Commercial Assistant Placement Aberdeen 2024

TAQA is committed to helping its employees and contractors work more flexibly to suit both their own and the Company's needs.

Compressed Working Week (CWW)

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW) in order to help achieve a healthy work-life balance. The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.

Opportunity

The successful student will gain the following:

• Working within the TAQA Commercial team based in Aberdeen and supported by experienced colleagues, the placement student will have the opportunity to acquire considerable industry knowledge through working closely with multiple teams within the organisation.
• Knowledge and experience of industry technical specifications and standards.

Basic purpose of the role

• Provide basic commercial and business analysis support to Commercial Team.
• Provide cover to junior / administrative roles within Commercial Team.
• Supported by senior commercial colleague(s) provides support to a full range of commercial activities related to the management of TAQA’s operated and non-operated interests.
• The role will provide the incumbent with a comprehensive understanding of the operational, commercial, and economic realities of the oil and gas business and lead to a potential future career in the industry.

Key responsibilities

The main duties will be to

Provide basic commercial and business analysis support to Commercial Team, for example:

• Provides basic commercial support associated with key oil and gas agreements (e.g. maintaining databases, tracking data, preparing daily / weekly / monthly reports, preparing agreement summaries, etc.).
• Attend partner Operating Committee meetings.
• Prepares minutes / meeting notes / documenting discussions / key activity / recommendations.
• Support Commercial Advisors with day to day / basic administrative aspects associated with joint operating agreements, UK ETS , issuance of weekly reports, etc.

Job dimensions

• Financial Authority: None
• Budget Responsibility: None

Qualifications, experience and skills

Qualifications/training

Essential:

It is envisaged that a suitably qualified / motivated under-graduate will spend his / her 3rd Year of relevant degree in the role. For example, but not limited to:

• Management (BA Hons)
• Accounting and Finance (BA Hons)
• Management with Marketing (BA Hons)
• Management with Human Resource Management (HRM) (BA Hons)

Additional skills/requirements

• Able to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Able to read and interpret commercial agreements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels (during discussions, in writing or via presentations)
• Strong planning and organisational skills
• Ability to be proactive, pragmatic and deliver results
• Excellent attention to detail.

Interactions

Internal interactions:

• Commercial Colleagues
• Finance / Economics/ Tax team
• Legal team
• Operations
• Projects

External interactions:

• Joint Venture Partners

Location

• This position will be based at TAQA House, Prime Four Business Park, Kingswells, Aberdeen, AB15 8PU.