With offices in Australia, Canada, Africa and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is recruiting for a Senior Contracts Engineer to join our growing team in Mississauga Ontario.

Reporting to the Procurement and Contracts Manager, the Senior Contracts Engineer will have the capacity to work independently while fulfilling the responsibilities detailed below.

The tasks you'll perform

1. Develop and update in conjunction with the Project Manager and the Client suitable contract terms and conditions as well as contract structures to suit each specific scope of work.
2. Ensure that specific contract management activities are conducted to the highest quality, ethical and general business standard.
3. Ensure there is compliance with the project contracting and contract management plans, schedules, budgets and ensure that project and contract deliverables are achieved within the nominated timeframes and are to a consistently high standard.
4. Comply with procedures, standards, and policies.
5. Assist in the development of procedures and standards.
6. Provide specialist advice in designated areas of expertise.
7. Assist and in instances take the role in resolution of claims, pending matters or disputes with contractors to ensure timely and effective closure of all contracts.
8. Represent the project team in all contracts related issues.

The expertise you'll bring

1. Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in law or another related field.
2. Must have extensive knowledge of contract management, arbitration, construction/project law, claims, change orders, mediation, commercial/contractual close-out of project, etc.
3. Minimum of seven years’ experience in the contracts area.
4. Have appropriate practical experience in preparation and negotiation of complex technical contracts in EPC Project life cycle especially in the industries of Mining and Minerals, Oil and Gas, Refinery or Petrochemical.
5. Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision with consistently high degree of accuracy and producing a high quality of deliverables.
6. Effectively communicate with colleagues, subordinates, clients, and contractors to meet targets.
7. Demonstrate recognised contract management skills within the industry.
8. Demonstrate a superior understanding and awareness of contract management, standard and model terms and conditions.
9. Ability to achieve consistently high standards within budget and schedule constraints.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

1. Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
2. Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
3. Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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