Contracts Lead – Operations & Maintenance

Serica Energy plc; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

Contracts Lead – Operations & Maintenance

Location: Onshore Aberdeen, opportunity for hybrid working

Reports to: The Contracts & Procurement Manager

The Role

Focal point within the PSCM team for all Contracts and Procurement activities in relation to the Operations & Maintenance Category supporting the relevant business function ensuring that cost-effective, high performing contracts and agreements are delivered and controlled in a professional and ethical manner.

Deliver timely contract support across the business ensuring compliance with the Company processes and procedures whilst ensuring that the Company is not exposed to unnecessary contractual or commercial risk in the course of its business.

What we are looking for in potential candidates:

• Takes full responsibility for health, safety, wellbeing and environmental obligations in all procurement activities.
• Delivers integrated Supply Chain support in an Exploration & Production environment, particularly across Operations & Maintenance suppliers and contractors.
• Consolidates functional demand to ensure consistent market engagement.
• Ensures all procurement activities follow Company procedures and industry good practice.
• Leads category planning for assigned spend areas and coordinates category strategy across Operations & Maintenance with key stakeholders.
• Leads development of prequalification’s, RFIs, RFQs and bid lists.
• Manages tendering, evaluation and negotiations; recommends awards per Delegation of Authority, ensuring fair, transparent processes, risk mitigation and value delivery.
• Works with Legal to ensure contracts properly address commercial, contractual and technical risks.
• Embeds Contractor Performance Management with clear performance measures and continuous improvement.
• Develops and implements supplier relationship, performance and contract management plans.
• Leads or contributes to dispute negotiations.
• Maintains current market knowledge and identifies category trends.
• Monitors supplier KPIs and addresses inconsistencies.
• Evaluates and manages supplier risks through systematic audits.
• Actively contributes to supply chain initiatives.
• Engages with Legal, Finance, Operations, Maintenance and Engineering teams.
• Supports vendor qualification, onboarding and assurance via SEQual or equivalent, ensuring vendors meet capability, HSEQ and compliance requirements.

Your future at Serica Energy

Serica offers the opportunity to be part of a busy, vibrant working environment with a strong culture rooted in mutual respect and trust.

We are passionate about building an inclusive working environment that attracts and encourages diversity. We want our employees to feel that they can be their true self, we recognise the potential that this unlocks and the value it brings.

We offer the opportunity to be supported with further training if required and access to competitive benefits such as:

• Company Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Share Save and Share Incentive Plans
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Personal Accident Insurance and Business Travel.

We also offer the opportunity to work flexibly.

Serica’s Equal Opportunity statement

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and conduct our recruitment and selection process in a fair and consistent manner that does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex or sexual orientation, religion or belief.

Serica will make reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment Process

We recognise that recruitment is a two-way process.

We will acknowledge all applications and communicate clearly with candidates throughout the process. If you are unsuccessful, we will let you know. We will also provide advance information on interview question areas, as well as post interview feedback, for candidates attending this stage of the process.

Serica will make reasonable adjustments during the interview process if required.

If you would like to apply for the role, please send a copy of your CV to our recruitment team, [e-mail].

A copy of the full job description can be found here.