Senior Technical Contract Engineer

Airswift; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift seeks a Senior Technical Contract Engineer in Paris to drive contract management, tendering and procurement activities within a complex oil and gas investment environment.

You will work with operational, legal, finance and project stakeholders to ensure compliance, commercial quality and procurement efficiency on high-value technical services contracts.

Qualifications

• BAC+5 diploma or recognised certified equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in contract management within the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in oil and gas.
• Minimum 9 years of exposure to contracts activities.
• Experience managing complex, high-value, high-risk technical services contracts.
• International experience.

Responsibilities

• Contract management and tendering across technical services.
• Interact with operational, legal, finance and project stakeholders.
• Contribute to high-value procurement activity ensuring compliance and quality.

Skills

Contract management

Legal knowledge

Procurement strategy

Procurement sourcing

Market intelligence

SAP management

Supplier relationship

Supply optimisation

Procurement planning

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

BAC+5 or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Title, Contract, and Location

Job Title: Senior Technical Contract Engineer Duration: 12 Months renewbale contract Location: Paris, France

This opportunity sits within a complex oil and gas investment environment supporting large-scale multi-energy project delivery and affiliate operations. The role focuses on contract management, strategic sourcing and tendering activities across technical services, with close interaction across operational, legal, finance and project stakeholders. This position offers the chance to contribute to high-value procurement activity while driving compliance, commercial quality and procurement efficiency in a technically demanding setting.

Required Education

• BAC+5 diploma or recognised certified equivalent experience

Required Experience

• Extensive experience in contract management within the oil and gas industry
• Minimum 12 years of professional experience in oil and gas
• Minimum 9 years of exposure to contracts activities
• Experience managing complex, high-value, high-risk technical services contracts
• International experience

Required Skills

• Advanced contract management capability across tendering, negotiation, award and post-signature administration
• Advanced knowledge of contractual and legal environments
• Procurement strategy development
• Procurement sourcing
• Market intelligence application for supplier qualification, cost optimisation and sourcing decisions
• SAP management
• Supplier relationship management
• Supply management and optimisation
• Strong capability in planning, organising, coordinating and controlling procurement activities
• Problem solving and advanced human relations skills
• Result-oriented approach with strong customer focus and interpersonal effectiveness
• English language proficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• French language skills
• Arabic language skills

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.