Contracts Specialist

Roles and responsibilities

• Consistently deliver solutions which contribute to business results and improved competitiveness (consulting advice, business options)
• Deliver quality solutions/ service cost effectively on time and within risk parameters
• Provide advice that are generally accepted and implemented on programmes and systems, creating a competitive advantage for organization, leading to quality results
• Continuously develop extensive knowledge relating to the field of work and personal mastery in technical skills application
• Deliver cost effective results
• Risk results
• HSE targets
• Conduct research & development that leads to new solutions being implemented in the organization
• Play a lead role for a portfolio of projects
• Solve problems involving multiple stakeholders (e.g. on related Affiliate level and impact value chains)
• Identify, prioritise, and select stakeholder needs in order to set specific technical requirements (involves pre-empting known and unknown)
• Translate stakeholders needs/wants into specific technical deliverables
• Independent idea generation within multi-disciplines/multi-affiliate (tactical impact)
• Analyse work processes and implement actions to improve own team's technical performance
• Develop quality standards, specifications and technical requirements
• Ensure quality of a function's technical delivery by the review and sign off of technical work within the discipline
• Take decisions which optimise total cost of ownership
• Balance cost, schedule, quality as per risk level
• Review policies, procedures and methods and develop where necessary; apply policies with discretion
• Ensure that the quality of decision making with regards to projects are high
• Solve problems on affiliate level and impact related affiliate by enhancing meaningful steps (define, defend, enhance)
• Verify quality of group delivery; manage junior staff
• Continuously research the field of expertise to develop the area with the company; improve technology application and integration
  

Leadership

• Understand, support and live the Ma'aden vision, values and goals
• Expert utilization & direction through selling and obtaining support for value adding ideas leading to business improvement
• Takes accountability for personal improvement, personal development, skills development and effectiveness
• Expertise transfer, sharing and development
• Plan and project management
• Establish policies, practices, standards, procedures and methods; application, review and development
• Deliver expert solutions as a thought leader, to meet changing business & work requirements through Trends, analysis, problem solving and quality decision making
• Process and risk impact, reporting and corrective action
• Extract, capture and disseminate knowledge within knowledge management standards
• Provide technical leadership within the discipline (also acting as coach and mentor within team)

Desired candidate profile

• Bachelors of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 4 years as Snr Engineer
• Masters of Engineering (Specific discipline) + 2years as Snr Engineer
  

Experience

• 8 years experience as Engineer (subject to qualification)
• International experience advantageous
  

Skills

• Expert in analysis and modelling of engineering components, systems, processes
• Effective leadership and management skills
• Operational improvement optimisation, balancing technical, operational and financial requirements
• Advanced competence performing risk Management/Analysis
• Managing portfolios of projects
• Resilience
• Intercultural intelligence
• Conceptualising engineering components, systems
• Able to independently manage own work planning and delivery according to targets; proven application
• Advanced knowledge of technical trends, interpretation and application of industry knowledge
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Expert analytical and problem solving skills
• Results driven (meeting customer expectations)
• Research and development
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Management skills
• Competent in managing projects
• Sound decision making skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Advanced persuading and influencing skills
• Ability to think and interact globally
• Change agent
• Creating and innovating
• Design thinking