Contract: Senior Contracts Advisor / Australia

Major Oil & Gas Operator is looking for a Senior Contracts Advisor, with Drilling & Exploration Category experince to join their team. 

Initial 12 month contract 
Located in CBD 
Competitive rate 


In this role you will be responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects relevant to the prequalification, preparation, issue, receipt, opening and assessment of tenders and award of assigned contracts including ongoing administration of awarded contracts.
 
Key responisbilities: 

• Provide transactional contracting support to the Drilling & Exploration Category Principal
• Undertake development, compilation, sourcing, pre-tenders, Invitations to Tender, tender openings, and evaluations of proposals received including all requests for qualifications for assigned contracts
• Develop and/or analyse ITT & contracts documentation for issues (Scope of Work, Terms and Conditions of Contracts)
• Negotiation of Contractors qualifications and exceptions during ITT evaluation
• Coordinate on contractual, commercial, taxation, insurance and legal issues with relevant internal stakeholders
• Ensure Contractor deliverables to ITT/Contract documents are delivered in a timely matter
• Deliver to the contracting schedule in order to meet business deadlines
• Prepare and undertake Contract award approvals in accordance with the Contracting Procedures and JOA
• Finalise award and subsequent management of Contracts
• Takes responsibility and ownership for contract management and engages with the team to track and monitor performance.
• Provide contract/procurement advice to personnel
• Ensure Contract Variations are identified early and advised to Contract Owners
• Ensure commercial and contractual correspondence with contractor is efficiently handled
• Perform post-award contract administration and manage ongoing contract hygiene and enquiries, including uploading changes and amendments, reporting on ceiling breaches
• Maintain time and payment schedules and milestones as per pricing mechanism, and advise payment terms accordingly
• Liaise with project team members to ensure commitments and milestones are achieved and liaise with Contractor to expedite progress mindful of foreseen overruns/claims/ liquidated damages

Skills and Experience:

• SAP Ariba Source to Contract , SLP and SAP ERP experince
• End-to-end sourcing projects and post-award contract administration and ongoing contract hygiene
• Detail orientated, ensuring transactional details are captured throughout sourcing events and post-award agreements are transferred into relevant systems agreements
• Can perform spend analytics to identify trends and patterns in spending behaviour and alert others when there are opportunities to deliver value
• Is accountable for delivering high-quality transactional supporting, and is supportive and enabling of others to deliver