Company: Saipem

Project: BONNY NLNG TRAIN 7

Job Title: Senior Contract Manager

Location: Bonny Island, Nigeria

About us:

Saipem is a global leader in engineering services for the design, construction and operation of complex infrastructures and plants in the energy sector, both offshore and onshore.

With our five business lines - Asset Based Services, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures, Robotics & Industrialized Solutions - we are One Company present in around 60 countries with over 30,000 employees of more than 130 nationalities, providing the world the innovative excellence of our people and our partners for over 65 years.

Mission
• Provide contractual support to analyse, draft and negotiate the terms and conditions in Client contracts and Partner, Vendor
or Subcontractor Agreements in line with Saipem guidelines and procedures during conduct of business
• Propose suitable contract risk strategies in business acquisition phase that are favourable to Saipem during the
performance of the contracts and / or agreements. Explore contractual solutions and alternatives to minimize risks and
optimize opportunities during the contract negotiation in the commercial phase

Tasks
• Manage and coordinate contract management activities ensuring that all aspects of the contract are correctly addressed
• Review and draft all contractual documents and define the most appropriate clauses of the contract with clients, partners
and subcontractors/suppliers and participate to the relevant negotiations
• Identify the most appropriate contractual solutions and contribute to the definition of optimal risk profile for the Company,
ensuring that the defined risk profile is adequately reflected in the relevant contractual documents
• Support the Commercial Function to perform contract risk assessments (implement Golden Rules and Silver Guidelines) in
line with Industrial Risk methodology
• Manage the resources involved in contract management activities, develop relevant professional competences and career
paths, and identify project staffing needs
• Apply Saipem guidelines and standards relevant to contract management
• Provide all necessary reports regarding contract management to the relevant internal clients (Group, Company and
Contract Management function)
• Ensure collection and sharing of lessons learned, feedbacks and returns of experience on issues/criticalities encountered
during contract management activities
• Ensure the flow-down and transfer of contractual risk from the contract with the client to the purchase orders and
agreements with vendors and sub-contractors, identifying provisions that shall be transferred to passive contracts in relation
to obligations of the main contract or due to the specific scope of work
• Provide contractual support for the negotiation of loans on the markets, bank sureties, active and passive guarantees,
parent company guarantees and indemnity letters
• Provide support, as necessary, to the Project Contract Manager
• Review regulatory requirements
• Review and update and complete all partner agreements according to contract/project development
• Coordinate the contractual documentation filling Organise Contract Management internal handover meeting
• Ensure the contribution to the Legal function for the management of preliminary activities of litigations and contribute, as
necessary, during the subsequent phases

How to Apply:

If you are ready to take on this challenging role and contribute to the success of Saipem's projects, please submit your CV in English by clicking on the link below.