Airswift is currently looking for a Contract Engineer to work with an EPC Company based in Paris.

Job Title: Contract Engineer  
Location: Paris
Duration:  12 month renewable CONTRACT   PREAMBLE The specification defines the conditions the requirements for the subcontracting services related to additional resource for the Contract management Team (Contract Engineer) to be performed by the SUBCONTRACTOR on Commonwealth EPC Project. OBJECT OF THE SUBCONTRACT Contract language: English   Scope of the sub-contracting services
The SUBCONTRACTOR will perform the following tasks: The Contract Engineer is fully assigned to the Commonwealth EPC Project (Engineering, Procurement and Construction Project of a LNG plant for the USA (Lousiana), multi-billions USD project), and will be mobilized at Home Office (Paris – France). He/she will embedded into the T.EN (EPC Contractor) contract management team, assisting the Contract Manager for the project execution (management of the prime contract with the client). In general, provide appropriate support to the Contract Manager in the management and administration of the prime contract post signature, consistently with the relevant policies, standards and processes. Monitor timely adherence by T.EN (EPC Contractor), by the Client and by the supply chain to their respective contractual provisions (entitlement checking, notifications, insurances, bonds, certifications, operational, etc) and coordinate any actions required in this regards with other T.EN departments. Perform prime contract analyses on specific topics, when requested by management Initiate, draft and/or review, as the case may be, incoming and outgoing correspondence with Clients, Partners and, if needed, with supply chain. Initiate and coordinate the preparation, negotiation and settlement of change orders, extension of time or other claims towards the client. Additionally, could be requested to provide contract and legal support to the procurement/subcontracting teams for the pre and post award activities of the orders with the supply chain (flow-down/back to back, negotiation of particular terms and conditions, management of claims and other subjects out of usual day to day  procurement/subcontracting scope) (purchasing services) and perform subsequent contract management activities towards the client (selling services). Liaise and obtain when required legal expertise from the Legal Team (corporate, compliance, Intellectual property, insurance, litigation, general legal advice), from other functions (treasury, tax, etc.). Functionally reports to the Head of Contract Management Department. Operationally reports to the Contract Manager, with interactions with the rest of the project management team.
Scope could evolve and be adapted during performance of the service.
  REQUESTED QUALIFICATIONS The services to be performed by The SUBCONTRACTOR require the following skills and experience: Field of expertise in: Oil & Gas Industry, EPC projects (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) in EPC Contractor seat. Contract management towards the client (post award activities of selling services) Negotiation of legal provision of purchase orders (pre-award activities of purchasing services) Knowledge in Compliance, Intellectual property, Insurances English spoken. French is a real plus. Autonomous, rigorous, good communication skills Full knowledge of standards: English law / Common law. Knowledge of the softwares: Nothing special (Office…) PROCEDURES - METHODOLOGY Project Procedures, the State of Art, as well as the Quality Procedures applicable to the relevant project, shall be implemented, in particular for: Quality OF THE ISSUED DOCUMENTS Documents issued by the SUBCONTRACTOR shall have the required quality according to above defined tasks, in particular: Technical quality Content quality (in relation to information contained in documentation) All documents will be written in the contract language
 operational representative may at any time check the work being done by the SUBCONTRACTOR and reserves the right of intervention while performance is under way in order to enforce compliance with the CONTRACT. SUBCONTRACTOR’s contractual responsibilities will not be released. SCHEDULE AND TARGETS The SUBCONTRACTOR will follow the Project Planning targets. These documents are available with COMPANYS FRANCE SAS operational lead representative.