Contracts Specialist at Intertek Resources Solutions Inc in Juneau, Alaska

Job Description:

Description

Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices with over 43,000 people in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection, and Certification solutions for our customers’ operations and supply chains. Intertek Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered consistently with precision, pace, and passion, enables our customers to power ahead safely.

Intertek’s Industry Services team provides technical solutions that help customers maximize operational efficiency, ensure asset reliability, improve quality, and minimize safety risks. Some of our many service areas include inspection, non-destructive and materials testing, technical training, engineering, surveying, QA/QC, and supplier auditing.

This position ensures contractual and commercial compliance to corporate and project requirements for the following major scopes:

-Ground Transportation

-Air Transportation

-Barge Transportation

-Materials Management

-Construction Support Services

Duties:

• Works as a member of a logistics team to develop and execute a comprehensive logistics strategy that aligns to the overall Project requirements

• Lead specific sourcing and contracting efforts for execution of project contract strategy requirements while meeting critical project schedule deadlines

• Coordinates and assists Construction Management and Project Supply Chain personnel with the development, implementation, and administration of assigned contracts
• Gather market and contractor information through market intelligence and RFIs
• Analyze suitability of potential contractors in accordance with Company and project specific contractor qualification criterion
• Responsible for contract formation (pre-award) of contracts, including but not limited to terms & conditions, contract commercial schemes and contract exhibits
• Development and recommendation of supplier negotiation strategies
• Ensures compliance by contractors to the terms and conditions and commercial structure of contracts
• Responsible for contract administration including contract changes, claims and documentation
• Successful management of contract interfaces on the project: contracting, purchasing, expediting, QA/QC, logistics, materials management and other project functions
• Collaborate with the Corporate and BU Supply Chain organizations
• Works together with Project Services (e.g. cost control, planner, etc.) to monitor contract value against expenditures and invoice rate validation
• Responsible for development and participation in post award contract requirements, including creation and administration of transportation management plans and other contract plans
• Responsible for closing-out of contracts to release contractor and related claims
• Responsible for effective transition and handover of contract documentation and other requirements for operational start-up

Qualifications

Requirements:

Required

• Bachelors’ degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering

• Minimum of 6 years of Supply Chain Management experience, including a minimum of 5 years logistics and contracts experience

• Advanced understanding of commercial strategies and market dynamics
• Experience in contracting and procurement for engineering, procurement, and construction for major upstream capital project activities
• Proven ability to lead strategies, negotiations, and deliverables for complex scopes and large spend (greater than $10MM) contracts
• Strong negotiations skills and ability to effectively apply analytical tools, concepts, and methods
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills required to work in a dynamic project team environment and be influential
• Ability to analyze/interpret information effectively to solve problems and recommend decisions
• Ability to fully understand contract ramifications to HSE and Quality
Preferred
• 10 years or more of Supply Chain experience with logistics and contracting emphasis
• Strong knowledge of transportation industry
• Previous experience in developing transportation management plans
• Previous experience of working in remote Arctic or offshore environment
• Local Alaska market exposure

A career with Intertek means joining a global network of professionals dedicated to bringing quality and safety to life. Our vision is to become the world’s most trusted partner for Quality Assurance and we offer our employees the chance to make an impact with attractive growth opportunities in this industry on a global scale.