Director of Contracts

TerraPower LLC.•Kemmerer, WY

2d•$171,347 - $228,463•Onsite

About The Position

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Construction Management or similar field, Postgraduate study is preferred or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 15+ years of experience in technically-oriented contracting.
Experience working on manufacturing, industrial, government, infrastructure focused projects; including in-depth understanding of construction or commercial contracts and delivery methods.
Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.
Excellent interpersonal skills including great communication.
Exemplary organizational and communication skills and ability to work independently in a team environment, including interface with Procurement, Legal, Finance and other functional organizations.
Developed leadership qualities; ability to work well with all levels of staff, management, suppliers and associates.
Experience in implementing project controls/metrics including EVMS.
Excellent network and PC-based application skills in MS environment including Office (Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Sharepoint) and other software.
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in contracting or working with engineering scope in the nuclear industry and international projects (preferred).
Relevant experience with DOE, National Labs and their operations.

Responsibilities

Develop, implement, and manage the business/strategic direction, long-term financial goals and objectives of assigned relationships or subcontracts.
Promote and support long-term development of requirements and relationship to support TerraPower’s business/commercial objectives.
Demonstrate strong collaborative behaviors interfacing with TerraPower stakeholders for review and acceptance; then, work with key stakeholders to support specific agreement implementation.
Implement strategic partnerships through contractual relationships with major partners.
Organize and lead staff and resources in support of relationships, teaming with subject area and resource management.
Analyze complex issues, provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders, and ensure compliance.
Analyze contract requirements, special provisions, terms and conditions to ensure and recommend compliance with regulations, and policies and procedures.
Ensure contracts include agreed upon terms, conditions, costs, and other required items and support execution between all parties.
Support essential documentation and ensure documentation is accurate and complete for audit purposes.
Resolve minor contractual disputes and contribute to the resolution of major contractual disputes.
Provide compliance oversight support for key subcontracts as assigned.
Subcontract oversight to include compliance review and resolution of key requirements, scope definition and ensuring responsiveness/accountability including licensing and insurance certifications.
Monitor and evaluate subcontractor performance utilizing established processes, systems and metrics; collaborate on performance management program including collection of metrics and improvement action plans.
Develop and support negotiation of emerging requirements to ensure project goals are met.
Escalate non-compliance or other relationship issues as required with TerraPower and subcontractor.