Senior Site Contract Administrator Full-Time

Fircroft is hiring a Senior Site Contract Administrator.

Context & Summary

As part of the Project, COMPANY is requesting for the provision of Senior Contract Administration Services to support its Onshore Contract & Procurement team.
CONTRACTOR shall support the Site Contracts and Procurement Supervisor Onshore EPC in all aspects of field administration and contract management for two significant Onshore Facility EPC Agreements and full cycle C&P activities as they arise.

Tasks to performed

For the performance of the SERVICES, CONTRACTOR shall at a minimum:

• Evaluate, analyse and prepare responses to various contractor contractual correspondence, including notices of claim, change proposals, change orders, etc.;
• Prepare various forms of contractual correspondence to contractor and responding to contractor correspondence;
• Timely review and validation of contractor invoices (progress and milestone payments) in coordination with multi-discipline team;
• Provide support and guidance to the broader Onshore EPC team to assure correct interpretation and application of the EPC agreements;
• Establishing and maintaining various contractual records and registers;
• Support the development of existing local and expat contracts and procurement personnel;
• Fulfil demand for new C&P needs identified by Onshore EPC delivery team in compliance with Company C&P procedures;
• Provide accurate and timely reporting contract management reporting and, as required, reporting on new calls for tender;
• Ensure HSE and local content objectives are being considered and implemented in all contracting and procurement activities;
• Ensure contract and procurement expenditure is monitored and within approved values amounts;
• Liaise and coordinate in country C&P activities with Milan, Maputo, and Houston C&P Teams (as applicable).

Deliverables

• Preparation of outgoing correspondence and responses to incoming correspondence;
• Preparation of Change Requests;
• Evaluation of Change Proposals;
• Preparation, negotiation and execution of Change Orders (including obtaining necessary approvals);
• Preparation and execution of Contract Amendments (including obtaining necessary approvals);
• Invoice review and validation

Service location & schedule

• SERVICES to be performed either on-site (Northern Mozambique, province of Cabo Delgado) or in Maputo, in Mozambique (to be confirmed by COMPANY).

SERVICES schedule:

• If Site based: rotational working minimum 12 hours a day 28 days on / 28 days off;
• If Maputo based: resident full-time.

Essential Skills / Qualifications:

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 8 years experience in a similar post award contract administration / contract management role, particularly in a client Site based Project delivery team, managing large value ($Billions), complex lump sum EPC contracts with an integrated multi disciplinary team;
• Strong commercial aptitude and legal acumen;
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, construction, operations, project controls, legal and finance teams and externally with contractors;
• Ability to prioritise and manage a variety of complex tasks and deadlines with multiple internal stakeholders to ensure timely completion and close out;
• Experienced in services contracting supporting major O&G projects (LNG preferred) and operational O&G facilities (gas plant, mining facility etc.);
• In depth knowledge of full contract management process from requisition, sourcing, tendering, analysis, award, documentation and close out

Good communication skills, both oral and written (English essential, Portuguese beneficial)

• Experience working with local content requirements;
• Working knowledge of SAP;
• Tertiary qualifications, university Degree in business or contracting and procurement certifications (CIPS, CIPP, QS)

About Fircroft:

Fircroft has been placing people in specialist technical industries for over 50 years, focusing on mid to senior level engineers for contract and permanent roles worldwide. By applying for this job you give consent for Fircroft to contact you, via email & telephone, to discuss your application along with future positions and Fircroft’s services.

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