**Job Overview:** McDermott has an immediate opening in Qatar for a Senior Principal Contracts Specialist with a background in EPCI projects. The Contracts Specialist will support the Project Contracts Manager in providing the contractual and commercial oversight over the relevant contractual and commercial project functional groups to ensure contract compliance, overall commercial integrity and timely delivery. **Key Tasks and Responsibilities:** + Manage client relationships on prime contract issues + Flow downs from the prime contract to subcontracts and purchase orders + Client correspondence, including both technical and commercial issues + Manage change, including change orders rights, and obligations + Insurance and insurance claims management + Permit requirements, both in obtaining and ensuring compliance, including local, state Federal requirements, and Letter of credit requirements + Risk management, including risks registers and warranty obligations + Report to both the project directorate and any joint venture/consortium partners on both technical and commercial issues + Provide support to Contracts Manager as the contract and commercial liaison between the functional groups, ensuring arcuate contractual data is used + Provide appropriate support and guidance to the Contracts Manager and the project team for the effective management and administration of the Prime Contract and interaction with the Client consistent with McDermott’s practices and procedural guidelines + Asist the Contracts Manager to drive the change management process by identifying and pursuing opportunities for positive change to the project + Reports directly to the Project Contracts Manager who in turn reports to the Project Director who has overall responsibility for delivery of the project within the required cost and schedule constraints + The Contracts Specialist will receive functional direction and support from the Director of Contract Management **Essential Qualifications and Education:** + Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, or a related field + 5+ years of experience in contract management field experience + Working experience preferably in Offshore, Subsea, or Onshore Oil and Gas related projects + Joint Venture or consortium project execution + Direct reporting to a project director or executive-level + Contractual and commercial knowledge to ensure project compliance  + Minimum of 5-10 years working experience preferably in Offshore, Subsea, or Onshore Oil and Gas related projects + Extensive experience in complex lump sum projects + Preferred English speaking and writing fluently + Bachelor’s degree preferred + Contractual and commercial knowledge to ensure contract compliance, overall commercial integrity and timely delivery + Fluent in the creation and editing of all Microsoft Office Suite documents + Foster an environment of teamwork to maintain high group morale and cooperation + Ability to multi-task, with excellent organizational and time management skills to achieve project goals + Excellent Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills + Good technical background and knowledge of oil and gas construction industry \#LI-RA2 Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably. For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries. McDermott is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.