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Contract Advisor

  • Calgary, AB, Canada

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Original job description

Our client, a major energy producer in Canada, is searching for a Contracts Advisor to support capital and business-unit projects across its sites. Reporting into the contracting and procurement team, you’ll work closely with project execution teams and contractors to keep projects commercially on track from sourcing through close-out.

Responsibilities

  • Support project-specific SCM execution plans (sourcing, commercial and contracting strategies) through each stage of a stage-gate capital project process
  • Coordinate the negotiation, execution and administration of complex, high-value contracts, mitigating risk and protecting value
  • Develop scopes of work and manage contracts, sub-agreements and change orders through the change management process
  • Plan and lead progress meetings for assigned contracts, capturing actions and driving them to close
  • Work with project teams, Legal, Finance, EH&S and Category Management to keep SCM activities aligned
  • Oversee contractor pre-qualification, contract administration through close-out, and adherence to signing authorities

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in contracts administration on capital or sustaining-capital projects, on the owner, EPC or EPCM side
  • Hands-on SAP experience (required) and strong Excel skills
  • Full contract lifecycle experience, from RFP through close-out, including change orders, claims and amendments
  • Working knowledge of contract and procurement law: indemnities, LDs, risk allocation, compensation models
  • A post-secondary education in business or supply chain management (preferred); SCMP is an asset
  • Confidence leading meetings and negotiations with contractors and internal stakeholders

Details

  • In person at their head Calgary office
  • 40 hrs/week, Mon–Fri
  • Contract length: 1 year
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Responsibilities

Support sourcing, commercial, and contracting strategies for capital projects, and negotiate, execute, and administer complex contracts from RFP through close-out. Coordinate with project teams and internal functions, manage scopes of work and contract changes, lead progress meetings, and ensure contractor compliance and adherence to signing authorities.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of contract administration experience on capital or sustaining-capital projects, hands-on SAP experience, strong Excel skills, and full contract lifecycle experience. Working knowledge of contract and procurement law is expected; post-secondary education in business or supply chain management is preferred, and SCMP is an asset.

Skills

  • Contract Administration
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Contract Lifecycle Management
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Risk Management
  • Scope Of Work Development
  • Change Order Management
  • Claims Management
  • Contractor Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • SAP
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Progress Meeting Leadership
  • Contract And Procurement Law

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Categories

  • Energy
  • Logistics
  • Management & Leadership
  • Legal

Keywords

  • Capital Projects
  • Sustaining-Capital Projects
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Procurement
  • Sourcing
  • Commercial Strategy
  • Contracting Strategy
  • Stage-Gate Process
  • Contract Administration
  • Contract Lifecycle
  • Request For Proposal
  • Scopes Of Work
  • Sub-Agreements
  • Change Orders
  • Change Management
  • Claims
  • Amendments
  • Contract Close-Out
  • Contract And Procurement Law
  • Indemnities
  • Liquidated Damages
  • Risk Allocation
  • Compensation Models
  • SAP
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Contractor Pre-Qualification
  • Signing Authorities
  • SCMP
  • EPC
  • EPCM

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