The Contract Administrator is responsible for administering, extending, negotiating and terminating standard and nonstandard contracts. The team member will also support proposal preparation, contract negotiation, contract administration, and customer contact activities to provide for proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications. As an embedded member of the contracts team, this team member will support a major program or division.

Primary Job Duties:  

• Examines estimates of material, equipment services, production costs, performance requirements, and delivery schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Prepares bids; processes specifications, progress, and other reports; advises management of contractual rights and obligations; compiles and analyzes data; and maintains historical information.

• Supports interface with customer for contractual issues among team members

• Monitor contract and associated program to ensure that contractual obligations are communicated and understood

• Participate in contract proposal preparation, contract negotiations, contract administration, and customer contract activities to manage assigned contracts in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications

• Work under direct and general supervision to develop solutions to both routine and complex contractual matters to ensure company compliance with contract requirements on assigned programs

• Ensure fulfillment of contract requirements, support contract changes and maintain historical information within company policy and procedure

• Review terms and conditions to address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies

• Prepare and manage written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters

• Enter and maintain contract data into Contract Management System or Enterprise Accounting System

• Ensure timely delivery of all contractual deliverables and submission of invoices

This position may be filled at either the Level 2 or Level 3 Contracts Administrator depending upon candidates, skills, knowledge, abilities and experience.

Level 2 Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree AND 2 years of qualifiable professional/military experience or a Masters Degree.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the program to meet business needs.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Program Access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Level 3 Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree AND 5 years of qualifiable professional/military experience or a Masters degree and 3 years of experience.

• Knowledge of FAR/DFARS requirements

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time, as determined by the program to meet business needs.

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Program Access within a reasonable period, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

• Knowledge of multiple contract types including Firm Fixed Price, Time & Materials or Cost Plus Fixed Fee