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Vacancies: Sr. Contract Manager

Sr. Contract Manager

Salary: Competitive

Eunice, New Mexico
Job Ref 668
Location Eunice, New Mexico
Salary Competitive
Job Type Permanent, Uncategorised
Function Other Area(s)
Role Uncategorised
Summary of Responsibilities

The purpose of the role is to ensure adequate and consistent standards in contract management in Urenco’s project portfolio. The Contract Manager’s responsibility includes the proficient application of standards and responsibility for the contract management output in Urenco’s project portfolio. The role provides a check/review on payments and contractor performance as a key element of the role. The Contract Manager will assume functional accountability for the effective application of Urenco standards and be responsible for project contract management output for Urenco projects. The Contract Manager will provide subject matter expert consulting, advice and instruction. The role will be accountable for the development and maintenance of Urenco’s processes and procedures for contract management.

Education and Experience

Minimum Qualifications
  • A bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, supply chain, business administration, construction or related fields
  • 10+ years’ experience in negotiations, procurement and contract management with proven track record in contracting for engineering and construction services
  • Demonstrable experience working within the entire project lifecycle, from concept development to hand-over
  • Demonstrable success in arbitration, litigation or adjudication
  • Proven leadership experience and ability to work with minimum supervision

Preferred Qualifications
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in contract management and negotiations
  • Knowledge and understanding of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)and Department of Energy Acquisition Regulations (DEAR)
  • MBA is advantageous

Job Details
  • Work Location: Eunice, NM
  • Work Schedule: 9/80 professional work schedule
  • Travel Required: 10% of the time or less as required.
  • Security Clearance Requirement: CAA Access and an L or Q level security clearance.
  • Emergency Response Requirements: Emergency Response Organization (ERO) duty may be required; including being on-call (24/7) during your designated team duty week.
  • Work Environment: Radiological exposure expectations of < 100 mrem/yr. General Office, Plant Production Areas. This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets etc.

Primary Functions

This role manages the commercial and financial aspects of contracts supplying goods and services for one or more
projects. The main areas of responsibility will include:
  • Supporting with pre-contract let activities
  • Administrating their assigned contracts in line with Urenco’s policies and procedures
  • Maintaining records of all contract communications and ensuring that all communications are executed in line with the contractual required timescales
  • Provide support to project managers for their assigned contracts and manage interactions and claims with project teams and other project contributors
  • Monitor contract performance and make management aware of any upcoming commercial or contract issues or deadlines
  • Evaluate, prepare and review claims
  • Ensure knowledge is retained and transferred and undertake lessons learned reviews to promote continuous improvement
  • Accountability for contract management standards
  • Ensure alignment between the business objectives and the project contract management standards
  • Ensure alignment between contractual requirements and project control standards
  • Active participation in assurance reviews
  • Maintain an overview of subject matter expert’s skills and competencies and provide development of project support resources for both contract and staff
  • Approval of exceptions and deviations from standards
  • Quality control of contract management deliverables
  • Responsible for project contract personnel, including performance management activities, scheduling, mentoring, coaching, hiring, etc.
*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits
For Benefits Information click here.

*Please note that we continually evaluate our plans and make adjustments as necessary to meet market and business requirements.

Compensation starting at: $ 145308 - $ 181635 / year and up dependent on candidate.

Urenco USA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Urenco USA encourages minorities, females, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply. Urenco USA supports a drug free environment.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application, interview process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please contact UUSA HR at [email protected].


Urenco USA | A trusted leader in meeting the world’s demand for sustainable energy.

Urenco USA (UUSA) is part of an international company that operates on the cutting-edge of the nuclear energy industry, utilizing the world’s most advanced, energy-efficient, and cost-effective method to enrich uranium. As the only enrichment facility in North America, UUSA helps provide clean, sustainable energy while operating under a framework of high environmental, social responsibility, and corporate governance standards. Our world-class facility is located in the middle of the EnergyPlex. We strive to promote the production of nuclear energy to facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy while remaining dedicated to safety and investing in community outreach.

If you are already an employee of Urenco USA and are interested in applying for another job
within the company, please apply and upload a completed Internal Candidate Application form (HR-2-3000-15-F-2), and your resume to the internal career portal. 
 
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How to Apply


Urenco is committed to encouraging equality and diversity within our workforce. Are you enthusiastic about this position and you don't meet every single requirement? The real fit for a job is not always in your current experience or education. We are striving towards strong, diverse and complementary teams, in an inclusive and authentic workplace. So if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles and we would like to meet you!