Contract Conformance & Compliance Specialist

Westinghouse Electric Company; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid vacations

Job summary

Westinghouse Staffing Services is seeking a Contract Conformance Specialist for a 12-month assignment in Houston, TX. You will manage contract documentation, ensure conformance, and support negotiations with contractors in collaboration with legal, project management, and procurement teams.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering/construction/legal/technical/business or an equivalent plus 6+ years in contract administration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering, construction, legal, technical, or business discipline.
• 6+ years of experience in legal, engineering, construction, and/or contract conformance or contract administration in construction-related projects, preferably gas pipeline.
• Associates degree with a minimum 10+ years of relevant experience in legal, engineering, construction, and/or contract conformance.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate understanding of and compliance with Project Execution contracting strategy.
• Prepare contract exhibits, which include scope, specifications, pricing, and special instructions.
• Write technical contract language describing the scope, pricing, and special instructions for each assigned project.
• Support project management in contractor contract negotiations during the contract bidding and formation phases.
• Coordinate project team in its development of a project specific communication plan.
• Participate and help regarding contract conformance to team and third-party personnel.
• Review documents submitted by contractors for compliance with contract, and provide notification to contractors of non-compliance and deviations from baselines, with concurrence of team and project manager.
• Maintain contractor correspondence and documentation logs.
• Prepare and transmit company generated correspondence, with concurrence of project team functional lead, construction manager and project manager.
• Manage change order process, which includes managing change order log, generating change directives, reviewing contractor requested changes, and preparing approved change orders
• Prepare meeting agenda, participate in person at, and take & distribute meeting notes for, all contract-related meetings between company and contractor.
• Coordinate with project team, CCRL, contract conformance manager and legal lead, in resolution of contractual issues as they arise.
• Request, monitor and track service request orders (SRO) for project outside services providers throughout the project duration.
• Coordinate contract close-out with project team to ensure strict compliance with the related contracts.* Close out project contract files and submit for retention in compliance with Company procedures.
• Prepare for and assist during company and external compliance audits.* Ongoing communication with the CCRL regarding projects' contractual requirements, practices and issues, including providing weekly status updates on the CCS Flash Report.

Skills

Contract conformance

Education

Bachelor’s degree (engineering/construction/legal/technical/business)

Associates degree + 10+ years experience

Job description

Westinghouse Staffing Services is seeking a Contract Conformance Specialist for a 12-month assignment in Houston, TX. You will manage contract documentation, ensure conformance, and support negotiations with contractors in collaboration with legal, project management, and procurement teams.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering/construction/legal/technical/business or an equivalent plus 6+ years in contract administration.