Senior Contract Engineer at IOTA GROUP
Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria -
Full Time


Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

No

Skills

Contract Engineering, Claims Management, Contract Preparation, Negotiation, Administration, Communication Skills, Influencing Skills, Networking Skills, Project Management, EPC Contracts, Transversal Management, Training, Governance, Complexity Management, Bids Evaluation, Lessons Learnt, HSE Culture

Industry

Oil and Gas

Description
Company Description Our client is a global multi-energy company operating large-scale refining and petrochemical facilities. It transforms crude oil into fuels and essential industrial products through highly integrated and technologically advanced operations. The organisation is recognized for its strong HSE culture, operational excellence, and commitment to reducing environmental impact. Joining the company means contributing to complex international projects within a high-performance industrial environment. Typical EPC Package Project spent: 50M$ up to 3B$ CAPEX, with high complexity, for their branches (E&P, RC, GRP) -Extensive transversal management of internal to clients C&P (TGP) entities (Categories, Legal,..) and external entities (Line products, Projects, Technical Entities) -Role of representation of TGP project entity towards the projects and affiliates, in particular during some committees (Local contract committees for instance, shareholders, suppliers meetings,…) -Single Point of Contact and contract referent for designated projects, as required Job Description The activities deal with worldwide Contract Engineering and Administration but also Claims Management (including Contractor and Company claims and disputes) as detailed below: 1- Senior contract engineer for designated projects supported by PJE/AP: • Provide support for all contract and procurement activities required by the designated capital project(s), • Be able to advise and execute on more complex forms of CFT’s: CCFT, OBE/OBT, FEED+, etc. • Develop the CFT package: commercial structure, contract terms, etc. • Evaluate commercial aspects of the bids and recommend award, • Claim Preventive awareness (contract management methods, tendering stage and early execution stage), • Support project team to obtain relevant approvals and/or to go through any kind of gates. 2- Senior referent for some Projects contract engineering: • Participate in defining and coordinating the contract methods for the entity (Contract toolbox, Competence requirement for contract engineers, expertise requirement, evaluation quiz...), • Participate in coaching the contract engineers of the entity (Assistance, advice, training...), • Ensure Governance is followed for Contracts process on projects of his/her perimeter (CFT, RTA, approvals), • Ensure recurrent contacts with the contract engineers/managers of the Projects of his/her perimeter, • Represent TGP/PJE in different types of Project Reviews for the contractual subjects. 3- Coordination with TGP/JUR • Participate to the overall coordination with TGP/JUR/PJE: information sharing, coordination of actions for the on-going projects of his/her perimeter… • Contribute to ensure coherence between PJE, JUR/PJE and Project’s needs. 4- Trainer for some training sessions dedicated to contract within Projects (as ICOP for instance). 5- as required, the incumbent may be requested to be the Single point of contacts for some designated projects (SPOC) (all branches E&P, RC, GRP). 6- Assist and/or participate in Claim Management or Counterclaim process: • Analysis and review of existing Contracts/Claims: provide expertise support to projects for existing Contracts/Claims and corresponding resolution (contracts execution phase / close out phase): • Advise and direct the projects for “on the spot requests” with regards to management of claims, • Investigate and assess merit of major claim/dispute, • Provide higher understanding and recommendations for building the Claim dossiers and corresponding settlement, • Assist the project in drafting correspondences and notices to Contractors. 7- Contribute continuously to Contracts REX/Lessons Learnt consolidation. For each of the dossier, is starting by screening the existing REX and when completing a dossier preparing main lessons learnt to be shared with other contract engineers and to be archived. https://c.smartrecruiters.com/sr-company-attachments-prod-aws-dc5/6881deccab5a4f18bd93b8d6/406978ab-4f3f-4496-9406-cef4ca6fbbdd?r=s3-eu-central-1 Qualifications French : Advanced Ability to influence & manage in transversal : Expert Knowledge of project phases including some experience as package contract engineers : Expert Claim Management : Confirmé Sharing of information/lessons learnt and communication skills : Expert EPC contract professional (15 years dedicated to Projects) : Expert Communication, influencing and networking skills : Expert Ability to work with complexity and challenging stakeholders : Expert English : Expert Contract preparation, CFT, negotiation, administration : Expert Ability to manage heavy workload in a fast paced environment : Expert Other languages : Advanced Additional Information -Location : Nigeria -Starting date: Q1 2026 (ASAP) - Duration: 12 months - Renewable: Yes
Responsibilities
The Senior Contract Engineer will provide support for contract and procurement activities for designated capital projects and manage claims and disputes. They will also coordinate with various entities and ensure governance is followed for contract processes.
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