CONTRACT ADVISOR – CONTRACT – SURREY
To be considered for the role, candidates must be eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.
Our Client, a global leader in engineering and construction for the energy and infrastructure sectors, delivering complex onshore and offshore projects worldwide, is currently looking for a Contract Advisor to join the team in Surrey.
Woodland Consultancy Services welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates and assesses applicants based on skills, experience and suitability for the role.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven experience on similar role, ideally within commercial phase for wind offshore project.
- Law degree or similar.
- Proficiency in professional English writing.
- Strong legal expertise, including LOGIC, FIDIC, Incoterms, and both common and civil law systems with a focus on contract law and partnership agreements.
- Good knowledge of the Company’s core business areas such as EPC contracts, platform components, Offshore plants and subsea fields installation.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to assess risks, make informed decisions, and align actions with short- and long-term business goals while adapting to market trends and organizational needs.
JOB SCOPE:
Purpose of the position: As Contract Advisor you will provide contractual support to analyse, draft and negotiate the terms and conditions in Client contracts and Partner, Vendor or Subcontractor Agreements in line with Client’s guidelines and procedures during conduct of business. You will propose suitable contract risk strategies in business acquisition phase that are favourable to Client during the performance of the contracts and / or agreements. Explore contractual solutions and alternatives to minimize risks and optimize opportunities during the contract negotiation in the commercial phase
How can you support us?
- Manage and coordinate contract management activities ensuring that all aspects of the contract are correctly addressed
- Review and draft all contractual documents and define the most appropriate clauses of the contract with clients, partners and subcontractors/suppliers and participate to the relevant negotiations
- Identify the most appropriate contractual solutions and contribute to the definition of optimal risk profile for the Company, ensuring that the defined risk profile is adequately reflected in the relevant contractual documents
- Support the Commercial Function to perform contract risk assessments (implement Golden Rules and Silver Guidelines) in line with Industrial Risk methodology
- Manage the resources involved in contract management activities, develop relevant professional competences and career paths, and identify project staffing needs
- Apply Client’s guidelines and standards relevant to contract management
- Provide all necessary reports regarding contract management to the relevant internal clients (Group, Company and Contract Management function)
- Ensure collection and sharing of lessons learned, feedbacks and returns of experience on issues/criticalities encountered during contract management activities
- Ensure the flow-down and transfer of contractual risk from the contract with the client to the purchase orders and agreements with vendors and sub-contractors, identifying provisions that shall be transferred to passive contracts in relation to obligations of the main contract or due to the specific scope of work
- Provide contractual support for the negotiation of loans on the markets, bank sureties, active and passive guarantees, parent company guarantees and indemnity letters
- Provide support, as necessary, to the Project Contract Manager
- Review regulatory requirements
- Review and update and complete all partner agreements according to contract/project development
- Coordinate the contractual documentation filling Organise Contract Management internal handover meeting
- Ensure the contribution to the Legal function for the management of preliminary activities of litigations and contribute, as necessary, during the subsequent phases
RATE: Please quote what limited company hourly rate you would be looking for.
DURATION: Start ASAP.
WORK PATTERN: Hybrid working of ideally 3 days in the office and 2 days working at home.
BENEFITS: Limited Company contract Outside IR35.
We are instructed to only submit to our Client candidates whose qualifications and experience match client’s specifications and can work in the UK.
For more information please contact Sandra Tye.
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