Job Description
Project Contract Engineer Specialised in Claim
Location: refinery site near Melun
Start date: 02/06/2025
Duration: 6 months renewable
Ongoing RC Transformation project on the GrandPuits refinery in construction phase
Site contracts in an EPCm scheme context
General Transversal coordination
Claim and Counterclaim Dossiers
minimum 15years in EPC/EPCtype contracts claim management including at least 5years for onshore O&G industrial projects.
French and English languages are mandatory.
Working on site is the prefered working scheme with potential days of teleworking occasionnally.
ACTIVITIES
Coordinate theClaim and Counterclaim dossiers:
- Claim Preventive Claim management and Counterclaim awareness and methods sharing with the project team
- Analysis and review of existing Contracts/Claims: provide expertise support to projects for existing Contracts/Claims and corresponding resolution (contracts execution phase / close out phase):
- Advise and direct the projects for on the spot requests with regards to management of claims
- Investigate and assess merit of major claim/dispute
- Provide higher understanding and recommendations for building the Claim dossiers and corresponding settlement
- Assist the project in drafting correspondences and notices to Contractors.
- Perform coordination with relevant internal stakeholders e;g. HQ claim entity HQ Project Entity
Senior contract engineer assistance tasks in relation with Claim and Counterclaim:
- Provide support for all associated contract and procurement activities
- Preparation and issuance of related Minutes of Meeting (MoM) with Contractors for meetings related to Claim topics
- Manage the administration of the associated dossiers
- Analyze and check the contractual validity of all the justifying documents provided by the Contractors
- Contribute to Negotiate Construction Contractors requests for compensation of extra costs presumably suffered
- Construction Contractors prepare claims defense strategies & related documents and settle the claims
- Contribute to Prepare the amendments/Variations to the Construction Contracts for Contract Manager / Project Managers approval
- Preparation and update on a weekly basis of the claims status for all Contractors
- Contribute to Prepare any Letters and notifications
- Prepare slidepacks consolidating and providing status of claims
- Propose solutions and options to manage claim and counterclaim for management review and decisions
- Store the documents in the specific and dedicated area of the project sharepoint.
Contribute to Contracts/ClaimsREX/Lessons Learntconsolidation. Preparing main lessons learnt dossier.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority