Lead, Contract Engineer EPL

Employment; Doha; On-site; QAR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Employment in Doha, Qatar seeks a Lead Contracts Engineer to oversee contracts processes, establish documentation, and align with NOC standards. You will manage a team of contract engineers and mentor more junior staff, ensuring timely, compliant deliverables across projects.

The role covers bid management, contract strategy, supplier qualification, negotiation, and ensuring HSE alignment. You will work in an interdisciplinary setting to optimize economic performance and maintain high-quality

Qualifications

• 8-10 years post-graduate experience required in O&G contracts.
• Minimum 6 years in contracts domain and minimum 2 years as Senior Contract Engineer in the Company.
• Advanced management and human relations skills.
• Advanced level in contracts technical competencies required.

Responsibilities

• Supervise processes to produce contractual documentation.
• Ensure production of contractual documents is in line with company procedures and ethics.
• Provide a quality, cost-effective and time-efficient contracts service to technical entities.
• Participate in optimization of the economic performance of operations conducted by NOC.
• Lead and mentor contract engineers and administrators; train through field sessions.

Education

BSc Degree in Science or Commercial field or its equivalent

Tools

C&P tools advanced certification

Job description

Category Logistics, Supply Chain & Procurement

Job Purpose

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

The Lead Contracts Engineer works permanently in an interdisciplinary contract environments where he sets up contracts processes to establish contractual documentation and monitors/updates the subsidiary’s contracts processand contracts of various services to be, at all times in line with NOC standards and requirements. The Lead ContractsEngineer manages a team of Contract Engineers and can mentor Senior Contracts Engineers, Contracts Engineers.

Key Accountabilities

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• To supervise processes to produce contractual documentation.
• To supervise and ensure that the production of contractual documents is done according to company procedure and ethics.
• To produce contractual documents according to company procedure and ethics.
• To provide a quality, cost-effective and time efficient contracts service to technical entities.
• To participate in the optimization of the economic performance of the operations conducted in NOC.

Activities

The Job holder liaises with Technical entities and participates to the processes and communication of the contracts entity by performing the following tasks :

• Introduce contracts practices and/or procedures for the establishment of contractual documents, in cooperation with the Partners entities.
• Supervise and train contract engineers through field training.
• Help manage the workload, the assignments and competences update of his/her team of Contract engineers and contract administrators.
• Keep informed or best practices in contracts procedures in other entities for improvement of contracts practices in NOC.
• Ensure that all insurance issues of company assets and personnel are dealt with.
• Use frame agreements signed by shareholders.

The Job holder executes the following contracts activities :

• Prepare and maintain an up-to-date list of qualified contractors/suppliers/potential tenders/contracts with updated information in order to perform market studies.

• Take a leading role in the validation of the contracts strategy through:
• Arranging and attending Contracts Committee Meetings.
• Pre-qualifying bidders
• Defining target prices
• Defining criteria for evaluation
• Supervise the creation of CFT commercial documents.
• Supervise the preparation and issue of the call for tender to contractors and suppliers on the bidders list.
• Ensure the preparation and send out the dossiers of pre-consultation and Standard or Complex invitations to bid.
• Verify the alignment with HSE clauses, Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation when issuing all technical contracts and when drafting contractual and commercial terms and conditions. Verify the Terms & Conditions (standard, general and financial).
• Supervise the establishment of the technical contracts and contractual agreements, directly participate to the most complex contracts.
• Participate in terms & conditions and commercial bid complex analysis and negotiations to ensure that a clear definition of responsibilities is developed.
• Assume a leading role in RTAs through managing in Contract committees and award validation and RTA evaluations.
• Handle the approval from authorities and partners, clarification of rights and obligation of signing parties andthe signature process of formal documents.
• Intervene in the settlement of claims and lawsuits, in relation with the Juridical, Insurance, Finance and NOC management by proposing strategies and actions and participating to the negotiations.
• Ensure monitoring of on-going contracts status, participate in contract renewal and amendments discussions.
• Review supplier performance.

The Job holder ensures Contracts compliance

• Ensure that all local contracts personnel under his/her supervision is in line with the company’s standardized norms and codes of conduct

The Job holder adheres to the H3SE rules

• Take the necessary measures to avert immediate threat of danger. Exercising caution as necessary to avoid danger to persons and installations.
• Participate actively in H3SE meetings, training sessions and drills and co-operate actively in the execution ofH3SE plans.

Competencies

Ability to Execute Ability to Innovate Accountability Ability to Maximize Profits Adaptability & Resilience Agile Agreement and Contract Management Agreement and Contract Negotiations Agreement and Contract Preparation Analytical Thinking Analytical Tools

Education

• BSc Degree in Science or Commercial field or its equivalent

Certification

• C&P tools advanced certification required

Experience

• Professional experience: 8 - 10 years’ post-graduate experience required. Minimum 8 years in the O&G industry.
• Minimum 6 years in contracts domain and minimum of 2 years as Senior Contract Engineer in the Company.
• Personal Abilities: Advanced Management, Advanced Human Relations, Problem Solving and Planning / organizing/ coordinating / controlling.
• Advanced level in Contracts technical Competencies required