Senior Associate, Contracts

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Job Title: Senior Associate, Contracts

Job Code: 45516

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked- and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

These positions are responsible for conducting proposal preparation, pre-contract data collection, and administering, extending, negotiating and terminating standard and nonstandard government contracts.

Essential Functions:

• Reviews contractual documents to ensure adherence to company policy, government specifications and requirements, and conformance to master agreements.

• Examines estimates of material, equipment services, production costs, performance requirements, and delivery schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Conducts proposal preparation, contract negotiation, contract administration, and customer contact activities to provide for proper contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications.

• Initiates documentation to authorize work in accordance with contractual specifications.

• Prepares bids; processes specifications, progress, and other reports; advises management of contractual rights and obligations; compiles and analyzes data; and maintains historical information.

• Responds to inquiries regarding contract obligations and revisions.

• Preparing, negotiating, and administering a large volume of contracts of various types for a variety of customers.

• Ensuring contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, customer specifications, FAR, DFAR and ITAR.

• Reviewing RFPs; supporting the preparation of proposals including engineering changes; performing associated negotiation and defining activities.

• Performing risk assessment of proposal/contract terms and conditions; formulating and executing strategies to minimize potential risks to the business.

• Working with customers, management, and program teams to resolve issues, secure approvals, and ensure successful contract execution.

• Serving as point of contact for the customer during all phases of a program.

• Generating and maintaining contract documentation.

• Ability to obtain a Department of Defense TS-SCI security clearance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Subject matter expertise in Government, Commercial, and International contracting

• Knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements related to proposal preparation, contract negotiation, and the FAR, DFARS and other government procurement regulations

• Finance and Estimating/Pricing acumen a plus

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