Contracting Professional 3

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory•Richland, WA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Contracting Professional position is a high-impact business support role responsible for negotiating and administering contract mechanisms from cradle to grave with non-federal partners, such as commercial entities, universities, and other governmental agencies. This role requires competence in strategy development, leading bid-no-bid decisions, client relationship management, proposal development, leading contract negotiations, and monitoring contract compliance (technical, financial, and contractual performance). The position involves interpreting government legal and corporate requirements and applying the framework of PNNL’s policies and procedures, DOE Orders/Directives, and PNNL’s DOE financial system requirements in support of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA), Strategic Partnership Projects (SPP), and Agreements for Commercializing Technology (ACT), as well as executing NF SPP and ACT contracts.

Requirements

BS/BA and 5 years of relevant experience OR MS/MA or higher and 3 years of relevant experience
Working knowledge of purchasing and subcontracting processes and ability to apply this knowledge along with internal policies and business issues on behalf of PNNL and its sponsors required

Nice To Haves

Possess critical thinking skills
Able to effectively communicate internally and externally project staff, DOE, Accounts Receivable, sponsors, etc.
Familiar with business systems, (e.g., EPR, WALS, Web Reports, PMR/Insight) is preferred
Working knowledge of business/contract negotiations, and regulatory compliance preferred
Working knowledge of DOE O. 481.1 and 484.1 and DOE P 485.1A

Responsibilities

Strategy development
Leading proposal response decisions
Leading Risk assessment meetings with Technical management
Client relationship management, leading contract negotiations
Proposal development, and monitoring contract compliance technical, financial, and contractual performance
Plans, develops and participates in training of contractual requirements
Briefs company management on contracting activities
Responsible for providing discipline specific sales contract expertise
Interpretation of government legal, and corporate requirements
Administering contracts, including terminations and closeout activities