Contract Administrator

EPCOR; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading utility company in Canada is seeking a Contract Administrator for a 6-month hybrid contract. The role involves managing contracts, supporting procurement teams, and ensuring compliance with contractual obligations. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience and strong negotiation and communication skills. This opportunity offers potential for contract extension.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in a related field.
• Comprehensive knowledge of public procurement processes.
• Strong understanding of contract execution.

Responsibilities

• Gather and prepare required construction information for contracts.
• Assist in reviewing pre-bid qualification criteria.
• Perform contract administration ensuring compliance.

Skills

Contract administration

Negotiation

Communication

Document control

Contract execution

Tools

Oracle Aconnex

MS Suite

SharePoint

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Contract Administrator to join one of Alberta’s leading utility companies on a 6-month hybrid contract, with a strong possibility of extension. The role involves supporting material vendors and construction execution teams by applying detailed, analytical contract preparation and administrative support.

Contract Administrator duties include:

1. Work with the Project Team to gather, document, and prepare required construction information to build standardized contracts or statement of work documents from standard form contracts to fit project needs.
2. Assist the Procurement Team in reviewing, preparing, and submitting pre-bid qualification criteria.
3. Coordinate pre- and post-award bid reviews on contractual obligations.
4. Evaluate bid packages ensuring a fair and transparent process involving the Project Team for bid evaluation.
5. Document all bid evaluations and recommendations.
6. Perform contract administration ensuring compliance with contractual terms and conditions.
7. Work with the procurement team to create, initiate, develop, and manage bid proposals.
8. Support proposal planning activities.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years experience in a related field.
• Comprehensive knowledge of public procurement processes, competitive bidding laws, and contract law.
• Strong understanding of contract execution.
• Document control experience using an EDMS, ideally Oracle Aconnex.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with the ability to work effectively between cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to manage contracts throughout a project's lifecycle, from inception to closeout.
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities, set project precedents, and work collaboratively.
• Strong proficiency with MS Suite, Oracle, and SharePoint.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience:

• Utility experience.