Claims Specialist / France

Are you an experienced Claims Specialist, with experience in the Energy or Construction Industry, in particular EPC contracts? The below opportunity could be for you.

Objectives:To provide technical assistance around claims management for projects under the supervision of the claim manager.

Description :

Development of Claim management field:

• Participate in developing a presentation to share contents of the existing Claim & Dispute management procedure,
• Participate in the organisation of mini-seminars, REX and training as required.

Claim & Dispute Management Guide - Prevention and resolution

Participate in the creation of a good practices guide as follows:

• Definition of a process to prevent or mitigate Claims and disputes starting from contractual strategy and continuing during execution phase for EPC type of contracts.
• Assessing internal tools and methods to prevent claims and disputes.
• Develop and update tools to manage existing claims i.e. claim summary, assessment tables, team coordination, interviews guidelines etc…
• Participate in developing a training module to share Good practices in claims management in accordance with the good practice guideline

Existing claims and disputes:

• Support contract and project teams in their work with regards to contract management to prevent and avoid future claims and disputes at every phase of the project as and when required,
• Guide and support the projects in managing existing claim and dispute i.e. assess the merit of the claim by seeking and reviewing all relevant documentation, interview project team, built a strategy, implement strategy, negotiate with contractors etc… and work with legal and product lines as necessary.
• Propose survey format to question projects with regards to existing claims and identify potential involvement of the procurement entity.

Desired Profile:

• Mandatory experience in Claim management,
• Mandatory knowledge and understanding of the energy sector (oil and gas) and construction projects,
• Experience in dispute management mandatory (i.e. alternative dispute resolution/arbitration),
• Mandatory experience in contract and correspondences drafting (contract engineer preferred),
• Experience in EPC contracts (tendering, negotiation and execution phase),
• High proficiency in English and French (Desirable)
• All backgrounds are welcome i.e. law, engineering, marketing, business… as long as the above criteria are met.