Contract Advisor

Job Description

Position:Contract Advisor
Location: Saudi Arabia
Preferred candidates: Currently in Saudi Arabia

Contract Advisor primary role will be to work with Construction Agency in the procurement and administrations of SFCs, MFCs and LFCs.

Key Responsibilities:
As the successful candidate you will be required to perform the following roles and duties:

• Coordinate and administer Contracts Development and Execution.
• Provides complex technical advice and support from the conception of contract service requirements through the execution of a contract to the termination of the contract or service requirements.
• Coordinates and/or participates in the development of scopes of work for various contract services.
• Conduct Bid Review, negotiation, verification, and all contract related activities.
• Comply with guidelines, coordinates activities and provides technical expertise to assure the proper and timely development and/or maintenance and administration of contracts, maintains conformity to the accepted corporate contracting policies and procedures, and meets the proponent technical/operational requirements in a timely and most cost-effective manner.
• Provides direction on contract actions (i.e., actions required to administer, extend, renew, and terminate the contracts).
• Recommends approval based on technical requirements and contract administration experience.
• Participates in the preparation of financial studies that establish feasibilities for contract services and evaluation of alternatives that may
• be technical, financial and/or procedural/administrative.
• Develops in conjunction with Contracting professional analyses and technical qualification of bidders.
• Develops the scope of work for various contract services.
• Develops status reports for executive management.
• Participates as the contract proponent representative on the Bid Review Team charged with development of a realistic Company
• position on contract terms and the negotiation of these terms.
• Helps prepare the professional analysis or development of bid responses, negotiation offers and counter offers.
• Prepares Company Estimates or works with the Company estimating functions in the preparation of Estimates.
• Assists in the preparation of verifications of contractor cost and escalation or de-escalation amendments.
• Negotiates with contractors as part of a negotiating team comprised of Contracting and contract proponent representatives.
• Prepares responses and helps to represent applicable proponent on Claim Review Panels.
• Provides or helps in the provision for proponent representation in the administration of contracts and participates in the development of financial and technical advice on intent of wording, scopes of service or other clauses that may impact cost and cost/benefit relationships.
• Helps to provide justification and recommendations for changes in contracting procedure or contract format for management approval.
• Helps to perform periodic examination of Contract Administration in the field in order to locate shortcomings or potential problems in the administrative procedures or contract terms and conditions.
• Performs miscellaneous related duties as requested.

Minimum Requirements:
The candidate must hold a Bachelor degree in engineering, preferably in mechanical / industrial engineering with 10 years’ experience on mega project contracting activities in the Oil & Gas Industry, preferably within the downstream sector (Petrochemical or Refinery).

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate an overall knowledge of contracting techniques and must have a high level of fluency in oral and written English, Good knowledge in MS word and PowerPoint.

If you are interested, kindly share your updated CV on yukta.mehta@nesfircroft.com

With over 90 years’ combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world’s leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining, Automotive and Chemicals sectors worldwide.With more than 100 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.