Administrator, Contract

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Contract Administrator position is responsible for ensuring that all contractual terms are processed and implemented in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with contractual provisions, company standards, guidelines and procedures. Position is responsible for reviewing, processing, analyzing and tracking agreements, amendments and/or contractual correspondence for the assigned asset group(s). Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• Draft contracts, briefs and coordinating contracts, amendments, exhibits, and correspondence for specific types of agreements, ensuring all documentation is properly handled, routed and filed.
• Process contract assignments, including working with legal and customers to ensure proper documentation is obtained and communicated internally.
• Ensure contracts have been properly authorized and all terms and conditions are accurately captured in company systems, including setting up new meters and working with Scheduling for nomination purposes.
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley standards as they apply to necessary documentation and tracking of contract preparation, processing, execution and reporting.
• Act as primary contact for external customers to handle routine contract issues and questions, respond to requests from internal customers, and ensure all appropriate actions are taken and/or communicated to the appropriate personnel in a timely manner.
• Interact and partner effectively with various departments including commercial, legal, land, scheduling, measurement, and accounting departments.
• Participate in special projects and complete ad-hoc reporting as directed.
• Exercise initiative and knowledge of contract and transaction impacts of specific language, clauses and requirements.
• Ensure contract escalations are executed and accounted for properly.

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience in a business-related field is required.
• Experience in preparing and administering contracts in the oil and gas industry is preferred.
• Experience proofreading, auditing, and correcting documents and ensuring accuracy of final documents is required.
• Understanding and knowledge of contract terms, administrative procedures, concepts, terminology and standards is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, with emphasis on Word and Excel is required.
• Quorum experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple levels of the company.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong organization skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.
• Self motivated with ability to work independently with minimum supervision and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to be flexible with changing priorities.