Senior 1 Specialist, Contracts

TechnipFMC plc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

TechnipFMC in Houston seeks an experienced Contracts professional to advise project managers on contract strategy and to help maximize project revenues during execution.

You will lead contract risk assessments, prepare and review correspondence, monitor deliverables, and negotiate claims with clients and partners, drawing on 5+ years in contracts and subsea/oil & gas industry expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in pertinent discipline preferred.
• Minimum 5 years experience with contracts.
• At least 2 years experience with Subsea contracts preferred, oil & gas
• O&G industry experience required.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience
• Understand inter-disciplinary relations and requirements
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Ability to provide open and direct dialogue with stakeholders
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in law or a commercial discipline is advantageous
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without restriction. For this position we are not sponsoring or taking over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time

Responsibilities

• Act as a key integral member of the project team and participate in commercial strategic discussions and decisions to ensure that contracts risks are identified, properly evaluated and mitigated.
• Provide the project (including team work onshore and offshore) with accurate summaries of contract related matters including contract synopsis, contract review, contract obligations matrix and guidance on contract requirements.
• Responsible for preparation/review of all relevant contractual correspondence exchanged during project execution to and from the Client, partners, subcontractors and authorities.
• Monitor all project deliverables as well as identify risks and opportunities.
• Assumes overall responsibility for all contractual and commercial issues related to management of change, including ensuring claims are issued within the timeframes set out in the Contract receiving all required internal approvals: prepare, interfacing with involved functions, and negotiate any claims against client, joint-venture partners and subcontractors.

Skills

Contract Management

Negotiation

Scope and Contract Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.

Job Purpose

Advise project managers on contract strategy and ensure that all aspects of the contract during the execution phase are addressed with the objective of contributing to maximize project revenues.

Job Description

• Act as a key integral member of the project team and participate in commercial strategic discussions and decisions to ensure that contracts risks are identified, properly evaluated and mitigated.
• Provide the project (including team work onshore and offshore) with accurate summaries of contract related matters including contract synopsis, contract review, contract obligations matrix and guidance on contract requirements.
• Responsible for preparation/review of all relevant contractual correspondence exchanged during project execution to and from the Client, partners, subcontractors and authorities.
• Monitor all project deliverables as well as identify risks and opportunities.
• Assumes overall responsibility for all contractual and commercial issues related to management of change, including ensuring claims are issued within the timeframes set out in the Contract receiving all required internal approvals: prepare, interfacing with involved functions, and negotiate any claims against client, joint-venture partners and subcontractors.

You Are Meant For This Job If

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience in pertinent discipline preferred.
• Minimum 5 years experience with contracts.
• At least 2 years experience with Subsea contracts preferred, oil & gas
• O&G industry experience required.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience
• Understand inter-disciplinary relations and requirements
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Ability to provide open and direct dialogue with stakeholders
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in law or a commercial discipline is advantageous
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without restriction. For this position we are not sponsoring or taking over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time

Additional Skills

• Interpersonal skills, including but not limited to:
  • Organizational Skills/Time Management
  • Ability to manage change
  • Professional delivery
  • Cost aware
  • Results focused
  • Proactive / committed approach
  • Good team player
  • Self-motivated and persistent.
  • Decision Making
    

Skills

• Contract Management
• Scope and Contract Management
• Negotiation

Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture.

TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.