Petrofac is looking to recruit a Principal Engineer-Contracts on a permanent basis to be based in Oman Muscat. What we do Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies. We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for the energy industries. Our comprehensive and tailored service offering covers each stage of the project life cycle and a variety of commercial models, giving our clients the flexibility, they need.
Equal Opportunities We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination. Petrofac is striving to develop a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can contribute. We encourage everyone to apply, especially those individuals who form part of underrepresented groups. Applications are also welcome from candidates who want to discuss flexible working or job-sharing requests.
Scope of Responsibilities:

1.Supports all activities related to contractual, legal and commercial issues related to: (i) Contracts with Clients;
(ii) Partnering agreements with potential partners;
(iii) Exclusivity/tie-up arrangements with vendors/subcontractors, including, contractual terms and conditions with key potential vendors/subcontractors;
(iv) Risk review process including, identification, mitigation and management of contractual/legal risks;
during pre-qualification and bidding stage, and until award of the Contract. 2. Primary Duties

• Support all activities related to contracts risk identification, risk mitigation and risk management during the pre-qualification and bidding stage.
• Supports all activities related to contractual, legal, tax, commercial and insurance issues related to company business, contracts with clients and partnering agreements during the pre-qualification and bidding stage.
• Responsible for finalization of qualifications / deviations to the terms and conditions of the contracts with clients.
• Support to carrying out of due diligence on potential partners / Clients (as required).
• Ensure that appropriate guidance regarding legal diligence in new jurisdictions is sought.
• Supports in ensuring that the key contract terms and conditions are presented to the Project Management Team upon award of the Contract and also ensure that a proper handover takes place of the documentation involved with such Contract during bidding stage to the Project Contracts Team.
• Responsible for resolution of major deviations from Vendors to the terms and conditions of Purchase of Goods and Site Services.
• Responsible for any interface / interaction with Group Legal and external law firms during pre-qualification and bidding stage.
• Responsible in ensuring implementation and adherence to HSE and Quality System Procedures during pre-qualification and bidding stage.
• Support internal and external audits.
• Supports to develop and monitor relevant Commercial KPI’s.

3. Job/Cost Impact:

• Responsible for ensuring that the commercial terms of all proposals are compliance with the Company’s risk management processes;
• Responsible for ensuring timely submission of contractual inputs for technical /commercial proposals;
• Supports in finalization and conclusion of partnership agreements / contracts with Clients.

4. Decision Making Authority

• Key decisions on drafting, formulation, negotiation and conclusion of Contracts, Partnership and other Agreements during the pre-qualification and tendering stage.

5. Supervisory Responsibility

• Directs the resource allocation and workloads of a team of subordinates.
• Typically leading a group of professionals or technical staff.

6. Work Contacts

• Sales & Marketing / Business Development Team Frequent
• Discipline Managers Frequent
• Procurement Team Frequent
• Proposal Team Frequent
• Finance & Accounts Team Frequent
• Client Frequent
• Tax Team Frequent

7. Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Risk awareness
• Quality consciousness
• Cost consciousness
• Communication skills
• Negotiations skills
• Mentoring
• Analytical Skills
• Result Oriented
• Team skills
• Proactive approach
• Ability to work under pressure
• Knowledge of technical and commercial disciplines related to oil and gas development Projects
• Exposure to EPC environment
• Knowledge of legal and contractual laws governing Projects
• Computer skills

8. Physical Effort and Work Environment

• Mainly based in the Head office
• International travel is required to attend meetings with Clients and Partners

9. Minimum Job Requirement

• A graduate university degree in Engineering or Business Administration.
• Experience in tendering, finalization, administration and management of Contracts and in finalization of various Partnership Agreements.

If you are selected as a potential candidate, we will be in touch.