Contract Manager

Company Description:

Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects for the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. Saipem is “One Company” organized into business lines: Asset Based Services, Drilling, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures, Robotics & Industrialized Solutions. Always oriented towards technological innovation, the company’s purpose is “Engineering for a sustainable future”. As such Saipem is committed to supporting its clients on the energy transition pathway towards Net Zero, with increasingly digital means, technologies and processes geared for environmental sustainability. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, it is present in more than 50 countries around the world and employs about 30,000 people of over 130 nationalities.

Project: FPSO Kaminho

Job Title: Contract Manager

Location: China

Job Description:

MISSION

• During the contract execution phase, analyze and manage the contract terms, exploring contractual solutions and alternatives in order to minimize risks and optimize opportunities

TASKS

• Manage and coordinate contract management activities ensuring that all aspects of the contract during the negotiation and execution phase are correctly addressed

• Ensure that Golden Rules and Silver Guidelines are implemented

• Manage the resources involved in contract management activities, develop relevant professional competences and identify project staffing needs

• Supervise the application of Saipem guidelines and standards relevant to contract management

• Provide all necessary reports regarding contract management matter to the corporate/company/project management

• Ensure collection and sharing of lessons learned, feedbacks and returns of experience on issues/criticalities encountered during contract management activities

• Ensure, for the area of its remit, application of the industrial risk management methodology

• Recover bid contractual summary, any legal analyses and other support documentation prepared during tender phase

• Verify the completeness of contract documents (consistency check), supervise their distribution to project team members and regularly execute contract induction meetings

• Assist the Project Manager in developing the contract management execution strategy and ensure change process on the project, including appropriate claim management actions

• Ensure that all project specific contracts for goods, services or subcontracts are drafted incorporating contractual obligations and assisting the Project Manager in identifying critical packages (subcontractors and vendors) requiring special monitoring of contract risks

• Participate in the periodical project budget review meetings

• Review regulatory requirements

• Review, update and complete all partner agreements according to contract/project development

• Coordinate the contractual documentation filling

• Ensure the contribution to the Legal function for the management of preliminary activities of litigations and contribute during the following activities

What are we looking for?

Languages: Advanced English Level is a must

Technical Knowledge:

• 10 to 15 Years of experience in O&G, EPCI Contracts.

• Experience with Floater projects.

• Experience in Chinese yards is a plus.

What we can offer to you:

• 12 months contract (renewable)

• Corporate Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance.

• Our One Saipem Way soft skills model leverages on skills development, career growth, opportunities to innovate through complex challenges by promoting communication and collaboration to achieve common goals.

Additional Information

We embrace diversity! At Saipem, we believe that innovation thrives through diversity. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we stand against discrimination based on gender identity, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of SAIPEM companies unique.

Safety and Sustainability matter to us! Operating in difficult and at times extreme situations, the focus is always on the health and safety of people and the preservation of the natural ecosystem.

Find out more in our website: https://www.saipem.com/en/gpsag