DoD SkillBridge: Contracting Officer

Vets2PM, LLC; Anchorage (AK); Hybrid; USD 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

PM Fundamentals course

Resume writing assistance

LinkedIn optimization

Job summary

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company is offering a SkillBridge Internship in Anchorage, Alaska. The role focuses on contracting and sourcing services and software, with emphasis on market analysis and competitive bidding processes.

The internship supports the contracting team through drafting, analyzing, and negotiating contract language while developing sourcing workflows and incentives. Candidates should show a strong foundation in business and communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Law, or other related discipline.
• Two (2) years of related experience in commercial, business management, finance, law, or another related field.
• Advanced knowledge in commercial discipline: negotiations, sourcing, contracting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with team members and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Planning, managing, and executing from start to finish sourcing processes for contracts acquiring services and software.
• Drafting, interpreting, analyzing, and editing contract language.
• Designing contractual incentives to align contractor objectives with Alyeska objectives.
• Performing market, risk, and financial analysis, where appropriate.

Skills

Supply chain management

Negotiations

Sourcing

Market analysis

Team collaboration

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Law, or related discipline

Two years of related work experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Anchorage, United States | Posted on 07/16/2026

• Job Opening Status In-progress
• Date Opened 07/16/2026
• Job Type SkillBridge Internship
• Experience Level (Recommended) Entry/Intermediate Level Job
• City Anchorage
• Country United States

Job Description

Applicantsmust be active-duty U.S. Military Members who qualifyfor the DoD SkillBridge Program.

About Alyeska: Alyeska Pipeline Service Company was formed in 1970 by a consortium of oil companies to lead the design and construction of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), and then operate and maintain TAPS after its startup. Over the next seven years, Alyeska staff and hundreds of workers, contractor companies, and advocates made construction, engineering, American and Alaska history: On June 20, 1977, TAPS moved its first oil.

Today, TAPS has moved more than 18 billion barrels of oil from Alaska’s North Slope to Valdez, all behind the work of Alyeska’s staff and its contractor partners. More than 50 years after Alyeska’s creation and more than 45 years since the iconic pipeline’s startup, Alyeska and its staff continue the legacy of innovation and determination in the face of challenges. They also stay focused on safe, flawless TAPS operations and sustainability, upholding an unrelenting pride in protecting Alaska’s environment, and embodying the hard work that built TAPS and remains uniquely Alaskan. Teamwork, technology, reliability, and integrity aren’t just words at Alyeska: they are organization values.

Summary:
This internship will be a good fit for people with contracting experience, and supply chain management experience. The Contracting Officer willassist the team by performing several contracting actionsrequiring market analysis, sole source negotiations, and/or competitive bids for services and software acquisitions.Additionally, the assigned Contracting Officer may assist with documenting and amending sourcing process workflows.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Planning, managing, and executing from start to finish sourcing processes for contracts acquiring services and software
• Drafting, interpreting, analyzing, and editing contract language
• Designing contractual incentives to align contractor objectives with Alyeska objectives
• Performing market, risk, and financial analysis, where appropriate

Qualifications:

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Law, or other related discipline, and
• Two (2) Years of related experience in commercial, business management, finance, law, or another related field, and
• Advanced knowledge in commercial discipline: negotiations, sourcing, contracting, and
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with team members as well as internal/external stakeholders
  

Preferred Experience and Skills (i.e. SCADA, Instrumentation, Fire Systems etc.):

• Four (4) years’ experience in supply chain management, finance, law, or related field
• Demonstrated ability to adopt and lead innovation/change to improve process efficiency and effectiveness
• Two (2) years’ experience in a client facing role (both internal and external clients)
• Advanced user in Microsoft desktop productivity tools, particularly Word and Excel

[ NOTE: Becausethis is a SkillBridge Internship, it is understood that nosingle candidate will have equal expertise in all the areas ofresponsibility listed. Successful candidates will possess acompelling combination of many of them and the self-awarenessand wisdom to leverage existing and/or new resources in thearea(s) where they lack personal mastery.]

Vets2PMProvides:

• Mentorship andguidance via regular SkillBridge Intern ZoomMeetings and availability to assist the intern at any time.
• PMFundamentals course, Resume writing, LinkedIn optimization,and interview skills course. *Some internships include certification training which will be discussed during the interview/upon matching.
• Other free resources,including an electronic copy of 'How to Speak CivilianFluently'.

Other:

Not allinternships include certification training by Vets2PM, asmany host companies include their own internship-focusedtraining instead. If selected for an internship with Vets2PMplease read your approval email, letter, and training plan to besure you understand what is included in yourinternship.