Contract Specialist

Arkad SpA; Italia; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm based in Milan is seeking a Contract Specialist with strong expertise in contract management and legal advisory within the oil and gas or construction sectors. The role involves overseeing contract governance, supporting negotiations, and managing claims. Ideal candidates will have a degree in law or business, with over 5 years of experience in similar roles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in contract management within the oil and gas or construction industry.
• Strong understanding of contractual obligations and legal frameworks.
• Proven negotiation skills and experience managing claims.

Responsibilities

• Support contract management processes and controls.
• Review commercial and technical tender terms and conditions.
• Assist in developing contract strategies based on policies and customer requirements.

Skills

Contract management

Risk assessment

Negotiation

Legal knowledge

Education

Degree in law, business, or related field

Job description

We are looking for a Contract Specialist to join our Engineering Team in Milan.

Purpose of the role:

• Supporting oversight and governance of the company's contract management processes, controls and tools throughout all areas of operation, including bidding, project delivery and operations.
• Reporting on contractual and risk areas
• Providing assistance in enforcing and defending Arkad SpA contractual interests against customer and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations
• Defending and enforcing claims.
• Managing contractual aspects of claims and disputes to the extent of role’s accountability
• Providing legal, contractual and commercial know-how in respect to Arkad SpA’s partnerships and strategic alliances; (joint-ventures, consortia, etc.)

Primary responsibilities and duties:

• Help ensure the portfolio of contracts in the business follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with internal standard procedures.
• Review and comment on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions.
• Help develop contract strategy based on Arkad SpA policies, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy taking into account risk, pricing, scope, and schedule.
• Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk.
• Help ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).
• Assist Manager in verifying that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding.
• Support Manager in assessing success of the contract and determine if there are any lessons learned for future contracting.
• Document and communicate to relevant parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process.
• Help Manager develop the negotiation strategy and supports negotiations. Support handling formal dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration.
• Assist Manager in reporting major claims and keeps Legal updated of any critical development during project execution.
• Support drafting of Purchase Orders, Contracts and Subcontracts and ensure that relevant (sub) contracts contain appropriate contract terms to protect Arkad SpA interest, including flow-down of main contract terms.
• Analyze prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds.
• Help Manager analyse contract insurance provisions to ensure they are adhered to contract requirements.
• Support Manager in ensuring professional advice to Management across either a broad range of contractual and legal issues, or within one specialized area, and help manage disputes and litigations as requested.
• Liaise with external service providers, including external legal counsel.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Legal
• Industries: Oil and Gas and Construction