Construction Contracts Specialist - Vancouver, Canada - BC Hydro

BC Hydro

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Construction Contracts Specialist
Number of positions: 1

Job Location:
Dunsmuir 06

Employment type:

Temporary Region:
Lower Mainland

Hours of work:
Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk)

Flexible Work Role:
Hybrid

Annual salary:
$ 124, ,100.00

What you'll do

The Construction Contracts Specialist is a senior, experienced contract management professional with a proven ability to

- lead/support the management of complex/high risk contract management issues through strategic thinking and influential
- leadership.

Site C is a complex project and there are extensive interfaces and overlapping work between subprojects and contracts

- requiring:

Structured Decision Making
Identification & assessment of contract/commercial impacts of technical and construction options
Investigations and analyses

The Construction Contracts Specialist supports high risk/complex Contract Management functions within the Site C Project
- for specific issues on a major contract basis, ensuring quality and consistency of deliverables, ensuring strict adherence to
- documentation sequence for governance requirements/ approvals and developing and maintaining associated processes
- and tools.

Reporting to the Contract Manager, the Contracts Specialist will provide leadership to Direct Reports and work closely with

- the Senior Managers in Site C Contracts/Turbines and Generators, Contract Owners, Contract Representatives,

Commercial Management, Sub-Project Directors of major contracts and the applicable disciplines leads within the Site C
Project to provide strategic input, support and guidance and to address documentation and approval requirements on the

- specific issues that have been assigned, including claims/change order avoidance/reduction.

Key responsibilities include:
Provide consultation and sound advice on BC Hydro's position with respect to key/complex contract management

opportunities and or risks including the validity, and impact, of any potential claims as well as potential change order
- preparation/execution.

Develop strategies for significant contemplated amendments including Supplementary Agreements, Settlement

Agreements and complex Change Directives and Change Orders.mechanisms.- Prepare and/or support in the preparation of numerous documentations required for all aspects of Contract Management

and Administration.- Liaise with appropriate disciplines to understand, identify and have quantum calculated associated with claimed events,

delay costs, schedule impact, budget allocations and cumulative impacts to other contracts.- Support/coordinate specific claims/issues and ensure the required functional teams' involvement for review and approval

is appropriately time phased, where assigned.- Identification of perceived risks associated with the review and analysis of the specific Contract issue being worked.

Analyze issues, evaluate options and provide recommendations to management (cost, schedule, legal exposure) on the

issues/opportunities assigned with the appropriate support from the functional disciplines.- Ensure consistent methodology and processes for issues being managed.

Coordination/support with data analytics, financial analysis, validation and quantification of issues, etc.
Support to subproject teams, where required. Liaison with Legal and other Site C Project Contract Manager's/CP's on

formulating responses to issues ensuring consistency of responses across all contracts of the project, dependent on the
- specific terms and conditions of each contract, where applicable.

Ensure delivery, quality and consistency of contract management deliverables and identify any enhancement of

commercial management functions that support team effectiveness and efficiency.- Ensure and support a safe, inclusive and harassment free work environment.

Engage and collaborate with internal or external legal advisors on contract management issues where significant legal or

financial implications may arise.- Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to develop skills and knowledge within the team.

Expert preparation/review/endorsement/acceptance of contract management reports, audits, and other related information

management documentation.

What you bring

University degree in business, engineering, law or related discipline.
One or more professional designations/certifications (i.e. PMP, SCMP, IACCM) would be an asse