Senior Contracts Engineer

Job Details

Ensure that company’s Contractual Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethics and transparency. 
Ensure that procurement Contracts and procedures comply with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners. 
Ensure the application and respect of the procedures in the tender process.
Work closely with the DUET counterpart to create the contracts dossier, develop a clear definition of contractual responsibilities and discuss the agenda including: ▪ Validation of contracts strategy ▪ Negotiation and analysis of commercial bids
Participation in recommendations to award 
Adapt standard and template documents to local conditions Provide professional advice and guidance to all contract owners/entities with respect to contractual matters Liaise with C&P Methods/planning/market and line Manager for timely reporting (not limited to validate and record of saving, Agora) and statistics matters.
Prepare and maintain an up-to-date list of qualified contractors/suppliers/potential tenders/contracts with updated information in order to perform market studies; analyze and assess all possible answers from the market Participate to the validation of the contracts strategy through: ▪ Attending Contracts Committee Meetings, common recommendation with duet
Pre-qualifying bidders
Defining target prices
Defining criteria for evaluation.
Establish CFT commercial documents
Prepare and send out the dossiers of pre-consultation and Standard or Complex invitations to bid
Verify the alignment with Ethics, H3SEQ clauses, Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation when issuing all technical contracts and when drafting contractual and commercial terms and conditions
Verify the Terms & Conditions (standard, general and financial)
Compose contracts from standard contracts or without standard contract and create outline agreements.
Conduct the Terms & Conditions bid analysis and negotiation for the best interest of TUCN Conduct the commercial bid analysis and negotiation thereby creating a clear definition of responsibilities and documents together with the DUET Take the leading role in recommendations to award through contracts Committee with common recommendation with DUET.
Ensures that own contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and AGORA, ensure effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, AGORA) for optimum productivity. 
Prepare files for the settlement of lawsuits in relation with the juridical, insurance and financial department 
Monitor contractor’s performance with Duet, promoting and attending service quality meetings, claims, amendments and contract renewal discussions with contractor and manage and maintain a network with Stakeholders such as NAPIMS, NCD, Department of Petroleum Resources, etc.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

A degree in Engineering, Management or Social Sciences (preferably Supply Chain) 
Membership of relevant professional bodies in the Supply Chain and in Operational functions will be an added advantage. 
Up to 5 years’ experience in oil well construction activities of which 3 should be in contract administration. 
Demonstrable general knowledge and understanding of commercial, legal and insurance issues affecting the company in general. 
Good command of English language and excellent communication skills. 
Main Personal Abilities: Basic Human Relations, Problem Solving, team player and planning/organizing/coordinating /controlling
-effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, AGORA)

Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: ugochi.chiwendu@primespectrum.com using the position as subject of email.

Apply via :

ugochi.chiwendu@primespectrum.com