Contract Conformance Specialist IV

Contract Conformance Specialist IV - Houston

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The Contract Conformance Specialist (CCS) is accountable for the day-to-day sourcing and conformance activities for all contractual arrangements of assigned capital projects.

The CCS manages the entire administration stages of the contracts on the Projects.
The CCS manages the flow of documentation and communication related to the contractual relationship between Company and Contractor to ensure contractual obligations are met.

Assigned projects each typically up to 3 years duration.
Desired Qualifications:

Ability to support the negotiation of complex contracting issues.
Experience with sourcing and administration of large, complex Engineering and Construction

Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, Oracle, ProjectWise and SharePoint.
Duties and Responsibilities:

Facilitate preparation of contract exhibits, which include scope, specifications, pricing, and special instructions.

Assist in writing technical contract language describing the scope, pricing, and special instructions for each assigned project.

Coordinate with the SCM Team Lead to ensure project specific functional requirements and contractor clarifications & qualifications (when applicable) are incorporated in the final contract documents.

Lead contract negotiations with potential proponents during the contract bidding and formation phases.

Coordinate project team in its development of a project specific communication plan.

Review documents submitted by contractors for compliance with contract and provide notification to contractors of non-compliance and deviations from baselines, with concurrence of team and project manager.

Manage change order process, which includes managing change order log, generating change directives, reviewing contractor requested changes, and preparing approved change orders.

Prepare meeting agenda, participate in person at, and take & distribute meeting notes for, all contract-related meetings between company and contractor.

Establish and implement project contract document control and retention system in compliance with company procedures.

Review contractor submitted invoices for compliance with the requirements; distribute for review and approval by the appropriate personnel; and monitor through payment to the

Education: Bachelor's degree in an engineering, construction, legal, technical or business discipline with some experience in legal, engineering, construction, and/or contract administration or contract conformance of construction related projects, preferably in the gas pipeline industry; or associate's degree with a minimum 10 years of experience in legal, engineering,
construction, and/or contract administration or contract conformance of construction
related projects, preferably in the gas pipeline industry.

Specific knowledge and experience in contracting process and issues related to energy industry construction projects.

The position will require some travel, approximately 10-25% of the time as required, primarily within the assigned Project region in both US and Canada.