Contract Administrator Jobs in Alabama

Job Title: Contract Administrator 3 Company: The Shaw Group Inc. Location: Huntsville, AL Description: The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.Summary: Reviews, negotiates, and administers business aspects, terms, conditions and risk mitigation of client contracts and subcontracts for business line/unit, branch office, and/or program office.Responsibilities: Review government and commercial RFP's, teaming agreements, contracts, change orders and other legally binding documents. Provide advice to management/technical personnel and negotiate agreements with clients. Coordinate review of these documents with Legal and Risk Management as necessary. Obtain Certificates of Insurance and Bonds, as required. Advise/train technical staff regarding contract administration, risk avoidance, change order management, and cost and pricing. Review Client Project Setup forms to ensure that a properly reviewed and approved contract is in place and that the information provided on the form is consistent with that in the contract. Provide support as requested in areas of contract close-out, indirect rate adjustments, federal government audits, proposal preparation, etc. Negotiate contract terms, pricing, change orders, and final settlements with clients. Advise Project Managers of scope and administrative procedures to achieve full contractual compliance. Develop cost/pricing data for government and commercial contracts. Analyzes requests for proposals and contract terms and appraises senior management of potential business risks. Develop special contract language and custom agreements to meet special project needs. Must be able to identify areas of potential risks to corporation (warranties, insurance, indemnification) and to enforce provisions of contract. Recommend pricing strategies and contract terms to management required to complete client negotiations. Must be capable of operating independently. Provide training, mentoring and development.Qualifications/Competencies/Experience: In addition to Level 1 and 2 has in-depth experience, knowledge and skills in own discipline. Works independently with minimal guidance. Usually determines own work priorities. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May stabilize at this level for many years Has expertise in own discipline. Applies knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and nonstandard situations Interprets customer needs, assesses requirements and identifies solutions to non-standard requests. Uses best practices and knowledge of internal/external business issues to improve products or services in own discipline. Monitors and controls costs within own work. Solves moderately complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions Manages own time to meet agreed targets; develops plans for short-term work activities in own area. Explains difficult issues and works to establish consensus Promotes teamwork; coaches and guides others. Typically has 5-20 years relevant experience