Senior Claims Specialist/Senior Contract Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Claims Specialist / Senior Contract Engineer for one of our clients with the following details :

Service Location : Paris-La Défense, France

Start : 6 May

Duration : 12 months purchase order duration

Execution modality : Remote - indifferent

Profile Code : GLOBAL ! Indirect Services ! Support Services ! Contract & Procurement ! Expertise niv-4 (Hence Level 4)

Required Qualifications

• Contract and procurement professional with Claim resolution experiences, i.e. more than 15 years in contract management and 10 years projects experience within major international projects, preferably oil and gas;
• Excellent contract understanding and knowledge including tendering, execution and close out phases;
• Good understanding of legal civil and common law system;
• Good understanding of all aspects of the project : planning, time impact, quantum, costs, risk management, project management, technical;
• requirements, local requirements;
• Very good understanding of dispute resolution and negotiation process;
• Ability to manage heavy workload in a fast pace and dispute environment;
• Independent thinking, vision, creativity, influencing skills, decision making;
• Ability to interact with high level and challenging stakeholders;
• French & English proficiency

Activities

The activities deal with worldwide Claims (including Contractor and Company claims and disputes) as detailed below :

• Analysis and review of existing Claims : provide expertise support to projects for existing Claims and corresponding resolution (contracts execution phase ! close out phase) :
• Advise and direct the projects for "on the spot requests" with regards to management of claims,
• Investigate and assess merit of major claim!dispute,
• Provide higher understanding and recommendations for building the Claim dossiers and corresponding settlement,
• Assist the project in drafting correspondences and notices to Contractors.

Preventive awareness (contract management methods, tendering stage and early execution stage) :

• Broadcast contract management good practices,
• Raise awareness of the importance of contractual rigorousness,
• Raise awareness of impacts of deviations from standard contracts,
• Broadcast feedback on lessons learned from existing and past Claims,
• Provide guidance in identifying potential Claims at early stage.

Assist the Claim manager in :

• Implementing the defined claim management roadmap,
• Defining the method & tools related to claims and disputes management.
• Monitoring disputes trend,
• Negotiating frame agreements with delay, quantum and performance experts,
• Delivering the defined improvements actions.

If Interested Kindly apply.