We are looking for a Contract Specialist to join our Engineering Team in Milan.

Qualifiche, competenze e l'esperienza necessaria per questo ruolo sono disponibili nella descrizione completa riportata di seguito.

Purpose of the role:

- Supporting oversight and governance of the company's contract management processes, controls and tools throughout all areas of operation, including bidding, project delivery and operations.
- Reporting on contractual and risk areas
- Providing assistance in enforcing and defending Arkad SpA contractual interests against customer and suppliers during the whole of a project life cycle, including monitoring and assessment of changes and deviations
- Defending and enforcing claims.
- Managing contractual aspects of claims and disputes to the extent of role’s accountability
- Providing legal, contractual and commercial know-how in respect to Arkad SpA’s partnerships and strategic alliances; (joint-ventures, consortia, etc.)

Primary responsibilities and duties:

- Help ensure the portfolio of contracts in the business follows contract and claim management methodologies in accordance with internal standard procedures.
- Review and comment on commercial and technical tender terms and conditions.
- Help develop contract strategy based on Arkad SpA policies, customer requirements, and the overall execution strategy taking into account risk, pricing, scope, and schedule.
- Identify the contract baseline (including terms and conditions, specifications, drawings, estimate, proposal, schedule and other documents incorporated in the contract) and highlights areas of potential risk.




- Help ensure timely and accurate execution of commercial aspects in portfolio of contracts (i.e. payments, claims, variation orders, warranties, provisions, guarantees, etc.).
- Assist Manager in verifying that both parties to the contract have fulfilled their contractual obligations and there are no responsibilities outstanding.
- Support Manager in assessing success of the contract and determine if there are any lessons learned for future contracting.
- Document and communicate to relevant parties any deficiencies found as part of the closeout process.
- Help Manager develop the negotiation strategy and supports negotiations. Support handling formal dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration.
- Assist Manager in reporting major claims and keeps Legal updated of any critical development during project execution.
- Support drafting of Purchase Orders, Contracts and Subcontracts and ensure that relevant (sub) contracts contain appropriate contract terms to protect Arkad SpA interest, including flow-down of main contract terms.
- Analyze prime contract terms to highlight areas of potential opportunity and risk, such as ambiguities, omissions and conflicts, as work proceeds.
- Help Manager analyse contract insurance provisions to ensure they are adhered to contract requirements.
- Support Manager in ensuring professional advice to Management across either a broad range of contractual and legal issues, or within one specialized area, and help manage disputes and litigations as requested. xysqume
- Liaise with external service providers, including external legal counsel.

Job Details
- Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Legal
- Industries: Oil and Gas and Construction

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📌 Contract Specialist (Italia)
🏢 Arkad
📍 Italia