Senior Contracts Engineer - Drilling & Completion at Hobark International Limited (HIL)

Req ID: Req-1231
Location: Offshore, Nigeria

Description

• Work closely with the DUET counterpart to create the contracts dossier, Develop a clear definition of contractual responsibilities and discuss the agenda including:
• Participate in the OPS/CA CATMAN network
• Ensure that all insurance issues of company assets and personnel are dealt with
• Supervise and train contract engineers and Graduate contracts engineers
• Define the workload of his/her team
• Conduct the commercial bid analysis and negotiation thereby creating a clear definition of responsibilities and documents together with the DUET
• Participate in Recommendation to award (RTA) through contract committee/DOA and award validation where he/she evaluates RTAs
• Handle the approval from authorities and partners, clarification of rights and obligation of signing parties and the signature process of formal documents
• Ensures that own contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and CONTIKI, ensure effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, CONTIKI.) for optimum productivity.
• Ensure the handover of contracts to the Métier Partner
• Assist the head of contracts in the settlement of claims and lawsuits, in relation with the Juridical, Insurance, Finance and OPS/CA Directors by proposing strategies and actions and participating to the negotiations
• 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.

Qualifications

• A degree in Engineering, Management or Social Sciences
• A background in drilling and Membership of relevant professional bodies in the Supply Chain and in Operational functions will be an added advantage.
• Up to 12 years experience in oil well construction activities of which 5 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.