Principal Engineer - Contracts

Job description / Role

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world's leading energy companies.

We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.

The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.

This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?

JOB TITLE: Principal Engineer - Contracts

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Assist/Manage all activities related to post award on contractual, legal and commercial issues related to:

- Contracts with Clients.
- Subcontracts and Procurement.
- Joint Venture and partnering agreements.
- Risk and Opportunity review process including, identification, mitigation and management of commercial/contractual/legal risks.
- Contract variations and claims.
Primary Duties

- Supports and manages all activities related to administration of assigned contracts including correspondence with clients and partners, provision of commercial / contractual inputs for project review meetings, liaison with engineering, project, site, subcontracts and procurement teams to identify potential variations and claims, preparation and submission of variations and claims, risk identification, risk mitigation risk management during the post award stage.
- Perform contract lifecycle management in accordance with company processes and procedures.
- Develop project-specific special terms and conditions for subcontracting and procurement.
- Provide support to Subcontracts and Procurement for negotiating terms and conditions of downstream contracts.
- Liaise with Insurance for the issuance of project insurance certificates to Clients and for submission of claims to insurer.
- Liaise with Treasury for issuance of performance bank guarantees to Clients.
- Liaise with Legal to prepare legal/contractual positions on disputed claims and variations with Clients / Subcontractors / Vendors.
- Support the Commercial Director in the negotiation of variations and claims with Client. Assist the Commercial Director and project / commercial team members in compiling supporting documents for potential claims, preparing advance defense for issues that are likely to evolve during execution phase.
- Assist, evaluate and advise Commercial Director on contractual conflicts and claims with clients. In the event of a dispute, advise on the company's position, information required in defense of or in pursuance of such.
- To review on a regular basis, company's position after evaluating reports received from the project team in respect of discrepancies, anomalies, risk and opportunities and take necessary action.
- Assist in managing all activities related to contractual, legal, tax, commercial and insurance issues related to company business, contracts with clients and partnering agreements during the post award stage.
- Maintain commercial / contractual database in accordance with company procedures and processes.
- Assist in ensuring that the key contract terms and conditions are presented and understood by the Project Management and Commercial Team upon award of the Contract.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

- A graduate university degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
- Experience in tendering, finalization, administration and management of Contracts and in finalization of various Partnership Agreements.

About the Company

Petrofac is an international provider of facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and processing industries.

Petrofac delivers services through seven business units: Engineering & Construction, Engineering & Construction Ventures, Engineering Services, Offshore Engineering & Operations, Training, Production Solutions and Energy Developments.

Through these businesses, Petrofac designs and builds oil & gas facilities; operates, maintains and manages facilities and trains personnel; enhances production; and, where it can leverage its service capability, develops and co-invests in upstream and infrastructure projects.

Petrofac’s range of services meets its customers’ needs across the full life cycle of oil & gas assets.