An indigenous Gas Processing company is recruiting qualified and experienced individuals to fill the position below:
Job Title: Contract Administrator
Location: Head Office in Lagos (with Plant and Base Operations in Niger Delta)
Job Summary
Reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer with responsibilities for preparing, monitoring, organizing, maintaining, documenting and reporting the various contracts related activities for Company.
The contracts include Natural Gas Liguid Purchase Agreement Contracts, Product Sales Operations and Maintenance, SLAs and other contracts engaged in by the Company in accordance with company policy.
Protects company's nights and minimizes risk through timely, a curate and efficient contract administration.
Principal Accountabilities
Preparation, review and completion to execution, briefing and filing of contractual documents and related activities
Advises planning and production departments of contractual rights and obligations
Requests for approval amendments to or extensions of contracts
Coordinate work of sales department with production and Product dispatch to implement fufiment of contracts, in areas of pricing invoicing and Product Nominations
Ensuring that daily Product stock / loadings reconciliations are carried out internally and with off-takers and accurately reporting same to management on daily basis
Apply commercial and legal contract provisions specifically related to natural gas and NGL gathering treating, compression, transportation, processing, purchases and sales
Make input and maintenance of contract information, supply planning, contract replication, and transaction confirmations
Liaise with internal and external customers regarding contractual terms.
Coordinate distribution of pricing and other contractual information to Finance / Accounts, Operations team and other internal departments as needed
Interpretation of Contract clauses
Liaise with the Legal depart in the preparation of Claims and leading to Dispute Adjudication
Making input to Contracts Drafting, Evaluation, Negotiation and Execution: Non-Disclosure Agreements, Sales / Purchasing Agreements, Sub-contracts, Licensing Agreements, review of customer proposed terms and conditions
Serve as the point of contact for customers on contractual matters.
Ensuring timely review and approval / reconciliation of agreement variations
Maintain contractual records and documentation such as receipt and control of all contract correspondences, customer contact information sheets contractual changes, status reports and other operational documentation
As needed, provide guidance on contract matters to management or other operational staff
Update and implement the existing procedures for contract management and administration in complace with company policy.
Work with Administration Department Finance to coordinate contractual insurance requirements.
Support Product Management Sales to ensure company products and services are offered with appropriate, competitive terms and conditions
Monitor customer satisfaction with our terms and conditions and contracting practices and communicate feedbacks.
Recommend changes where required.
Ensure that signed contracts are communicated to all relevant parties to provide contract visibility and awareness, interpretation to support implementation
Oversee Service Level Agreement/other Contract Complance and given timely notification to management of any defaults from any party
Ensure contract close-out, extension or renewal are carried out timely as spelt out in the Contract Agreements
Support the Procurement team in purchases and Vendor Analysis
Any other responsibility assigned to you by your supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications
B.Eng. in Chemical or its equivalent
B.Eng / B.Sc. in any of the Engineering fields: Mechanical / Metallurgical / Material Engineering / Production Engineering / Chemical Engineering or Electrical / Electronics Engineering.
A Degree in Law with commercial sense or B.Eng. Engineering Degree with Business Law experience
COREN Registration in relevant disciplines.
Required Experience:
5 years experience in relevant field.
Skills and Competency Requirements:
Knowledge of hydrocarbon Oil and Gas Processing operations is required
Computer experience - basic operations for Excel, Word etc
Knowledge of HSE best practices
Self-motivation to work independently with limited supervision and as part of a team
Effective interpersonal and communications skills.
Needs to be a team player with the workforce.
Application Closing Date
9th May, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Applications to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.