What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Services Specialist position at Arizona Generation and Transmission Cooperatives?
About the Company - We are member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives. Working together, our employees fulfill the joint mission of providing reliable, affordable power to electric coops across the Southwest. One of 68 G&T electric coops in the nation, we own and operate Apache Generating Station near Cochise, east of Benson. The plant has a combined gross generating capacity of 605 megawatts. Our transmission system operates and maintains more than 620 miles of electric power transmission line and 26 substations reaching out from our Apache Generating Station, across Arizona to the northwestern corner of the state.
Responsibilities -The Contract Services Specialist would be responsible for preparing, reviewing, analyzing, and revising power and transmission agreements, member / customer contracts, OATT based interconnection agreements, and other related contract matters for the cooperative.
- Prepare, analyze, and process interconnection requests, operations and maintenance agreements, and telecommunication lease agreements.
- Assist in the development of power and transmission agreements, ensuring appropriate coordination with department personnel and participants, as well as the timely preparation, analysis, execution, and recordation of the agreements.
- Oversee administration of existing operations and maintenance agreements with Western Area Power Administration or other local utilities.
- Prepare and coordinate with system operations and the legal department for any contract exhibit amendments for operations, maintenance and ownership responsibility.
- Monitor document management (SharePoint) electronic repository system and corporate records for proper retention of agreements.
- Serve as principal contact for monitoring contract updates, processing changes as needed, and monitoring various notice or termination provisions.
- Represent cooperative(s) on committees and task forces.
- Participate in special projects and enterprise risk management processes as may be required.
- Track authorizations and correspondence.
Qualifications - Bachelors degree (BS or BA) in law, accounting, economics, engineering or other technical field required; J.D. or applicable M.A. preferred
Required Skills
Pay range and compensation package - $7,026.67 -$8,783.34 monthly
Salary : $7,027 - $8,783
