Senior Contracts Engineer

Function
The key objective of a Senior Contracts Engineer is being responsible for managing and administrating all main contract activities on Projects in a timely, quality focused and budget driven way. All activities will be performed in accordance with Bluewater's Corporate Management System.

A more detailed description of the job:

• Is responsible for the preparation of tenders for all disciplines and project specific contract strategy e.g. bidders list and project specific terms& conditions.
• Is responsible to compile all required information from other departments e.g. engineering, planning, procurement etc. and issues Invitations to tender.
• Is responsible for the administration and keeps records on all issues during tender phase.
• Is responsible for the evaluation and negotiations both commercial/contractual and co-ordinates technical evaluations of the received tenders.
• Organizes and chairs clarification meetings and kick-off meetings.
• Organizes the Tender Board and provides the required documentation.
• Is responsible for the preparation and issuing of contracts and for the accurate administration of the contract and issue of addenda and/or amendments.
• Monitors and controls contract variations(subcontracts and client contracts) in close cooperation with project team.
• Prepares and issues contract summary reports.
• Is responsible for all contractual correspondence and for close-out contracts.
• Assists the Project Managers on all contractual issues.
• Supports other departments on contractual and commercial matters.
• Keeps knowledge and procedures up-to-date on all relevant aspects and shares this within the section.
• Supports and coaches colleagues to improve quality and overview contracts of colleagues if required.
• Reports regularly to the Section Head Contracts on personal achievements and section matters.
• Uses and maintains corporate standards, plus develops and proposes improvements on these.

You will report directly to the Section Head Contracts.

Requirements:
A strong Senior Contracts Engineer with good work ethics with a professional level of attention to detail and demonstrable commercial awareness. Furthermore, you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Legal, Commerce or equivalent by experience.
• Over 10 years experience in contracting environment within the oil& gas industry.
• English excellent, verbally as well as in writing.
• the willingness to travel on short-term overseas business trips, as well as longer-term assignments