Subcontracts Administrator - Edmonton, Canada - Parsons
Description
In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next
When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons.
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented
Contract Administrator to join our team on the Edmonton Valley Line West LRT project
What You'll Be Doing:
- Negotiates the most significant contracts or contract modifications, often under difficult conditions.
- Draws upon broad prior experience to effectively negotiate the most favoured terms and conditions with prospective and current clients while achieving Company objectives. Identifies risks and contractual terms not conforming to Company policy.
- Participates in EVLW Edmonton project, Company, and Corporate strategic planning activities for specific projects (e.g., risk assessment, bid/no bid analysis, participation in business plan development, etc.).
- Selects personnel, makes staffing assignments, supervises work produced to ensure consistent highquality performance. Provides training and development for personnel assigned.
- Maintains an active participation in related professional societies to keep abreast of relevant contractual issues.
- Keeps subordinates up to date relative to the availability of resource materials dealing with current contract administration and negotiation issues.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
Skills/Qualifications:
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field and typically 3+ years of contract administration experience is required.
- Prime contract administration experience within a large international engineering and construction firm is required.
- Previous demonstrable experience in a large integrated joint venture infrastructure project
- Requires a comprehensive knowledge of industry business practices and the negotiation of prime contracts.
- Working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with contract administration.
- Incumbent must possess strong written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Must be capable of independently negotiating the mostcomplex contractual issues.
- Proven ability for managing and directing work involving complex situations.
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Not Applicable/None
This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.
For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world.
We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure.
We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people's quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency.
Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers' visions—and to help them see new possibilities.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle
The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by customer requirements and some cases federal, state, provincial or local mandates.
We truly invest and care about our employee's wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY
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