Introduction

What are you going to do 

Our client, a leading organization in the Oil and Gas sector, based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates is seeking an experienced OPF Project Contract Specialist to join their dynamic team on a contract basis.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensures and promotes compliance with Company policies, standards, procedures, and contractual obligations.
  • Closely works with Contracts and/or Legal function to help review and assess the liabilities present in Subcontracts or Supplier Contracts in order to understand contractual risks and lead the supplier T&C negotiations.
  • Execute supplier contracts to implement the chosen business strategy of the project effectively, maximizing contractual protection to the Company through client/prime contract back-to-back flow downs.
  • Assists on the drafting, revisions, negotiations and approval process of global and/or strategic supplier contracts for the assigned suppliers/packages.
  • Collaborate with the Contracts & Legal Department, Finance Department (including Tax), HSE, Sourcing & Procurement, Operations (or any other department/function) as appropriate, to ensure contractual and commercial risks and exposures are clearly identified, analyzed and properly addressed.
  • Participate in and contribute in all execution PLG and CME gates where applicable.
  • Proposes, drafts, revision, negotiations, approval process and implements agreement templates, terms and conditions, and contracts standards appendices, processes, practices, procedures and guidelines for the assigned suppliers and/or packages.
  • Finalize contracts for signature once all the stakeholders and parties are in agreement.
  • Draft and review of letters, change orders and other claims not limited to LD, milestone etc. addressed to or received from suppliers/subcontractors.
  • Familiar with critical conditions, not limited to e.g changes, delay, suspension and termination
  • Negotiates and closes contractual disputes for the assigned package/suppliers, being responsible for negotiation strategies, resolution and follow up in coordination with the Project Contract Manager and the Supply Chain Management teams.
  • Review and discuss proposed draft contract with all relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance with tax, HSE, and all other functions involved.
  • Benchmark performance and audit suppliers with assistance from key stakeholders.
  • Provide contracts guidance and support to Sourcing Specialists.
  • Ensures and monitors compliance with all Company policies, standards and procedures, and contractually assumed obligations.
  • Contributes to the legal department's knowledge management program by capturing and sharing lessons learned from his/her legal matters and making useful legal content available on the Legal KM Portal.
  • Timely upload and manage project contracts through life cycles on the Company processing/repository systems.
  • Participate/contribute to the function/business unit's objectives related to supplier contracts.

Essential skills and knowledge

  • >5 years Contracts Management, or Project execution experience, with demonstrable knowledge of construction SOW.
  • Prior work experience in Production Facility / EPCC Projects.
  • Civil engineering background is an advantage.
  • EPCC experience.
  • Contract management.
  • Variation order management.
  • Contract / Legal Review.

What we offer 

Are you the perfect match for this vacancy? Apply in 5 minutes and let's get in touch!

your-application-process[1]

Process of your application

Application process & contact

We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.

Project discussion with our customer

If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.

The decision

If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?

Introductory conversation with Brunel

In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.

Welcome to Brunel

Now great times are beginning! With Brunel you have countless opportunities to help shape technological progress. You decide how your career path goes. We support you in every phase of your career. You always have security behind you: Brunel!