Principal Contracts Administrator

• Bachelor’s degree in a business or technical field with six years’ experience, or an associate degree with ten years’ experience.
• MBA and contract management experience with DOE Experience with Federal Government Contracting Officers is also desirable.
• Experience in business, finance, and/or contract terms and risk management.
• Well-developed organizational and inter-personal skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills; must be able to perform under high levels of stress to meet deadlines in a contingency operation environment.
• Experienced with participating in teams and able to perform assignments independently.
• Oral and written communication skills needed for communication to all levels of employees and management, as well as external customers.
• Negotiation and mediation skills to bring closure to agreements that may have adversarial parties.
• Ability to explain reasons for terms and implement actions.
• To satisfy customer needs the appropriate organizations must be found to fulfill requirements. This requires research, persistence, and persuasion skills, finding the right individuals to fulfill customer needs.
• Ability to use logic and articulate arguments to obtain short- and long-term agreements supporting DOE-SR, contract, financial, strategic, legal and ethical goals and objectives.
• Strong written and oral communication along with strong computer skills and understanding of database applications are necessary for the effective management of programmatic implementation of contractor requirements associated with DOE Directives and Standards.
• Candidate must have a general understanding of federal regulation principles and the process for flow down of requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or technical field preferred.
• Experience in business, finance, and/or contract terms and risk management is desired.
• Established organizational and inter-personal skills, and desire to increase written and verbal communication skills; able to perform under high levels of stress to meet deadlines in a contingency operations environment.
• Experienced with participating in teams and able to perform assignments with routine input of peers and supervisors.

• Plan, organize, construct, and execute the strategies and programs for SRS Mission objective prime contract compliance.
• Regularly develop, expand, and maintain key DOE and internal customer contacts.
• Ensure strategies are implemented to support financial, quality, delivery and risk objectives of Management & Operation Contractor and Department of Energy – Savannah River (DOE-SR).
• Support leadership of customer representatives and internal leadership, peers, and subordinates necessary to foster team understanding and unity of purpose.
• Work to gain broad understanding of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR).
• Interface with Finance, DOE Contracts and customers.
• Develop supporting details for programs, prime contract requirements, Contract Administration’s responsibilities and the importance of CA's engaged involvement in issues that could have impacts on site work.
• Provide contract regulations, policy, and procedure guidance to personnel across the company.
• Research cost allowability requests and work closely with the Director, Contracts to issue a determination.
• Administer contract changes and process modifications and letters of direction.
• Coordinate correspondence to ensure complete and organized files.
• Maintain and issue routine status reports.
• Assist with development of corrective actions/plans to business management problems.
• Establish interface with, and understanding of, Supply Chain Management, Internal Audit, Finance, Project Controls, Project Management, and Engineering.
• Oversee the Administrative requirements of the prime contract for compliance and obtain DOE approvals of changes thereto, or of any other actions requiring such approvals.
• Develop departmental office procedures and requirements in accordance with DOE and management policies.
• Coordinate, compile and track department costs and the department budget and oversee any required reconciliation.
• Support more senior contract professionals as needed or as assigned.
• Perform related contract and duties as assigned by the Director, Contract Administration.

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