Senior Contract Engineer

Job description / Role

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Senior contracts engineer

KBR is looking for a Senior Contracts Engineer for an EPCM project to be based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Roles and responsibilities:

The senior contracts engineer is required to have prior experience of tendering and awarding major EPCM and construction contracts on lump sum, re-measure, reimbursable and/or unit rate contract basis.

Protects contractor company and thereby company from contractual risk by working in a process of continuous improvement to encourage and promote the introduction and implementation of best practice contracting methodology and practices.

Accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility
• Develop contract strategies
• Issuance of ATT (Approval to Tender) and ATA (Approval to Award)
• Work with engineering group to develop contract contractor prequalification questionnaires and analyse the subsequent returns
• Compile tender lists and obtain in-house and company approval of the same
• Compile tender documentation, ensuring (with the support of the requisitioning manager) that the package is complete and viable
• Issue tender documentation
• Strategize and oversee tender clarification meetings
• Be focal point for the dissemination of information to and from tenderers
• Issue tender bulletins
• Facilitate and record bid opening
• Ensure that technical evaluation is carried out in a timely and meaningful manner
• Analyse commercial tender submissions and ensure the appropriate distribution to other disciplines and shortlist the most advantageous offers
• Facilitate tender clarification documentation
• Attend meetings and ensure records are maintained
• Develop negotiation strategy
• Develop contract document ensuring all relevant items from bulletins, meetings, correspondence and negotiation are included
• Prepare and manage the issuance of letters of intent as appropriate
• Prepare and manage the issuance of contracts
• Prepare and administer kick off meetings
• Maintain savings register
• Prepare correspondence between company and contractors
• Issue call-off orders
• Analyse and negotiate claims
• Maintain claims register
• Contract close out

Key relationships:

• Work group team
• Vendors and suppliers
• External stakeholders including client and subcontractors

Education, skills & experience:

BSc., university degree in any of the main legal, business, or engineering branches, i.e. mechanical, civil, electrical, chemical, or equivalent.

Experience and skill set:

Preferably having worked in a similar role for a considerable number of 5 years (2 years for contract engineer) in a brownfield project.

Total of 15 years (10 years for contract engineer) in contracting and procurement within oil and gas / petrochemical environment.