Senior Tendering Engineer at Subsea 7

Vacancy ref: 57103
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Contract type: Staff

Job Description

• Reporting to the Tendering Manager, the Senior Tendering Engineer shall be responsible for the overall coordination of the multidisciplinary effort needed to establish Nigerstar 7's proposals from the pre-qualification phase up to the negotiation phase prior award.
• The position of Tender Engineer will depend from the Sales and Marketing Department within the Africa region tenders for a broad variety of projects from small service contracts to EPCI contracts in the SURF and Conventional markets.
• Depending of the magnitude and complexity of the tender, the Tender Engineer may be autonomously responsible for the proposal or may second a Project Manager/ Director in the role of Commercial Lead.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine the execution plan with the Tender Manager and the actions to be undertaken to achieve the goals of the commercial proposal.
• Define deliverables to be issued by all departments involved in Tender and ensure interfaces (Tendering, Engineering, SCM, Logistic, Operation, Fiscal, Legal and Commercial).
• Propose cost optimisations by modifying execution plan and commercial strategy.
• Ensure adherence to Nigerstar7’s tendering procedures on tenders
• Maintain thorough records throughout the bidding process to ensure traceability and ultimately efficient handover to project teams.
• Prepare internal documents for the endorsement of submissions by Senior Management in particular Nigerstar7’s PSB, DTT, ATT, ATC.

Interfaces:

• Tender Project Manager,
• All departments involved in the tender process,
• Partners and clients during negotiation phase.

Profile - Knowledge, Skills, Experience And Behaviours

• The Position is open to various profiles working for a minimum of 6 years in the oil and gas sector and with various professional backgrounds.
• A significant technical experience in Engineering or Operation Departments associated with a first exposure to commercial challenges (Contract/ SCM/ Tendering) would be appreciated.

 The successful candidate shall have/be:

• Ability to organize and coordinate team work as well as to promote collaboration within the team.
• Excellent communication skills in English (verbal & written).
• A sedulous worker able to deliver under time pressure.
• Willingness to discover the multi-pronged dimension (technology, execution, legal & contract, finance, commercial) of our projects
• Rigorous to ensure adherence to the Tendering procedures.
• Committed to the highest level of confidentiality and staunchness.
• Ability to take an overall view and critical mind.
• Able to work under pressure and be able to meet tight deadlines;
• Rigorous and thorough, to ensure adherence to the tendering procedures;
• Organizational skills with ability to coordinate team work;
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• committed to the highest levels of confidentiality and dedication;
• Experience in sub-sea construction ( shallow and deep)
• Experience in projects, in particular Logistic Supports, Mobilizations, Field Engineering and Fabrication.