people. 49 countries. Over 120 office locations.

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What we offer you

Providing an agile culture and challenging work opportunities results in a positive work environment. Our people enjoy competitive compensation packages and a fun, personal, collaborative, and safe working environment. We value equal employment opportunity and are committed to promoting fairness, equality, and diversity.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us. If you have the passion and talent to keep up, it's time to test the limits of what you can become.

Find your future with Worley

Primary Objective
- Responsible for pre - award activities including bid invitation preparation, processing queries from bidders, preparation of bid evaluation programmers, evaluation of bids, negotiation, contract preparation and award formalities.
- Responsible for post - award activities including conducting kick - off meetings, coordinating all contract submittals and correspondence, preparation and processing of variation orders, claims and close out.
- Manages the drafting of Invitation to Tender packages for contracts for large O&G facilities projects. Review and, if necessary, proposes comments on and propose alternative text/clauses to client contract conditions.
- Reviews issues with legal, risk management, tax, and accounting personnel as a condition precedent to submitting to management for approval.
- Functions as a part of a negotiating team consisting of project management staff, to establish the terms and conditions of a contract.
- Monitors and ensures the business provisions of assigned contracts are administered to ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions. Keeps the Projects Contracts Manager advised as to the scope, financial, and risk features of applicable contracts.
- Ensures documentation to negotiate change orders are properly produced and maintained.
- Prepares letters to clients requesting approvals and interpretations necessary to comply with the provisions of the contract.
- Ensure project/facility acceptance documents are prepared and are followed through and that acceptances are signed by the client.
- Furnishes business and financial information requested by the client concerning the project, as delegated by the Project Manager.
- Identifies contractual problems and take appropriate action to ensure a satisfactory resolution.
- Follows up on those problems which demand management attention, to ensure timely response to the client, and Management of Contract Quality standards.

Who you are :
- You are an individual who is self-motivated, proactive, and works well with a team.
- You will be seen as the Subject matter specialist for the resolution of issues arising across all areas of the job and be able to clearly explain complex processes that surround the role.
- We expect you to ensure the integrity of the work scope and that all work is carried-out in accordance with applicable codes and standards.
- We expect you to mentor of less experienced members of staff including 'hands on' approach to the formulation and delivery of training programs for local Kuwaiti personnel.

Requirements

Preferred Qualification(s) and/or Experience :
- You will possess either an engineering degree and/or an equivalent diploma from an accredited college or university. This is an essential contractual requirement.
- You will have a minimum of Ten (10) years of total minimum work experience post qualification within the Oil & Gas or petrochemical industry, with exposure to heavy oil projects. Upstream onshore experience is preferred.
- You will have a minimum of Five (5) years of work experience in a related designation / specialty within a GCC country. The GCC countries referred to here are: The State of Kuwait, The Kingdom of Bahrain, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Sultanate of Oman, The State of Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.
- You must have work experience working within PMC projects in the above-mentioned industries.
- You will have experience working with advanced engineering tools, data systems & other general office / engineering software will be given first preference.
- You will have the ability to interact effectively with people of all nationalities & cultures while using clear, fluent, and expressive verbal and written language to convey information and ideas. An individual with excellent communication and people skills, a consummate developer of relationship(s) on a sustainable and long-term basis.
- You will have extensive knowledge of Contractual Terms & Conditions, Commercial Contract Law.
- You will have broad based knowledge of the requirements for process engineering through all phases of project life cycle, from FEED through to Commissioning, within Oil & Gas or related industries.
- You will demonstrate an ability to lead/coach/mentor colleagues and/or staff.
- You will have the ability to work under tight time constraints with excellent time management and planning skills as well as manage multiple priorities.
- You will be willing to engage and manage clients as required by the needs of the business and if deemed necessary by the Worley management .
- You will have pre-commissioning, commissioning, and performance testing experience

What we offer you

Providing our people with an agile culture and challenging work opportunities results in a positive work environment. Our people enjoy competitive compensation packages and a fun, personal, collaborative, and safe working environment. We value equal employment opportunity and are committed to promoting fairness, equality, and diversity.

Our policy is to conduct background checks for all candidates who accept an offer of employment with us.

If you have the passion and talent to keep up, it's time to test the limits of what you can become. Find your future with Worley.

About the Company

Worley is a leading global provider of professional services in the energy, chemicals and resources sectors. We partner with our customers to address their most critical challenges at every stage of their projects: from initial concepts to sustaining and enhancing their assets. And we provide smarter, bolder solutions while delivering on our own sustainability commitments.

We are 51,000 bright minds across 46 countries all driven by a common purpose – delivering a more sustainable world. While working to fulfill our ambition to be recognized globally as the leader in sustainability solutions.