Contracts Advisor - Relocate to Saudi Arabia

aramco; Calgary; On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Contracts Advisor to join their Western Region Manufacturing Business Support Division. In this pivotal role, you will manage and oversee a multitude of contracts, ensuring compliance with corporate policies while providing direction and expertise to your team. The position offers the opportunity to work on world-scale projects in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will have a significant impact on operations. This role is ideal for seasoned professionals with a strong background in contract management and negotiation, looking to advance their career in a leading global energy company. Relocation to Saudi Arabia is required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in hydrocarbons or related industry.
• Strong knowledge of service contracts and procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction to the Contracts Procurement & Administration team.
• Manage and oversee 50+ contracts and amendments.
• Negotiate terms and conditions of contracts and service agreements.

Skills

Contract Management

Negotiation Skills

Technical Expertise

Leadership

Procurement

Education

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Business Administration

Degree in Finance

Degree in Supply Chain Management

Job description

Candidate must Relocate to Saudi Arabia

Aramco energizes the world economy.

Aramco occupies a unique position in the global energy industry. We are the world's largest producer of hydrocarbons (oil and gas), with the lowest upstream carbon intensity of any major producer.

With our significant investment in technology and infrastructure, we strive to maximize the value of the energy we produce for the world along with a commitment to enhance Aramco’s value to society.

Headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with offices around the world, we combine market discipline with a generations’ spanning view of the future, born of our nine decades experience as responsible stewards of the Kingdom’s vast hydrocarbon resources. This responsibility has driven us to deliver significant societal and economic benefits to not just the Kingdom, but also to a vast number of communities, economies, and countries that rely on the vital and reliable energy that we supply.

We are one of the most profitable companies in the world, as well as amongst the top five global companies by market capitalization.

Overview

We are seeking a Contracts Advisor to join our Western Region Manufacturing Business Support Division (WRMBSD).

WRMBSD is responsible for the planning, procurement and administration of service contracts across our Western Region Manufacturing facilities.

Your primary role will be to work with our designated contracting unit for planning, procurement and administration of Short Form Procurement Agreements (SFPA), Master Services Agreements and Long Form Procurement Agreements.

Key Responsibilities

As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:

1. Provide work direction to the team in our Contracts Procurement & Administration Group.
2. Initiate guidelines, coordinate activities and provide technical expertise to assure the proper and timely planning, procurement and administration of contracts.
3. Comply and maintain conformity to the established corporate contracting policies and procedures, and support proponent technical/operational requirements in a timely and most cost-effective manner.
4. Manage and oversee 50+ contracts and amendments / Cancel & Supersede.
5. Provide direction, advice and solutions to proponent and contractors i.e. actions required to administer, extend, renew and terminate contracts.
6. Liaise between contracting group, proponents, contractors and Saudi Aramco stakeholders to ensure smooth procurement, mobilization of contractors, compliance with applicable procedures & policies, resolve disputes and conflicts with contractors, advise on terms and conditions of the contracts to proponent and contractors to serve proponent objectives and goals pertaining to smooth plants operations.
7. Coordinate and communicate with leading personnel to assist aid with representatives of Contracting Department, Functional Review organizations (financial and legal), or proponent for the development of contract requirements, contracting plans, and their implementation.
8. Negotiate contract terms and conditions of contract service, claim settlement, determine technical qualification of bidders, develop scope of service and provisions for payment, or other contract interpretation and clarifications.
9. Direct and participate in the development of engineering and financial studies that establish feasibilities for contract services and evaluation for alternatives that may be technical, financial and/or procedural/administrative.
10. Coordinate and participate in the development of Company risk analysis or exposure and technical qualification of bidders.

Minimum Requirements

• You must hold a Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance or Supply Chain Management.

• You should have a minimum of 12 years' experience in hydrocarbons or related industry with knowledge of refineries, NGL or petrochemical plants operations, maintenance as well as service contracts in planning, procurement, administration, auditing, compliance, and contracting techniques and procedures.

• Previous experience working at the business level managing tens of contracts that serve regions, facilities, several stakeholders and working with executives is a plus.

• You should have experience working as a leader managing contracts and serving as an advisory to senior management.

Working environment

Our high-performing employees are drawn by the challenging and rewarding professional, technical and industrial opportunities we offer, and are remunerated accordingly.

At Aramco, our people work on truly world-scale projects, supported by investment in capital and technology that is second to none. And because, as a global energy company, we are faced with addressing some of the world’s biggest technical, logistical and environmental challenges, we invest heavily in talent development.

We have a proud history of educating and training our workforce over many decades. Employees at all levels are encouraged to improve their sector-specific knowledge and competencies through our workforce development programs – one of the largest in the world.