Contracts Specialist

2 weeks ago

Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Kraken Robotic Systems Inc. Full time

Kraken Robotics offers a unique career opportunity to work with an internationally recognized leader in ocean technology that is harnessing our world class talent to provide superior subsea solutions for global security, environmental, and scientific challenges. Our highly talented team design and manufacture technology platforms for NATO navies and commercial clients throughout the world and provide acoustic 3D Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) data solutions and imaging in the offshore energy sector with increasing focus on offshore renewables.

Kraken Robotics is currently recruiting a Contracts Specialist. The Contracts Specialist is a core member of the commercial team, reporting to the Commercial & Tender Manager, responsible for advising on all contracting and compliance issues across Kraken business units, with exposure to projects globally. The role will engage with the business at all levels to provide guidance and support on contractual and compliance issues.This position can be based out of our office in either Mount Pearl, NL, Canada or Aberdeen, Scotland, UK .

Qualifications
  • Prior international experience with a Marine Technology, Subsea services provider.
  • Experience in offshore renewables and defence sector is highly desired.
  • Previous experience in a commercial/contracting environment with strong commercial awareness and effective negotiation skills are essential.
  • Knowledge of standard industry contracts, such as IMCA, BIMCO and LOGIC as well as knowledge of a variety of contract documentation such as, framework agreements, supply contracts, JV's, partnership, NDA's, etc.
  • Highly proficiency in various office 365 tools, including Teams and SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Preferred Skills:
    • Prior international experience with a Marine Technology, Subsea services provider.
    • Experience in offshore renewables and defence sector is highly desired.
    • Previous experience in a commercial/contracting environment with strong commercial awareness and effective negotiation skills are essential.
    • Knowledge of standard industry contracts, such as IMCA, BIMCO and LOGIC as well as knowledge of a variety of contract documentation such as, framework agreements, supply contracts, JV's, partnership, NDA's, etc.
    • Highly proficiency in various office 365 tools, including Teams and SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Responsibilities
  • Reviewing and qualifying terms and conditions contained within client invitations to tender, including insurance requirements.
  • Reviewing and negotiating legal documentation with external parties including subcontracts, terms and conditions, NDAs, MoUs, contractor agreements, parent company guarantees etc.
  • Advise sales and commercial teams on steps to mitigate potential contractual and commercial risks.
  • Participate in reviews of complete bids to ensure consistency and avoid double up with commercial and technical qualifications.
  • Prepare contractual risk summaries to present to the management team as part of bid review/ approval process.
  • Attend client meetings as required to finalise and agree acceptable terms and conditions for contracts.
  • Assist in developing and maintain contracting principals to support Kraken bid teams.
  • Provide support with preparing Invitations to Tender for subcontractor services and evaluation of proposals received for selection of subcontractors.
  • Assist in developing contract summaries to ensure key contract terms are presented to and understood by project teams and provide contractual support during project execution.
  • Assist in developing subcontract agreements for major projects when required, ensuring flow down of terms from main contract terms and conditions.
  • Assist in developing standard contract templates for use by functional groups to ensure consistency across the group.
  • Support Commercial Team to maintain accurate records of all company agreements, including property and facility agreements.
  • Support Commercial Team to develop and deliver training on contract terms and other legal issues to raise commercial/ contractual awareness across the business.
  • Maintain current knowledge of contracting principals and compliance.
  • Assist in creating and revising policies and procedures across the Kraken Group.
  • Carry out other in-house contracting related tasks as required.
Additional Information

Want to apply your skills, knowledge and expertise to push the boundaries of underwater intelligence - which help governments defend and make our oceans safe, or ensure critical offshore energy and communications infrastructure is installed and maintained efficiently? If innovation drives you, and you want a career that makes a difference, helping humanity overcome the challenges in our oceans - safely, efficiently, and sustainably - then come join us at Kraken Robotics.

Kraken offers an attractive and competitive compensation package designed to reward our team for a job well done. With locations around the world, we support remote working packages and encourage professional and cultural collaborations. Kraken is an equal opportunity employer focused on promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion and we value the diversity of our team that contributes to our company growth and development.


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