Contract Administrator

**Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.**

Wood is currently recruiting for a Contract Administrator (contract) with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical, renewable energy and energy transition industries. This position will be hired on a temporary contractor basis for a period of 12 months working in Central Paris in a EPC contractors office on a IPMT contract.

**The Role**

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a large UK energy transition project as part of a Wood integrated project management team in the EPC Contractors offices.

**Our Clients and Projects**

**Designing the future. Transforming the world.**

Wood’s Projects business unit specialises in delivering predictable and consistent results in high complexity projects that include new technology, challenging construction logistics and, or sheer scale. Just like the nature and expansiveness of our sectors, so is our Projects business, in its solutions, abilities and global track record. Across any major capital project lifecycle, we provide a full suite of solutions from programme and project management, to engineering and design, procurement, construction and project delivery.
- All aspects of EPC Contractor contract administration
- Management of contractual correspondence, including preparation of letters and other contractual notices
- Drafting and reviewing of contract amendments
- Management of contract variations, including maintaining a Potential Claims Log, preparing variations and negotiations with the EPC Contractor
- Reporting of status of variations
- Active involvement in client Change Board including regular multi-discipline meetings to review potential changes and approve path forward
- Active involvement in Early Warning Notice reviews and reporting
- Oversight of procurement activities and in particular EPC Contractor’s reporting and any delays/issues
- Review and respond to Subcontractor Prequalification requests from EPC Contractor
- Advice to Project Management on contractual matters

**What makes you remarkable?**
- An appropriate professional technical or legal qualification
- Extensive experience in the commercial and contractual management of EPC Contractors in the oil and gas petrochemicals and renewable energy and energy transition contracting environments, relevant European experience is preferred
- A good understanding of the oil and gas petrochemical and renewable energy and energy transition contracting environments
- A sound working knowledge of NEC Construction contracts is preferred
- Detailed understanding of key contract risks, with the ability to develop and manage risk mitigations to closure
- Broad experience in developing and negotiating variations with EPC Contractors
- Ability to analyse and interpret complex and detailed commercial and contractual issues and to develop and present solutions
- Ability to work collaboratively with clients and contractors, for the benefit of the project
- Ability to work independently and as part of the integrated project management team