Contract Administrator at an Indigenous Gas Processing Company

An indigenous Gas Processing company is recruiting a highly motivated and experienced candidate to join their team in the capacity below:

Job Title: Contract Administrator

Location: Head Office in Lagos (Plant and Base Operations in Delta)
Reporting directly to: The Chief Operating Officer

Job Summary

• Preparing, monitoring, organizing, maintaining documenting, and reporting the various contracts related activities for Company. The contracts include Natural Gas Liquid 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 rights and minimizes risk through timely, accurate 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 fulfilment 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 causes
• 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 compliance 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.
• Monitor transaction compliance (milestones, deliverables, invoicing etc)
• Oversee Service Level Agreement/other Contract Compliance 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.

Qualifications, Skills & Knowledge
Candidate shall possess

• A Degree in Law with commercial sense or B.Eng., Engineering Degree with Business Law experience.
• Minimum of five years experience in oil and gas Contract Administration
• Familiarity with facility Engineering environments
• 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.

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
2nd March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: ng.staffing.cs@gmail.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.