As Contracts Specialist, you will provide the business with contracting expertise, support and coordination for contracted services activities.

Reporting to the Contracts Team Lead, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Commercial and contractual aspects of tendering, negotiating, awarding and managing all contracts and major purchase orders. Interfacing with Department Managers, Project Managers and Project Engineers to develop scopes.
• Maintaining effective compliance to BMS in accordance with company procedures and systems including risk and opportunity sensitivities.
• Arranging all project bonds, guarantees and insurances as required.
• Providing commercial and contractual advice to Department Managers and Project Management Teams (PMT).
• Liaising with Project Managers and Project Engineers leading to negotiation and execution of all Variation Orders (VO) with contractors.
• Highlighting any major commercial or contractual risks or issues to the relevant Managers and work with them to ensure optimum solution.
• Project close-out activities – ensuring signature of acceptance, performance feedbacks and satisfactory monitoring of bonds / warranty etc.
• Assisting Contracts Team Lead in identifying and implementing business improvements
• Reviewing and updating the Procurement Register.
• Coordination and delivery of department initiatives as required e.g. systems and procedures, lessons learned (capture and feedback).
• Responsibility for tendering, negotiation and administration of allocated Frame Agreements.
• Analysing commodity spend information; including market analysis and develop sourcing strategies.
• Preparing and expediting signature of internal approval documents e.g. Contract Commitment Request.
• Ensuring adherence of contractor to the contract / project administration procedures.
• Claims Management.
• Assisting Project Manager in contractual matters during the project duration.
• Assisting the Contract Holder with supplier management activity including performance reviews.
• Attending vessel dry dockings where requested to manage key supplier variations.

Applicants to this position should offer previous experience in a similar role, with strong commercial acumen and knowledge of supply chain processes. You will ideally be educated to degree level in an appropriate discipline, and hold a CIPS qualification (or equivalent). Experience of working with subcontracts, as well as marine and vessel projects would be a benefit.