Senior Contracts Specialist

led Contracts risk registers, planning and executing Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, evaluating proposals and negotiating agreements, making recommendations for award, conforming contracts for execution, administering, and closing contracts. This role can be worked primarily as a remote position with monthly meetings at our clients Vancouver office.

Advantages
-Long term contract Opportunity with an industry leading company
-Excellent compensation

Responsibilities
-Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures.
-Maintaining and demonstrating commitment to safety and environmental protection as a core value.
-Participates in the development and recommendation of contract strategies and contract plans to Project Director/Managers, ensuring contract strategies consider appropriate legal, commercial, and technical approach to scope packaging, bidding, awarding, managing, and closing contracts.

-Manages the request for proposal process including:
o planning, preparation, and management of the RFP documents and process
o analyzing and evaluating commercial proposals
o managing the technical evaluation process
o negotiating commercial and legal terms on behalf of our client
o recommending award based on overall best value
o conforming, executing, and awarding resulting contracts
o ensuring all records are managed and retained

-Administers agreements (post-award) including evaluating pre-mobilization deliverables, reconciling invoices, negotiating resolving disputes, negotiating changes, implementing change management procedures, and closing contracts.
-Proactively provides guidance to Project Managers and project teams in regards to contract management strategies, options, and considerations throughout all stages of contracts lifecycles.
-References legal and commercial terms and relies on those terms to manage contractors, advise Project Directors/Managers and project teams, and to resolve disputes / claims.
-Implements effective change management to ensure contract modifications are properly documented and approved.
-Ensures contracts are closed out appropriately and in accordance with applicable legislation.
-On a project, oversees, monitors and reports on the Service Provider/EPCM if applicable in its execution of full contracting lifecycle on behalf of our client.
-Develops for Management approval contracts management policies, procedures, and templates for the Project Development group.
-Proactively resolves issues that arise between contractors and project teams in a professional manner
.-Prepares ad hoc contract management reports as required.
-Adheres to all corporate policies, code of ethics and codes of conduct.
-Performs job-related administrative duties as required.

Qualifications
-Post secondary education from a recognized institution is required.
-8+years of experience in an Owner’s team type environment or engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) or an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) company managing and executing contract lifecycle activities.
-Strong understanding of project lifecycles, project procedures, project roles and responsibilities
-Strong understanding and experience with various contract types, models, strategies.
-Strong understanding of various legal and commercial terms and ability to rely on those terms.
-Strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
-Strong understanding and experience in multiple phases of project execution.
-Able to raise awareness of contract activities which have an impact to a project.
-Knowledge of and experience working in the industrial engineering and construction industry.
-Strong critical and conceptual thinking skills.
-Strong interpersonal skills as well as strong written and verbal communication skills.
-Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Internet Explorer.

Summary
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Nick Paraskeva | nick.paraskeva@randstad.ca

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