Senior Supply Chain Professional - Contracts

Location

Sugar Land, TX | United States

Job description

Requisition ID: 275145  

•   Relocation Authorized: National - Family  
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project  
• Work Location: Sugar Land, TX  

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.

Bechtel Equipment Operations, Inc. (BEO), a wholly owned Bechtel affiliate company, functions as the construction equipment asset manager of Bechtel Group and is actively engaged in projects across all of Bechtel's business lines. In support of its involvement, BEO uses sophisticated estimating and scheduling systems to assist projects in developing bid proposals, equipment lease versus purchase analysis, tool and consumable utilization forecasts, scaffold estimating and supply, and overall construction fleet utilization plans. Headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, BEO also manages several permanent global equipment storage and support facilities.

This position will be a member of the procurement team and will be responsible for formation and administration of all types of commitments when required. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating interdisciplinary contract efforts, integrating with other functions, communicating with key customers/clients, supporting RFQs submitted by projects with proposal pricing, negotiating terms and conditions, and updating and obtaining approval of senior BEO management.

Position Summary:

This Contract Professional will support formation and administration of all types of commitments when required. Develops and monitors work-hour estimates, and master contracts forms. Participates in the planning, staffing, training and development of contracts personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to and receives operational direction from Manager of Supply Chain, Operations Manager or Contracts Manager.
• Maintains relationships with other managers both within and outside BEO in order to maintain an awareness of operations and to be responsive to needs identified.
• Maintains working relationships with customers, including other Project Supply Chain Managers, in order to be cognizant of all project operations and to implement appropriate actions on behalf of the contract function to ensure projects are successful.
• Maintains relationships with contractor management personnel in order to resolve specific problems, to be aware of current market conditions and trends, and to inform bidders and contractors, when necessary, of the overall requirements.
• Works closely with the Bechtel Legal, Risk Management and Commercial groups to ensure negotiations are completed on schedule.
• Effective formation – risk allocation, flow downs, and outcome focused:
• Reviews bid tabulations for accuracy, bidder recommendation, completeness, and approves selection of bidders within delegated approval authority. Ensures all commitments made by Supply Chain professional are accurately presented and follow established approval and signing authorities contained in company policies and procedures. Reviews and recommends bid selections that require higher approval authority. Executes commitments within delegated signing authority.
• Reviews prime contract between client and Bechtel and makes recommendations to Contracts Manager to ensure appropriate provisions are reflected in the general, special, and pricing conditions of the master contract forms.
• Effective administration and close out
• Maintains contacts with customers as authorized and/or directed by the Manager of Supply Chain, Operations Manager or Contracts Manager.
• Provides mentoring to other Supply Chain Professionals and monitors operations to ensure all activities are performed in accordance with corporate requirements and applicable directives, management instruction, procedures and functional guidelines.
• Develops and implements the contracting strategy for the assigned project or office, including the development and translation of the Material Assignment Schedule into a specific working contracting plan.
• Assists the designated manager in the development of the contracts section of the Project Execution Plan and represents Contracts in operational and/or project reviews and audits.
• Provides guidance in the development, monitoring, and maintenance of BEO master proformas, including legal and commercial terms and conditions to be included in the contract documents.
• Reviews and approves proposed negotiating plans developed by Supply Chain professionals in the commitment and resolution of commercial conditions of contracts and participates in direct negotiations when required.
• Ensures that project contracting of goods and services is consistent with all applicable directives, management instructions and procedures and that such requirements have been implemented in the assigned area or contract operations.

Qualifications and Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s (BS/BA) Degree from an accredited university and 9+ years of professional experience or in lieu of a degree, high school diploma or equivalent and 15+ years of professional experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Broad experience in the formation, negotiation and award of all types of contracts, including cross-functional experience in two or more contract disciplines (formation, administration, prime, etc.).
• Demonstrated commercial awareness with financial and tax issues, with experience in both field and home office assignments, and in two or more business units.
• Demonstrated experience in developing complex contract types, fee arrangements, terms and conditions.
• Broad experience in contract administration.
• Thorough knowledge of change management procedures pertaining to Requests for Information (RFIs), change notices, change orders, amendments, and claims and dispute resolution.
• Skill in working and communicating effectively with all levels of project functional groups.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Knows the applicable Corporate and global business unit policies and instructions, and contract procedures and guidelines that affect the work.
• Training or courses of specialized study in related subjects such as business administration, accounting, and law, including Uniform Commercial Code.

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Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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