Contract Conformance Specialist
About The Position
WECTEC Staffing Services, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, is seeking a Contract Conformance Specialist. This role is responsible for the daily conformance of all completed contractual arrangements for assigned capital and maintenance projects. The specialist will manage the flow of documentation and communication between the company and contractors to ensure contractual obligations are met. This position involves frequent interaction with third parties and internal departments such as legal, project management, construction management, business development, system planning, procurement, contract management, and project controls. The assigned projects will have a consolidated total of up to $150MM per year and typically last 1-2 years, including those of elevated complexity.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering, construction, legal, technical, or business discipline.
- 6+ years of experience in legal, engineering, construction, and/or contract administration or contract conformance of construction-related projects. Preferably, this experience will be in the gas pipeline industry.
- OR Associate 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.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with Project Execution contracting strategy.
- Prepare contract exhibits, which include scope, specifications, pricing, and special instructions.
- Write technical contract language describing the scope, pricing, and special instructions for each assigned project.
- Support project management in contractor contract negotiations during the contract bidding and formation phases.
- Coordinate project team in its development of a project specific communication plan.
- Participate and help regarding contract conformance to team and third-party personnel.
- 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.
- Maintain contractor correspondence and documentation logs.
- Prepare and transmit company generated correspondence, with concurrence of project team functional lead, construction manager 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.
- Coordinate with project team, CCRL, contract conformance manager and legal lead, in resolution of contractual issues as they arise.
- Request, monitor and track service request orders (SRO) for project outside services providers throughout the project duration.
- Coordinate contract close-out with project team to ensure strict compliance with the related contracts.
- Close out project contract files and submit for retention in compliance with Company procedures.
- Prepare for and assist during company and external compliance audits.
- Ongoing communication with the CCRL regarding projects' contractual requirements, practices and issues, including providing weekly status updates on the CCS Flash Report.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
- 401(k) Savings Plan
- Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
