Job Description:

Company Overview:

People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

Here, what you do matters.

Job Overview:

Reporting to the Project Director or the Project Contracts Manager, the Principal Contracts Specialist will assist in addressing all contractual and commercial issues encountered during the execution phase of large-scale, complex engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) projects.

Responsibilities for Internal Candidates

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support the Project Director and Project Contracts Manager in the implementation of a project’s contractual / commercial strategy throughout project execution.
• Upon project award, assist the Project Contracts Manager in disseminating contract requirements within the project team.
• Assist Project Contracts Manager in identifying critical or sensitive contractual issues.
• Assist the Project Contracts Manager in developing an effective working relationship with Client team to ensure timely resolution of contractual issues.
• Support the project team to establish the change management process, setting a culture of change identification.
• Lead / participate in change management meetings to identify changes that may result in entitlement for compensation and / or schedule relief.
• Together with the Project Contracts Manger, evaluate cost and schedule impact of all identified changes both on an individual and cumulative basis.
• Assist Project Contracts Manager with Client negotiations and working towards the timely resolution of change orders and contract amendments.
• Coordinate resolution of contractual issues within the project environment to the extent possible. Brief Project Director and Project Contracts Manager on sensitive issues and support escalation of disputes when required.
• Assist in the administration of all contractual correspondence with the Client including the timely release of notification required to ensure McDermott’s contractual rights are preserved.
• Support preparation of project weekly and monthly progress reports for internal and external distribution as per internal and Contract requirements.
• Support the project risk and opportunity management processes.
• Support Supply Chain Management team to coordinate the administration of contractual correspondence with all Vendors and Subcontractors.
• Assist in the timely notice of external changes (backcharges) to Vendors and Subcontractors.

Qualifications for Internal Candidates

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Minimum 7 years of project execution experience in the energy and / or construction industries (at least 4 of which will have been within a contracts or commercial management role)

Preferred Qualifications and Education:

• University degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or similar is preferred