Contract Engineering Services Personnel at Jope Energy Company Limited – Lagos and Rivers

Jope Energy Company Limited has been and remains committed to the basic philosophy of efficient service delivery. With the development of our foreign & local procurement policy, we also do major trucking, and logistics support to any destination within Nigeria Jope Energy has developed into a fully-fledged industry leader in Nigeria. Our Code of Conduct speaks to the best of who we are and is integral to our continuing efforts to build the character of our workforce and our company.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Contract Engineering Services Personnel

Locations: Lagos and Rivers
Employment Type: Contract

Services Description
Services to be performed by the Contractor shall include the following, but without limitation:

• Verify that company’s Contractual Policies and applicable laws and regulations are adhered to, especially related to ethics and transparency.
• Verify that Contracts comply with the standards of the company and the agreements with the partners.
• Ensure the application and respect of the procedures in the tender process.
• Work closely with the DUET counterpart to create the contracts dossier, develop a clear definition of contractual responsibilities and discuss the agenda including: Validation of contracts strategy, negotiation and analysis of commercial bids, participation in recommendations to award.
• Adapt standard contract templates to local conditions
• Provide professional advice and guidance to all contract owners/entities with respect to contractual matters
• Liaise with Methods and Performance and Domain Manager for timely reporting (not limited to validate and record savings in Agora) and statistics matters
• Keep informed of best practices in contracts procedures in other entities and affiliates for improvement of contracts practices in the Company.
• Promote the use of frame agreements.
• Prepare and maintain an up-to-date list of qualified contractors/suppliers/potential tenders/contracts with updated information to perform market studies; analyze and assess all possible answers from the market
• Participate in the validation of the contracts strategy through: Arranging and attending Contracts Committee Meetings, common recommendation with duet, pre-qualifying bidders, defining target prices, defining criteria for evaluation, establish CFT commercial documents, etc.
• Prepare and send out the dossiers of pre-consultation for Standard or Complex invitations to bid.
• Verify the alignment with Ethics, Compliance, H3SEQ clauses, Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation when issuing all technical contracts and when drafting contractual and commercial terms and conditions
• Verify the Terms & Conditions (standard, general and financial)
• Create contracts from standard templates (where they exist) or develop one (where template is not available) and create outline agreements in SAP.
• Conduct the Terms & Conditions bid analysis and negotiation for the best interest of Company.
• Conduct the commercial bid analysis and negotiation thereby creating a clear definition of responsibilities and documents together with the DUET
• Take the leading role in recommendations to award presentation to contracts Committee in collaboration with triplet.
• Participate in the signing of formal document after approval from authorities and partners and clarification of rights and obligations of both signing parties according to DOA
• Ensures that own contracts are created and managed in UNISUP and AGORA, ensure effective use of tools and systems (Ariba, NIPEX, REX+, AGORA) for optimum productivity.
• Prepare files for the settlement of lawsuits in relation with the legal, insurance and financial department
• Monitor contractor’s performance with Duet, promoting and attending service quality meetings, claims, amendments and contract renewal discussions with contractor and manage and maintain a network with Stakeholders such as NAPIMS, NCDMB, etc.
• Carries out any other duties that may be assigned to him/her from time to time

HSE Responsibilities:

• Be in constant alignment with H3SE Company rules, Procedures, Instructions and applicable legislation
• Take the necessary measures to avert immediate threat of danger. Exercising caution as necessary to avoid danger to persons and installations or avoid pollution
• Participate actively in H3SE meetings, training sessions and drills and co-operate actively in the execution of H3SE plans
• Promote safety culture within Company by reporting of anomalies

Services Personnel Profile

• A Degree in Engineering, Management or Social Sciences (preferably Supply Chain)
• Membership of relevant professional bodies in the Supply Chain and in Operational functions will be an added advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• 3 to 5 years’ experience in oil and gas industry of which 2 years should be as a contract Engineer.
• Demonstrable general knowledge and understanding of commercial, legal and insurance issues affecting the company in general.
• Good command of English language and excellent communication skills.

Deadline: 7th November, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV / Resumes to: cvs@jopeenergy.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.