Airport Contract Administrator II

All Aviation Jobs; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County, MD, is seeking an Airport Contract Administrator II for the Office Contract Support. This role focuses on managing and overseeing large, complex contracts, ensuring compliance, and coordinating with contractors and airport stakeholders.

The position emphasizes budget oversight, cost projections, and contract administration for maintenance, service, and environmental contracts within a highly

Qualifications

• Seven years of professional experience in contract administration and management or procurement involving duties such as soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, awarding and administering contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental contract and procurement laws, regulations and procedures.
• This experience must include three years of experience performing contract management and administration for maintenance and/or operations contracts in an airport environment or large facility.

Responsibilities

• Managing, budget oversight, and contract administration of large, complex and highly technical maintenance, service and environmental contracts.
• Coordinating and overseeing contractual services to include inspection and monitoring of work quality, quantity, and performance to ensure contractor’s work is in accordance with contract specifications and requirements.
• Developing and maintaining cost projections, track expenses monthly against budget authorizations, and make recommendations for funds needed to support existing and future contracts.
• Reviewing and approving contractor/supplier invoices to ensure work performance is within authorized budget and spending limits.
• Ensuring contractual, regulatory and general compliance with established directives, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Providing recommendations for contract restructuring to improve maintenance practices, policies to achieve Administration objectives, and use judgement to solve complex and unusual problems.
• Acting as the Administration’s liaison between contractors and the airport stakeholders for contracted services.
• Communicating, negotiating and finding solutions to resolve problems and complaints while developing and maintaining a good working relationship between the airport tenants, contractor and the Administration.

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Job description

This is a position specific recruitment and is open to Maryland State Government employees who meets the minimum qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligibles will be used to fill this Maryland Aviation Administration position or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.

The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is the owner & operator of both BWI Thurgood Marshall and Martin State Airports, serving over 27 million passengers annually.

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The MAA is currently accepting applications for the position of Airport Contract Administrator II within the Office Contract Support at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall Airport).

Responsibilities

• Managing, budget oversight, and contract administration of large, complex and highly technical maintenance, service and environmental contracts.
• Coordinating and overseeing contractual services to include inspection and monitoring of work quality, quantity, and performance to ensure contractor’s work is in accordance with contract specifications and requirements.
• Developing and maintaining cost projections, track expenses monthly against budget authorizations, and make recommendations for funds needed to support existing and future contracts.
• Reviewing and approving contractor/supplier invoices to ensure work performance is within authorized budget and spending limits.
• Ensuring contractual, regulatory and general compliance with established directives, policies, procedures and regulations.
• Providing recommendations for contract restructuring to improve maintenance practices, policies to achieve Administration objectives, and use judgement to solve complex and unusual problems.
• Acting as the Administration’s liaison between contractors and the airport stakeholders for contracted services.
• Communicating, negotiating and finding solutions to resolve problems and complaints while developing and maintaining a good working relationship between the airport tenants, contractor and the Administration, while remaining within the guidelines and specifications of the contract.

These positions are located at BWI Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County, MD.

Minimum Qualifications

Seven years of professional experience in contract administration and management or procurement involving duties such as: soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, awarding and administering contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental contract and procurement laws, regulations and procedures. *This experience must include three years of experience performing contract management and administration for maintenance and/or operations contracts in an airport environment or large facility.
OR
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of professional experience in contract administration and management or procurement involving duties such as soliciting, evaluating, negotiating, awarding and administering contracts and ensuring compliance with governmental contract and procurement laws, regulations and procedures. *This experience must include three years of experience performing contract management and administration for maintenance and/or operations contracts in an airport environment or large facility.

Selective Qualifications

• This statement contains a Selective Qualification, which is more focused in scope than the Minimum Qualifications for this classification. ?Selective Qualifications are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (i.e., knowledge, skills or abilities).

Notes

• Candidates may substitute professional contract administration and management, or procurement experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education.
• Candidates may substitute certification as a Certified Professional Contracts Manager from the National Contract Management Association for the required education.
• Candidates may substitute additional graduate level education at an accredited college or university, at the rate of thirty credit hours for each year for up to one year of the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute equivalent U.S Armed Forced military service experience for civilian experience cited above. Candidates may substitute professional contract management or procurement experience on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

Licenses & Certifications

Employees in this classification will be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland. Employees must obtain a BWI Airfield Operator's Permit in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulation 11.03.01.04, Control of Vehicular Traffic on the Airfield Operations Area (AOA), prior to permanent appointment. Employees must maintain the BWI Airfield Operator's Permit as a condition of employment.