Senior Prime Contracts Specialist

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories; Chalk River; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Prime Contracts Specialist to lead the management of complex contracts in a dynamic environment. This role involves overseeing contract deliverables, ensuring compliance, and fostering collaborative relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in contract law, exceptional communication skills, and a strategic mindset. Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to advancing nuclear science and technology, and enjoy a rewarding career that contributes to clean energy solutions and environmental protection. This position offers a hybrid work model, allowing for flexibility and work-life balance.

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Benefits from Day One

Tuition Support

Pension Plan

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a business environment.
• Strong understanding of contract law and drafting processes.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the execution of complex Prime Contracts.
• Coordinate contract deliverables and ensure compliance.
• Develop and draft contractual correspondence for clients.

Skills

Contract Law

Contract Drafting

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Education

University Degree in Economics

College Diploma in Business

Equivalent Experience

Tools

MS Office Suite

MS Outlook

SharePoint

Job description

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? If you answered yes, our Chalk River location is looking for a Senior Prime Contracts Specialist to oversee the execution, management, and coordination of a complex, sensitive and diverse portfolio of CNL’s Prime Contracts (Contractor Contract, Site Operating Company Agreement, and the Whiteshell and Nuclear Power Demonstration (NPD) Target Cost Agreements). Can you see yourself being an outside the box, creative thinker who excels with limited direction to achieve short to long-term results and has an eye for attention to detail? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!

What will you be doing!

• Leading and maintaining the Prime Contracts Deliverables Matrix.
• Coordinating and leading the tracking of Contract deliverables and providing notification to responsible departments.
• Developing and drafting Contract Actions and Contract Notice Requirements based on contract clauses.
• Leading the review of drafted correspondence from Internal CNL departments.
• Leading the drafting of contractual correspondence for issue to the Client.
• Reviewing incoming Client correspondence, ensuring appropriate action is taken, and timely resolution of issues.
• Leading the improvement and management of Prime Contracts database and retrieval of correspondence.
• Reviewing Prime Contracts documents for issue to the Client, ensuring contractual compliance.
• Supporting the maintenance of confidential contract files and records.
• Leading in the development of Prime Contracts procedures and updates.
• Assisting and participating in the review of Client authority and direction relative to the Prime Contract clauses.
• Participating in, contributing to, and facilitating client contract meetings.
• Supporting the development of the Performance Evaluation and Measurement (PEM) Plan, in-year monitoring and reporting, support seeking relief, participating in client negotiations, and supporting the development of the annual Contractor Assessment Report.
• Executing highly complex, highly specialized professional work building a strategic long term collaborative relationship with the AECL client and achieving the successful implementation of the GoCo contract model.
• Continuously drives ever increasing value from the prime contracts.
• Making a critical contribution towards CNL’s Prime Contracts function.
• Building and maintaining strong working networks at all levels across CNL to achieve all contract deliverables and promptly and effectively resolve client issues, making authoritative recommendations, providing clear guidance and advice to all areas of CNL regarding successfully meeting contract obligations and client expectations. Responding to urgent Executive level requests for assistance, as required.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • A university degree/college diploma in economics, finance, business or a related discipline. OR
  • Equivalent experience gained through a minimum of at least five (5) years comprehensive work experience in a business environment.
• Experience
  • Experience in contract law and contract drafting.
  • Experience in reviewing strategic issues/topics and developing and writing business plans, reports, presentation packages, briefing notes, correspondence, and annotated agendas.
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Knowledge of CNL’s corporate business practices and reporting and regulatory methodologies, processes, and tools.
  • Has a sound understanding of the interaction of operations, projects, and supporting groups to fulfill site missions.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills to influence and direct stakeholders in all areas of the organization.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to analyze processes and impacts, provide recommendations and develop solutions.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and work under pressure.
  • Demonstrated excellent organization, planning, and execution skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to achieve results not as an individual but as part of a collaborative team.
  • A high working level knowledge of MS-Outlook, MS Office Suite, and SharePoint.
  • Exhibits a strong strategic perspective, with an outside the box mentality that provides alternative viewpoints and solutions to existing practices in a respectful and constructive manner.
  • Demonstrated interpersonal, communication, negotiation and presentation skills - must possess a professional attitude and be able to behave in a professional manner gauged to the situation.
  • Strong leadership abilities, work ethic, sound judgment, tact and diplomacy.
  • Ability to work effectively within the Prime Contracts and Corporate Strategy team, but at times independently, or in cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to effectively interact at all levels within CNL and with the AECL client.
  • Flexibility to work extended hours with limited notice.
  • Flexibility to travel to other CNL sites, if required.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required
  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Why CNL?

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.

We offer a complete total rewards package:

• Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
• Benefits effective day one, that’s right, no waiting period;
• Tuition support;
• and a pension!

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
• Restore and protect the Environment.
• Contribute to the health of Canadians.

Location :

CNL works with employees across our Canadian locations to enable a hybrid workforce where possible. Our Hybrid employees work with their manager to establish expectations for when they will be on-site vs. working from home.

CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Read here for more on our DE&I Commitment.

CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of accommodations for all employees.

CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.

The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.

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