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Senior Contracts Engineer 10-0414
Job Title Senior Contracts Engineer
Job Reference 10-0414
Discipline Administration
Location Aberdeen
Apply by 10 July 2010
Job description OBJECTIVES / SCOPE
To provide contractual and commercial support to the Company’s operations and tendering activities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
-Review new contracts at the tendering stage, identify clauses that may be detrimental to the company, and take exceptions as necessary.
-Assist Tender Managers with any other contractual and commercial matters that may arise when tendering, including tax, insurance and guarantee issues.
-Assist Project Managers and Service Account Managers in maximising the value of their contracts, for example by raising variation requests, managing subcontracts effectively and avoiding claims from clients or vendors.
-Support Project Managers and Service Account Managers in presenting the Company’s position to clients, and advise managers on what their contractual rights and obligations are.
-Assist in the resolution of contractual claims and disputes.
-Supervise and provide advice to Contracts Engineers as required.
-Provide summaries of contractual and commercial issues to senior management.
-At all times, work in accordance with the company’s Health, Safety and Environment procedures and the Company’s Operating System.

As necessary, perform other duties, requiring essentially the same level of skill & responsibility when required.

COMPETENCIES

QUALIFICATIONS
Essential Requirement:
HNC in legal, commercial or engineering discipline, with industry experience.

Desirable Requirement:
Degree in legal, commercial or engineering discipline.


SPECIFIC TRAINING
Essential Requirement:
Working knowledge of Word, Windows and Excel.

Desirable Requirement:
Working knowledge of SAP.

COMPTENECIES
Essential Requirments:
-Demonstrable understanding of contractual and commercial terms.
-Ability to review contracts, to identify clauses that may be detrimental to the company’s interests, and to take exceptions as necessary.
-Ability to concisely summarise contractual issues and provide easily understandable advice to others, including senior management.
-Ability to identify areas where commercial performance of projects may be improved, and to propose appropriate actions to be taken.
-Proven negotiating skills.
-Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally.

Desirable Requirements:
-Understanding of the contractual and commercial activities involved in a typical Subsea project.
-Knowledge of the basic principles of insurance, taxation and guarantees.

PERSONAL SKILLS
Esssential Requirements:
-Develop trust in people and advise and assist others as required.
-Be confident and professional when dealing negative people and situations.
-Focus on results and willingly tackle problems or conflicts which threaten their achievement.
-Gather facts and figures and achieve goals in a timely manner.
-Ability to lead, encourage, train and support others in order for them to meet their objectives.
-Ability to manage own work to ensure schedule and budget targets are understood and met.
-Be a self starter, capable of working on own initiative in order to achieve tasks.

Desirable Requirements:
-Good time-management and organisational skills.
-Good presentation skills.
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