Contract Specialist

Description:

LOOKING FOR LOCAL CANDIDATES AND RESIDING NEAR WORK LOCATION (ROSEVILLE).

ASSIGNMENT IS REMOTE BUT POSITION WILL REQUIRE TRAVEL TO ROCKLIN OFFICE WHILE BEING TRAINED.

TOP THINGS LOOKING FOR:

Contract/Supply Chain experience, understands terms and conditions, strong writing skills.

Job Description:

• Under limited supervision, prepares CWA's, SAA and Change Orders and other contracts.

• Ensure timely contract approvals according to relevant delegation of authority or governance

• Reviews the validity of change order requests, negotiates co-terms and amounts and prepares contract change orders from field change order summaries

• Handles contractor relationships to continually improve quality, service and cost

• Maintains legal requirements for contracts, makes updates as required, and works with Law on contract review

• Supports senior contract specialists with research and analysis

• Supports the identification and mitigation of contract risk and issues

• Prepares and delivers contract status reporting

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in job-related discipline or equivalent experience

• Three years of work experience in contract and/or project management or other legal / regulatory field

Desired Qualifications:

• Significant training in, contracts, purchasing, organizational management, or process/project management.

• Knowledge and experience in drafting contractual terms and language.

• Knowledge and experience in contract negotiations

• Understanding of contractor safety requirements

• Comfortable and effective verbal, written, and multi-channel communications to meet the needs of various audiences

• Experience and capability with Ariba, SAP (invoicing / billing functions), database management

• Competency using Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Detail oriented, to ensure high quality, timely, accurate work products and to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements

• Utility Industry experience

• Supply Chain experience

JOB CODE: 2620