Senior Contracts Specialist - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - Subsea 7

Subsea 7

Verified Company

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Organisation

Position
Senior Contracts Specialist

Vacancy ref
81366

Based in
Aberdeen - Westhill

Business area
Subsea & Conventional

Working hours
37.5 hours per week

Contract type
Staff

Closing date
03/02/2023

Assignment approximate duration
Permanent

Vacancy information

What is the role?
The Senior Contracts Specialist provides contractual expertise in relation to projects and key tenders, working within designated project groups.

Advice will be given from tender submission stage through to award and execution, working within the Company's policies, processes and systems ensuring legal and financial compliance at all times.

Applicants will demonstrate collaboration with key internal and external functions including Legal & Contracts, Projects & Operations, SCM, Tendering, Finance, clients, JV/Partners, and vendors.

Occasional planned travel will be required, both in the UK and overseas.

What will your responsibilities involve?

Contract support for tendering, in line with Group Legal Procedure, as part of bid team.
Negotiations with prospective clients, subcontractors and suppliers.
Assist Legal and Commercial teams regarding Joint Venture authorisation, Bank Guarantees, Parent Company Guarantees and Tender Board minutes.
Ensure identification at point of award and throughout the project of all contractual obligations and rights towards Clients and Subcontractors, managing all variations, deviations, risks etc.
Participate in commercial strategic discussion and decisions as an integral part of the Project Management Team following contract award, contributing to regular sessions.
Oversee and drive the internal Contracts and Administration Kick Off meeting.
Organise and delivery of Contracts Awareness training sessions to the Project team.
Drive the change management process and associated documentation, examine unusual events to establish cause, effect and liability and prepare relevant claim and pursue.
Prepare and pursue project Construction All Risk (CAR) and other insurance claims.
Perform all contractual administrative tasks of the project in a timely and efficient manner.
Compile and agree with Client and suppliers/subcontractors the final account of the project.
Oversee the completion of correct Contractual Close out of the project and the hand over of any continuing obligations to the specific country Legal and Contracts functions.
Perform such other nontender/project related activities as required by functional manager.

What are we looking for?

Membership / affiliation with role relevant professional body is desirable.
Demonstrable relevant experience in a similar role within the energy industry, ideally subsea.
Computer literate across the MS suite, including Sharepoint.
Accustomed to a 24/7 global multicultural environment, ability to adapt accordingly.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, builds strong collaborative relationships.
Excellent planning skills, accustomed to meeting multiple and competing deadlines.
Ability to negotiate and influence at all levels.
Strong ability to place contractual risks in their true practical and commercial perspective.
Demonstrates credibility and professionalism, operates with the highest standards of integrity.
Demonstrates initiative and ownership to work autonomously, while able to work collaboratively with team members and key stakeholders.
Responds positively to change and identifies improvements in process, cost and efficiency.

What is in it for you?
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Career Development

As well as being able to offer a wide variety of projects to work on we have a dedicated personal development scheme and are committed to developing our people to allow them to progress their career through the organisation

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A Sustainable Future

As the energy sector continues to evolve, Subsea7 are playing a proactive role in developing emerging energy markets. These markets include decarbonising offshore oil and gas, floating wind, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and decarbonising our own operations

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Flexible working

We offer a flexible working environment with hybrid working options available

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Benefits - We pride ourselves in offering you and your loved ones a wide range of world-class core and flexible benefits, which focus on supporting you and your family's financial, emotional and physical wellbeing.

Our vision is to
make possible the global delivery of offshore energy for today and tomorrow.

Subsea7's offshore operations span five decades, successfully completing over 1000 projects.

Working in all water depths across all energy hubs, our engineering expertise, alliances and specialist technologies enable us to engage early so that our multi-disciplinary teams can design and deliver the solutions that our clients want.

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