Senior Subcontracts Engineer @ T.EN Career Site

We are currently seeking a Senior Subcontracts Engineer reporting directly to Subcontracts Manager to join our CommonWealth LNG project team based in Cameron, Louisiana USA.

About Us

Be part of the solution at Technip Energies and embark on a one of kind journey to engineering a sustainable future. You will be helping to develop cutting edge solutions to solve real world energy problems.

Technip Energies is a leading global Engineering and Technology company for the energy transition. With leadership positions in LNG, hydrogen, ethylene, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management, we are contributing to the development of critical markets such as energy, energy derivatives, decarbonization, and circularity. Our complementary business segments, Technology, Products and Services (TPS) and Project Delivery, turn innovation into scalable and industrial reality.

T.EN Workforce Solutions (TWS) is a proud member of the Technip Energies (T.EN) family. TWS organization operates within the Consulting Services business line and is an in-house provider of fixed-term contract personnel, project management, technical, and skilled talent. We deliver reliable, sustainable workforce solutions that create measurable value for clients across the energy infrastructure, commercial, petrochemical and industrial resources sectors.

About the Project

Commonwealth LNG project is a new liquefaction and export facility in construction phase at a site located at the mouth of the Calcasieu River on the Gulf of America in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA consisting of 393 acres. The nominal net in tank capacity of each train facility is 1.55 million metric tons per annum (MTA), 9.3 MTA net in tank capacity for a 6-train facility.

About the role

Senior Subcontracts Engineer supports subcontract planning, packaging, administration and procurement plans aligned with project scope, schedule, risk profile, and commercial objectives on the subcontract activities for an LNG facility construction project. The role manages the subcontract lifecycle from tendering and negotiation through award, administration, variation control, claims support, and closeout, with a strong emphasis on time and material contracts. It will involve providing Construction Cost Estimates or selections for award, formalizing signatures of the subcontracts, and managing the administration of subcontracts at the site up to closeout. Additionally, managing any contractual issues with subcontractors.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in or leads the subcontract development process on the project for vendors.
• Review standard subcontracts to ensure compliance with contracting policy prior to execution.
• Implements and performs subcontracting management process (including prime contract flow down, procedures issuance, bidder long list, master bid package, evaluation of subcontractors…). Ensures sourcing and qualification of bidders, issues bidder list
• Performs preparation, assembly and issuance of Call for tenders, addendums, and tender clarifications.
• Estimates the construction manhours, performs negotiation, formation and award of formal subcontracts.
• Issues feedback and statistic (cost, man hours, productivity, quantities, reworks rates, …) reports/records as per corporate guidelines.
• Leads the field administration of subcontracts (including change order and back-charges management) as per procedures and subcontract closeout.
• Implements subcontracting process of tendering for additional field subcontracts including sourcing, RFQ bids, RFP, offer analysis and award of formal subcontracts.
• Studies justification given by vendors for any extra work orders or claims requested and ensures formal assessment of the subcontractor’s performance.
• Prepares and issues subcontract inquiries, scopes of work, commercial terms, and tender documentation, and coordinates bidder communications, clarifications, pre-bid meetings, and site visits.
• Leads or supports negotiations with subcontractors, with particular focus on T&M contract structures, labor rates, equipment rates, markups, reimbursable costs, terms and conditions, and commercial clarifications.
• Administers assigned subcontract packages from award through final closeout and monitors performance against scope, schedule, quality, safety, and commercial obligations.
• Reviews timesheets, material invoices, labor classifications, back-up documentation, and T&M cost submissions, while maintaining accurate subcontract registers, correspondence logs, commitments, and status reports.
• Evaluates scope changes, variations, and potential claims, assesses entitlement, cost impact, and schedule implications, and supports dispute resolution and claims preparation.
• Works closely with project controls and finance to monitor commitments, forecast final cost, verify T&M labor, equipment, and material charges, and identify cost overruns and commercial exposures.
• Ensures compliance with company procedures, delegation of authority, ethics requirements, applicable laws and regulations, audit requirements, confidentiality, and commercial integrity.
• Collaborates with project managers, construction managers, engineering leads, project controls, legal, QA/QC, HSE, and finance, and acts as a commercial point of contact for subcontractors on assigned packages.

About you

Catch this opportunity and invest in your skills development, should your profile meet these requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management-Quantity Surveying, Supply Chain, Business Administration, or a related discipline
• Minimum 5 years in EPC subcontract management within a large construction or industrial environment
• Experience managing subcontracts for high-value materials and service.
• Strong contract administration and negotiation skills
• Excellent analytical, commercial judgment and problem-solving skills
• Proven knowledge of contracting and procurement policies, procedures, and industry standards
• Strong knowledge of subcontract formation, negotiation, and administration processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and contract/procurement systems.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong communication (verbal, non-verbal, written) skills and stakeholder management
• Drive collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders
• High attention to detail and influential leadership abilities
• Prioritize and manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines
• Ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality
• Ability to present complex information effectively to stakeholders
• Ability to work extended hours away from home

What’s next?

At Technip Energies, we prioritize internal applications and provide timely feedback to internal applicants. Our Recruiting Team screens and matches your skills, experience, and potential team fit against the role requirements. We ask for your patience as the team completes the volume of applications with a reasonable timeframe. You can check your application progress directly in PeopleConnect Recruiting.

Together, let’s be part of the solution!

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