Senior Project EPC Contract Engineer

Starting date 30/09/2024

Duration12 Months

Location FRANCE / Paris

StatusResidential

Main Activities

The activities deal with worldwide Contract Engineering and Administration but also Claims Management (including Contractor and Company claims and disputes) as detailed below:

• Senior contract engineer for designated projects supported by PJE/AP:
  • Provide support for all contract and procurement activities required by the designated capital project(s),
  • Be able to advise and execute on more complex forms of CFT’s: CCFT, OBE/OBT, FEED+, etc.
  • Develop the CFT package: commercial structure, contract terms, etc.
  • Evaluate commercial aspects of the bids and recommend award,
  • Claim Preventive awareness (contract management methods, tendering stage and early execution stage),
  • Support project team to obtain relevant approvals and/or to go through any kind of gates.
• Senior referent for some Projects contract engineering:
  • Participate in defining and coordinating the contract methods for the entity (Contract toolbox, Competence requirement for contract engineers, expertise requirement, evaluation quiz…),
  • Participate in coaching the contract engineers of the entity (Assistance, advice, training…),
  • Ensure Governance is followed for Contracts process on projects of his/her perimeter (CFT, RTA, approvals),
  • Ensure recurrent contacts with the contract engineers/managers of the Projects of his/her perimeter,
  • Represent TGP/PJE in different types of Project Reviews for the contractual subjects.
• Coordination with JUR
  • Participate to the overall coordination with JUR/PJE: information sharing, coordination of actions for the on-going projects of his/her perimeter…
  • Contribute to ensure coherence between PJE, JUR/PJE and Project’s needs.
• Trainer for some training sessions dedicated to contract within Projects (as ICOP for instance).
• as required, the incumbent may be requested to be the Single point of contacts for some designated projects (SPOC) (all branches E&P, RC, GRP).
• Assist and/or participate in Claim Management or Counterclaim process:
  • Analysis and review of existing Contracts/Claims: provide expertise support to projects for existing Contracts/Claims and corresponding resolution (contracts execution phase / close out phase):
  • Advise and direct the projects for “on the spot requests” with regards to management of claims,
  • Investigate and assess merit of major claim/dispute,
  • Provide higher understanding and recommendations for building the Claim dossiers and corresponding settlement,
  • Assist the project in drafting correspondences and notices to Contractors.
• Contribute continuously to Contracts REX/Lessons Learnt consolidation. For each of the dossier, is starting by screening the existing REX and when completing a dossier preparing main lessons learnt to be shared with other contract engineers and to be archived.

Qualifications & Experience Required

• French - Adavanced
• English - Expert
• Ability to influence & manage in transversal - Expert
• Knowledge of project phases including some experience as package contract engineers - Expert
• Claim Management - Confirmed
• Sharing of information/lessons learnt and communication skills - Expert
• EPC contract professional (15 years dedicated to Projects) - Expert
• Communication, influencing and networking skills - Expert
• Ability to work with complexity and challenging stakeholders - Expert
• Contract preparation, CFT, negotiation, administration - Expert
• Ability to manage heavy workload in a fast paced environment - Expert