Project Contract Engineer Specialised in Claim

Project Contract Engineer Specialised in Claim

Location: refinery site near Melun

Start date: 02/06/2025

Duration: 6 months renewable

Ongoing RC Transformation project on the GrandPuits refinery in construction phase

• Site contracts in an EPCm scheme context
• General Transversal coordination
• Claim and Counterclaim Dossiers

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years in EPC/EPC type contracts claim management including at least 5 years for onshore O&G industrial projects.
• French and English languages are mandatory.

Work Scheme

Working on site is the preferred working scheme with potential days of teleworking occasionally.

ACTIVITIES

Coordinate the Claim and Counterclaim dossiers:

• Claim Preventive, Claim management and Counterclaim awareness and methods sharing with the project team,
• Analysis and review of existing Contracts/Claims: provide expertise support to projects for existing Contracts/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.
• Perform coordination with relevant internal stakeholders e.g. HQ claim entity, HQ Project Entity, Legal,...etc

Senior contract engineer assistance tasks in relation with Claim and Counterclaim:

• Provide support for all associated contract and procurement activities,
• Preparation and issuance of related Minutes of Meeting (MoM) with Contractors for meetings related to Claim topics,
• Manage the administration of the associated dossiers,
• Analyze and check the contractual validity of all the justifying documents provided by the Contractors,
• Contribute to Negotiate Construction Contractors’ requests for compensation of extra costs presumably suffered
• Construction Contractors, prepare claims defense strategies & related documents and settle the claims,
• Contribute to Prepare the amendments/Variations to the Construction Contracts for Contract Manager / Project Manager’s approval,
• Preparation and update on a weekly basis of the claims status for all Contractors
• Contribute to Prepare any Letters and notifications,
• Prepare slidepacks consolidating and providing status of claims,
• Propose solutions and options to manage claim and counterclaim for management review and decisions,
• Store the documents in the specific and dedicated area of the project sharepoint.

Contracts/Claims REX/Lessons Learnt consolidation:

• Preparing main lessons learnt dossier.