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Cradter Nigeria Limited Job Vacancies, March 2017
Cradter Nigeria Limited is an Oil and Gas Services, Support and
engineering Company dedicated to providing comprehensive Services to all
sectors of the Oil and Gas industry.
We are seeking to recruit qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Contract Specialist
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the tendering, evaluation and negotiation process in
relation to the award of high value/complex drilling and wells related
contracts and agreements and makes recommendations to management on
contractor selection and contract award.
- Develops ITT packages and administration of contract agreements and documentation;
- Commercial management of long-term master service contracts;
- Prepares detailed quantitative and qualitative evaluation of tenders including assessment of contract risk;
- Maintains an up to date understanding of the short, medium and
long term strategic and operational requirements of the drilling and
wells dept. and ensures team resources and services are appropriately
aligned with business objectives.
- Takes a lead role in identifying and developing opportunities to
create value and improve service delivery across the drilling and wells
business through effective contract management techniques.
- Development and presentation of detailed contract award recommendations to management.
- Provision of post-award administration support including contract amendment and variation administration.
- Responsible for key supplier performance and relationship
management including frequent performance feedback sessions, utilising
FPAL feedback where necessary.
- Direct contractual and commercial negotiation in accordance with
contracting principles, ensuring risk mitigation and commercial
optimisation;
- Provides specialist advice and guidance to wells management on contracting and other supply chain matters.
- Liaises with key internal stakeholders to evaluate tenders, obtain contract award approvals and contract execution.
- Development and management of detailed procurement plans.
- Mentor/ coach less experienced members of the team, assisting in
managing performance and actively contributes to the recruitment of
team members
- Acts as a key negotiator in relation to drilling and wells contract dispute resolution.
- Ensures that the Supply Chain department Procurement Plan is
kept up to date on a month-end basis as a minimum or more regularly as
may be required.
Qualifications/ Training
Essential:
- Educated to Degree level, preferably in a Business/ Commercial or Quantity Surveying related discipline.
Preferred:
- Working towards Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) accreditation
Experience/ knowledge/Skills
Essential:
- Substantial experience gained in an oil and gas contracts
administration role, performing comparable duties in an operator or
topside service company setting.
- Strong experience in contract and commercial negotiations.
- Detailed knowledge of LOGIC model contracts.
- Proven ability to deal with many key suppliers, build relationships and communicate effectively.
- Ability to develop relationships with internal stakeholders in operations, engineering and legal departments;
- Strong attention to detail with excellent administration and presentation skills.
- Considerable experience of Microsoft office packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Preferred:
- Extensive experience in drilling and wells projects / contracts.
- Considerable experience gained in an oil and gas contracts administration role
- Knowledge of Oracle/ Maximo or similar ERP or procurement & materials systems
- Previous experience gained within a Drilling/ Wells environment.
- Willing to be 'hands on' to manage all types of contracts, large and small
- Decommissioning experience.
Additional Skills/ Requirements:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong numeracy and commercial evaluations skills
- Proven negotiator
- Confident and assertive
- Self starter
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team.
Job Title: Head of Technical Training (Oil & Gas)
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- Plans & Implements technical training programme for the
Graduate Engineer Trainees and Operator/Technician trainees in
consultation with the technical departments in the company to ensure
structured development of trainees within the company.
- Reviews & recommends technical training for
professionals/Engineers working in technical department in consultation
with departmental manager & technical Training Specialist to upgrade
technical knowledge & skills of the technical
professionals/Engineers.
- Evaluates Scholar’s Technical training education in various
universities and Recommends for the programme for the approval to ensure
that the programme/curriculum meets company’s technical requirements.
- Consults with cross functional project teams, leaders and/or
stakeholders on technical training programmes and develop &
implement customised technical training solutions with external subject
matter experts.
- Researches and studies advancements in educational technologies
and methods; evaluates effectiveness of training and development
programs to improve technical training provision of the technical
learning centre.
- Provides strategic consulting in all aspects related to
technical training for organization-wide initiatives and participates in
the design, development and implementation of training programs of a
broad organizational scope to meet learning & development
objectives.
- Oversees the delivery of technical training
specialists/Instructors and practical training & facilities at
workshop/laboratories to ensure high standard of Technical training to
the company trainees.
- Coordinates with upstream & downstream technical functions
of the company on On-Development Technical Training for Engineers &
Technicians to provide technical training solutions for Individual
Development Programme.
- Overall responsible for end to end technical training process
for engineers, technician, and operators that includes Design of
curriculum, arrange/conduct class room & practical training, monitor
the progress and conduction of tests & issuing certification.
- Evaluate & arrange expert from industry/training providers
on technical subjects for the class room training to impart best
training quality.
Skills and Experience
- Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Chemical/Mechanical Engineering, Post Graduate Degree qualification is preferred.
- Essential: Experience in the Downstream Oil & Gas Sector
- Minimum of 6 years of post-qualification experience Technical
Training in oil & Gas/Petrochemical/process industry or Head of
Department in Engineering at college/university.
- Knowledge of oil & gas industry technical processes and
subject matter expert in one of the area of Engineering subjects related
to Oil &Gas Sector.
- Extensive knowledge in designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating training plans, curricula, and methodology.
- Skilled in analysing target audience and presenting ideas in a clear, concise manner.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, Presentation
skills with a focus on rapport building, listening, and the ability to
deliver effective training programs.
- Ability to consult with stakeholders to offer important technological and organizational feedback.
Job Title: Subsurface Manager
Location: Lagos
The Opportunity
- Cradter is looking to recruit a Manager in our Exploration and
Production Industry Consulting practice to work within the Resources
operating group with focus on Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Professionals in this practice work with Upstream Oil and Gas
clients to conceptualize, design and implement operational performance
improvement programs and IT applications to support the business.
- They also help these organizations improve operational
efficiency and therefore their margins as well as improve their capital
and operational spend, asset utilization and cash position.
- The successful candidate will bring deep functional expertise in Subsurface and have previous Upstream Oil & Gas experience.
- The candidate will support Cradter to assist clients in
optimization and will participate in formulating and driving emerging
solutions and offerings across the Subsurface & Wells domains.
- This opportunity requires an ability to develop, guide, and
measure improvement programs to ensure tangible performance benefits are
realized.”
Roles and Responsibilities
Work with Account teams to deliver Subsurface Services:
- Assist teams in performing assessments of client Subsurface
processes, projects and approach to evaluate and determine future state
improvements
- Support client improvement initiatives leveraging digital
technologies such as cloud services, predictive asset analytics, and
mobile solutions for improved personnel productivity.
- Support the development of Cradter solutions, assets and project
accelerators around the Subsurface & Wells domain including new and
innovative end-to-end business services
- Document needs and create value propositions for improvement initiatives including the development of Subsurface strategies
- Assist teams in development of business cases to include
cost/benefit estimation, resource planning, scheduling and definition of
KPIs
- Support compelling value propositions and proposals that result
in increased win rates and improved average daily rates for the
management consulting workforce
- Build and maintain relationship with key industry contacts to
include representing Cradter and/ or speaking at relevant industry
forums as requested
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline: 27th April, 2017.
