Senior Contracts Engineer

KBR; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is looking for a Senior Contracts Engineer for an EPCM project based in Abu Dhabi. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in tendering and awarding major contracts, ensuring compliance with best practices. Key responsibilities include developing contract strategies, preparing tender documentation, and managing negotiations. This role requires a BSc degree and significant experience in oil and gas contracting. Competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment are offered.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in a similar role for brownfield projects.
• 15 years of overall experience in Contracting and Procurement in oil & gas.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage contract strategies.
• Issue tender documentation and ensure completeness.
• Analyze and negotiate claims.

Skills

Contract management

Risk assessment

Negotiation skills

Communication skills

Education

BSc in Engineering or Legal Business

Job description

Title:

Senior Contracts Engineer

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The KBR team of teams delivers future-forward science technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies differentiated advisory services deep technical domain expertise energy transition solutions high-end design and engineering capabilities and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Senior Contracts Engineer

KBR is looking for a Senior Contracts Engineer for an EPCM project to be based in Abu Dhabi UAE.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Sr. Contracts Engineer is required to have prior experience of tendering and awarding major EPCM and construction contracts on lump sum re-measure reimbursable and/or unit rate contract basis.

Protects CONTRACTOR Company and thereby COMPANY from contractual risk by working in a process of continuous improvement to encourage/promote the introduction and implementation of best practice contracting methodology and practices.

Accountabilities include but not be limited to:

• Demonstrate an overriding commitment to health safety environmental responsibility
• Develop contract strategies.
• Issuance of ATT (Approval to Tender) and ATA (Approval to Award).
• Working with engineering group to develop contract contractor prequalification questionnaires and analyse the subsequent returns.
• The compilation of tender lists and obtains in house and COMPANY approval of the same.
• Compile tender documentation ensuring (with the support of the requisitioning Manager) that the package is complete and viable.
• Issue tender documentation.
• Strategize/oversee tender clarification meetings.
• Be focal point for the dissemination of information to/from tenderers.
• Issue tender bulletins.
• Facilitate and record bid opening.
• Ensure that technical evaluation is carried out in a timely and meaningful manner.
• Analyse commercial tender submissions and ensure the appropriate distribution to other disciplines and shortlist the most advantageous offers.
• Facilitate tender clarification documentation
• Attend meetings ensure records are maintained.
• Develop negotiation strategy
• Develop Contract document ensuring all relevant items from bulletins meetings correspondence and negotiation.
• Prepare and manage the issuance of letters of intent as appropriate.
• Prepare and manage the issuance of contracts.
• Prepare and administer Kick Off Meetings.
• Maintain savings register.
• Preparation of correspondence between Company and contractors.
• Issuance of call-off orders.
• Analysis and negotiation of claims.
• Maintain claims register.
• Contract Close out.

Key Relationships:

• Work Group Team
• Vendors / Suppliers
• External Stakeholders includes Client and Subcontractors

Education Skills & Experience:

BSc. University degree in any of the main Legal Business or Engineering branches. i.e. Mechanical Civil electrical chemical or equivalent

Experience and Skill set

Preferably having worked in a similar role for a considerable number of 5 years (2 years for contract engineer) in a brownfield project

Total of 15 years (10 years for contract engineer) in Contracting and Procurement within oil & gas / petrochemical environment.

Required Experience:

Senior IC