Senior Contracts Engineer

Jobtitel:
Senior Contracts Engineer

Jobområde:
Contracts & Procurement, Operational Services & Projects Team

Lokation:
Onshore, Esbjerg

Job description
Working as a Consultant for Ce-Tec A/S at a Danish Oil & Gas Company.

Situation in organization
Line manager: C&P Team Lead - Operational Services & Projects

Start date: April 1st 2025 (tentative)

End date: 1 year

Scope of work

• Management and handling of Project tenders and contracts, and other projects activity.
• Is an experienced and autonomous contracts engineer supporting the projects team in sourcing EPC contracts and long-lead items, along with being responsible for a range of recurrent field operations contracts.
• Demonstrates personal commitment to the Company’s HSE Policy.
• Prepares, negotiates and issues contracts in respect of Company rules, including HSE rules, internal procedures and applicable external legislation.
• All contract activities related to pre-award (tender phase) and post award contract management
• Conducts market intelligence activities to ensure Company has proper benchmarks for related categories.
• Leads cross functional teams consisting of business end users, contract owners, finance, HSE, legal colleagues in the end-to-end sourcing process.
• Challenge and ensure team have applied both technical and commercial optimization in any contracting strategy by applying thorough scope demand management, standardized specifications and cost consciousness.
• Liaises with other affiliates globally and Company Global Procurement (TGP) to ensure optimization of value by leveraging on best practices and economies of scale.
• Drives functional excellence in the C&P department through streamlined local and global processes.
• Facilitates effective Supplier Relationship Management, including engagement with TGP to establish top quartile Key Performance Indicators with relevant Suppliers.
• Works with internal stakeholders to ensure optimum stock/inventory management is practiced for relevant categories.
• Drives effective Contract Management in line with Contract Management best practices to manage risks associated with contracted materials and/or service delivery to achieve technical, HSE, statutory and commercial performance objectives.
• Presents cases to Local affiliate Contracts Committee, Contracts Boards and Branch Contract Committee where applicable.
• Ensures good administration, filing and update of all the documents in SAP or the central drive.
• Ensures that all approvals, justifications, circulation forms are filed in line with the applicable procedures.
• Delivers the tenders and contracts in time as required for the business.
• Facilitates efficient Contract Management to drive best contract value, utilizing relevant contract templates, framework agreements and industry best practices (e.g. working with business to set contract KPIs, support Service Quality Meetings).

Context and environment

• The Company is a leading offshore operator in Denmark, with high visibility. The fields are mature, and the platforms are maintained and operated with a high complexity index. Purchasing is vital to ensure continuity of affiliate’s operational and production activities.
• The job involves regular contact with local and international suppliers. The jobholder works permanently in an interdisciplinary environment where he/she establishes purchase documents in relation with operations and functional entities. The jobholder supports the management in controlling the expenditure of the company.
• In the current economic situation, the main role of the jobholder is to challenge the external providers with regards to the cost drivers by means of negotiations and RFQ. Optimizing the costs has to be done in a continuous balance with delivery times and quality of goods and services.
• The jobholder must operate in accordance with the planned activities but also be able to react quickly and efficiently in case of operational changes and breakdown situations which may affect the performance of the service, the safety of the installation or the production.
• Interface:
  • Internal: All Company’s Danish facilities entities requiring materials, equipment or services, HSE, Legal, MD, IT Manager, HR, Manager, Finance, HSE, Legal
  • External: TGP, Category Managers, Account Managers of Contractors.

Background/Qualification/Experience required

• Minimum 7 years of professional experience in the oil & gas industry or in similar businesses with proven project experience in a technical and/or sourcing function
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a Technical or Commercial discipline.
• Experience with economics/accounting/ finance, legal and insurance aspects.
• Commercial awareness, skilled negotiator and excellent communication skills for the management of internal & external stakeholders.
• Strong team player working with cross-functional team consisting of personnel of different parts of the organisation, jointly working together on the successful completion of the Call For Tender and the management of the Contract.
• Knowledge of using SAP and MS Suite of applications.
• Languages: Fluent in English in speech and writing.

Contact information
Please send your application today if you are up for new challenges.

Application and CV must be sent via our website www.ce-tec.dk .

Interested? Don’t hesitate - applications are processed on an ongoing basis.