Contract Specialist (Remote)

Contract Specialist 3.1.5

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process, and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to our clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with the unique needs of our clients. With over 800 employees and 6,000 contractors operating in over 50 countries, our geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.

Airswift is seeking for Contract Specialist to work in Qatar with a major Oil & Gas Company.

QUALIFICATION

• B.Sc. in an Engineering /Equivalent

Responsibilities

• Prepare, manage and administer the contracts. This includes managing the entire tendering process, continuously updating the technical specifications and requirements, enforcing contractual requirements, monitoring contractors performance and applying relevant contract provisions and Liquidated Damages where applicable.
• Tender strategies, and all other related documents related to “Tendering and Contracting” process.
• Monitor contractor performance by following periodic progress reports.
• Liaise with all relevant parties to ensure full contractual compliance. Enforcing contractual clauses Liquidated Damages etc. to ensure that the contractors delivery is as defined in the Scope of work.
• Responsible for timely and quality execution and analysis of routine and ad-hoc reports of contractors performance, including KPIs related to monitored process.
• Proactive identification of process issues related to contractual compliance and anomalies, risks and bottlenecks, including their root cause analysis, resolution proposals, support in preparation of corresponding solutions and mitigation plans.
• Carrying out necessary review and analysis of contract documents, including data and information gathering and provision of expert’s comments and insights
• Identification of improvement opportunities, to revise scope of work & technical specifications for future contracts to ensure optimization of resources.
• Active involvement in various planning (e.g. cost and budgeting) and related activities within contract management; create, gather/consolidate and where required present associated information and insights to the management

Experience

• Minimum eight (8) year experience in Contract Award & Administration along with Planning, Control/Operations.
• Experienced in working in challenging environments and comfortable in working in a multinational team.
• Good command of English – both written and spoken.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and facilitation skills.
• Analytical, creative/innovative problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with appropriate priority.
• Self-starter/self-management/self-drive and ability to work without close monitoring.
• Resilient under pressure (both internal and external)
• Strong ability to deal with competing priorities and complex issues
• Expert Practical knowledge/application of MS Office tools like Excel, Power Point and other standard programmes for contract administration, including but not limited to SAP.