Senior Contracts Engineer

Senior Onshore Oil & Gas Project Contract Engineer
(Claim and Counterclaim Specialist)
 

• Desired start: 02/06/2025
• Mission based in Paris, France

Mission Context
Ongoing RC Transformation project on a refinery in construction phase

• Site contracts in an EPCm scheme context
• General Transversal coordination
• Claim and Counterclaim Dossiers

 

• Minimum 15years in EPC/EPCm type contracts claim management including at least 5 years for onshore O&G industrial projects
• French and English languages are mandatory
• Working on site is the preferred working scheme with potential days of teleworking occasionally

Objectives and deliverables

ACTIVITIES
During the project execution on platform, the Claim and Counterclaim Specialist will be responsible for the contracts and claim management tasks (not exhaustive list):

- Coordinate the Claim and Counterclaim dossiers:

• Claim Preventive, Claim management and Counterclaim awareness and methods sharing with the project team,
• 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.
• Perform co-ordination with relevant internal stakeholders e;g. HQ claim entity, HQ Project Entity, Legal,... etc

- Senior contract engineer assistance tasks in relation with Claim and Counterclaim:

• Provide support for all associated contract and procurement activities,
• Preparation and issuance of related Minutes of Meeting (MoM) with Contractors for meetings related to Claim topics,
• Manage the administration of the associated dossiers,
• Analyze and check the contractual validity of all the justifying documents provided by the Contractors,
• Contribute to Negotiate Construction Contractors' requests for compensation of extra costs presumably suffered
• Construction Contractors, prepare claims defense strategies & related documents and settle the claims,
• Contribute to Prepare the amendments/Variations to the Construction Contracts for Contract Manager / Project Manager's approval,
• Preparation and update on a weekly basis of the claims status for all Contractors
• Contribute to Prepare any Letters and notifications,
• Prepare slidepacks consolidating and providing status of claims,
• Propose solutions and options to manage claim and counterclaim for management review and decisions,
• Store the documents in the specific and dedicated area of the project sharepoint.
• Contribute to Contracts/Claims REX/Lessons Learnt consolidation. Preparing main lessons learnt dossier.

Skills required

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

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