Sr Contracts Advisor - Senegal

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Date: 16 Sept 2025

Location: SN

Company: Woodside Energy Ltd

About Woodside Energy

 

Woodside is a leading Australian oil and gas producer with a global presence. As a diverse and expanding organisation we have many divisions that support our business. At Woodside you will find production and career opportunities, you’ll be valued, recognised, challenged, and rewarded.
Woodside est le premier producteur australien de pétrole et de gaz, avec une présence mondiale. En tant qu’entreprise diversifiée et en pleine expansion, nous disposons de nombreuses divisions qui soutiennent nos activités. Des possibilités de développement de carrière vous y attendent et vous serez valorisé, apprécié, mis au défi et récompensé.
 
The Sangomar field, which contains both oil and gas, is situated 100 kilometers south of Dakar. Work on the Sangomar Field Development has been ongoing since June 2024. These positions are exclusively open to Senegalese nationals.

 

About the Role 

Based in our Dakar office, the Sr Contracts Advisor – Senegal is a key member of the contracts team who will lead and drive commercial outcomes for our Sangomar Asset. The candidate will support the contracting life cycle activities by preparing plans to comply with local content regulations, approach the market, issue tenders, negotiate with existing and potential contractors, prepare justifications to obtain approvals and support post award contract management.

 

Duties & Responsibilities

Lead commercial and contracting outcomes in the designated portfolio area.

Ensure contracts, purchase orders and call-offs comply with the Contracting and Procurement Procedure.

Take accountability of the contracting lifecycle from Category Strategies, Contracting Plans, ITT/RFQs,

Authority for Contract Execution, Negotiation Plans, Tender Evaluation Plans, Contract Variations, and other associated approval documents.

Continually identify and pursue commercial and cost saving opportunities within the portfolio.

Collaborate closely with key stakeholders to ensure evaluation criteria, terms & conditions, and

departures are accurate.

Consult with internal stakeholders to ensure adequate representation and visibility of commercial matters.

Ensure that commercial and contracting services are given sufficient front-end consideration in the development of Category Strategies, Contracting Strategies, and project schedules.

Ensure delivery of business needs to schedule, cost and quality.

Compile and monitor vendor market intelligence.

 

Skills & Experiences

Bilingual (French and English)

Hold a qualification in Business, Commerce, Law, Engineering or similar.

Minimum 10+ years’ experience as a Category Specialist or Contracts Advisory role. 4+ years in oil and gas preferred.

Experience with a full tender life cycle, specifically within the strategy and pre-award stage.

Effective written, presentation and verbal communication to all internal and external levels.

Strong knowledge of Senegal’s local content regulations

Demonstrate people and stakeholder management/influencing skills.

Effective decision making in the presence of uncertainty and risk and considering and balancing business dimensions e.g. technical, cost, schedule.

An individual who is enthusiastic, resilient, and flexible with working on demanding projects.

Strong negotiation skills and experience.

 

 

Position status:           Fix Term/Permanent

 

A career with Woodside is rewarding both personally and professionally.  We offer: 

Une carrière chez Woodside est gratifiante tant sur le plan personnel que sur le plan professionnel. Nous proposons notamment:

 

  • Opportunities to undertake interesting work for a global company

  • Des possibilités de réalisations de projets passionnants pour une entreprise internationale

  • Career development opportunists by working alongside industry leaders

  • Des possibilités de développement de carrière en travaillant aux côtés de leaders du secteur

  • A values driven environment where working together is key

  • Un environnement animé par des valeurs fortes et dans lequel la collaboration est essentielle

  • Financial rewards that are linked to performance through a annual bonus

  • Des récompenses financières liées à la performance grâce au bonus annuel.

 

An important part of this role is the ability to communicate in strong written & verbal English, as such we encourage applications & CV/Resume’s in the English language. To be eligible for this position you must be a Senegalese national with full working rights in Senegal.

Une partie importante de ce poste implique de savoir communiquer en anglais à l’écrit et à l’oral, c’est pourquoi nous vous encourageons à nous envoyer votre candidature et votre CV en anglais. Pour être admissible à ce poste, vous devez disposer d’un permis de travail au Sénégal.

 

How to Apply: Click APPLY to submit your application.

 

Comment postuler : Cliquez sur POSTULER (APPLY) pour soumettre votre candidature.

 

Applications close 17 October 2025