Title/Position: EPC Contracts Advisor

Location:
Canada

Contract Period:
ongoing

Closing Date:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide advice and guidance to the Contracts Engineer(s) on the overall project contracting strategy.

• Provide input to Project Construction Management (PCM) regarding potential market impacts on strategy.
• Gain alignment with PCM and Project Management Team (PMT) regarding timing of contracting activities.

Gain alignment with the PMT on specific issues regarding the contract plan for the EPC package being worked.

• Develop summary of key contractual issues and review/agree with PMT as to the Project's position.  These include levels of indemnity, warranty provisions, etc.
• Similarly agree with PMT on execution related issues such as schedule enforcement (e.g., Liquidated damages/incentives, weather delay responsibility, etc.)
• Ensure the PMT is familiar with the overall ITT, contract structure, compensation strategy, etc., and establish responsibility matrix assigning personnel and timing for specific ITT components.

Participate in overall Contractor pre-qualification and selection process.

• Lead commercial prequalification process
• With input from PMT and Contracts Engineering, create a pre-qualification questionnaire to gather data on potential tenderers regarding financial condition, technical capabilities and engineering & fabrication capacities.
• Coordinate release and collection of questionnaires to potential Tenderers.
• Utilize standard Procurement templates to initiate development of project contractual documents
• Document the review and assessment process that generates the final list of tenderers.

Develop and obtain approval of the contract-specific procurement plan.

• Develop, based on the overall contracting strategy, the specific procurement plan for the EPC package being worked.
• Conduct reviews consistent with Delegation of Authority Guidelines to obtain approval.

Work with the PMT to assemble the Invitation to Tender (ITT) package.

• Lead adherence to a contract-specific ITT Development Schedule and work plan
• Lead Commercial ITT Development (PD and Commercial Exhibits), coordinate reviews with Corporate Functions (e.g. Tax, Law, Audit Controllers, Treasurers, etc)
• Consistent with the responsibility matrix established with PMT, develop the ITT package.
• Ensure applications of Lessons Learned
• Work with the PMT to understand the scope of work to ensure consistency with the compensation model and other information that will be requested from the tenderers.
• Work with the Sealed Bid Administrator to ensure ITT package is complete and consistent with the timing established in the procurement plan.

Coordinate communications with tenderers during the tender period.

• Serve as the point contact for all questions and clarifications (technical & commercial) to and from tenderers and tender evaluation team.  Coordinate Company responses to commercial clarifications and Q&A's during Tendering
• Maintain a database of all correspondence to ensure all questions and clarifications have been properly documented, and issues covered are reflected in the final tender.

Analyze proposals and negotiate with tenderer(s) to resolve all contractual terms and conditions and pricing issues during the tender evaluation period.

• Perform analysis of commercial proposal and provide an evaluation of the pricing provided by the tenderers.
• Finalize negotiations of any contested contractual terms and conditions.
• Ensure that the commercial impact of any contractual or technical/execution issues that are resolved/changed during the evaluation period are accurately reflected in the final price.
• Obtain final functional review of all contract documents (e.g. Law, Audit, Controllers, etc.)

Lead Development of and Coordinate Approval of Overall Evaluation Plan

• Lead Commercial portion of Evaluation Plan Development
• Lead Commercial Evaluation

Work with the PMT to develop and gain approval for the contract award recommendation.

• Provide pricing and other commercial analysis to PMT to participate in development of the contract award recommendation.
• Participate in development of and lead implementation of Incentive Plans
• Develop potential alternate cases that are required to support the recommendation.

Complete the contract and issue for execution.

• Complete all contractual documents consistent with selected tenderer's proposal, subsequent clarifications and final negotiations.
• Ensure all documents and exhibits to be prepared by other functions are complete and included in final contract package.
• Ensure contractual consistency between Principal Document and all other contract components (definitional consistency, precedence, etc.)
• Develop and Maintain final contract files (all components)

Maintain communication with UPP Subject Matter Expert and contribute to functional excellence and Network

• Stay abreast of updates to the Sourcing Handbook, major Capital Projects Supplement to the Sourcing Handbook, Procurement DOAG and other procurement specific requirements
• Participate in functional sponsored/required training, matrix meetings, and other Procurement events.
• Actively engage in assigned UPP Network
• Assist in development of tools for Network

Qualifications:

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

     • 10 years of Procurement or other Commercial experience
     • 5 years experience in a Project EPC Environment
     • Intermediate to Expert Contracting Skills
     • Experience in Construction, Maintenance, Drilling, or Production Services Contracting
     • Detailed knowledge and application of Client’s requirements (e.g. DOAG, AHB)
     • Strong analytical, negotiation and communication skills
     • B. Com/B Eng. Preferred
     • Upstream experience would be very beneficial but not required

Travel / Other:

Please forward resume quoting Job # to:

      fabcon.canada@dovrefabcon.com