Sr. Contracts Specialist

Sbir; Santa Barbara (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

PTO

HSA

FSA

Alternate work week

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Job summary

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. in Santa Barbara, CA is seeking a Sr. Contracts Specialist to administer customer contracts, review and negotiate terms and conditions. You will handle government and commercial contracts and support compliance across programs.

This full-time, on-site role offers a competitive salary range and benefits, with opportunities to lead contract administration activities and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 8+ years related experience.
• Thorough knowledge of contracts and federal regulations.
• Leadership experience with a contracts team.

Responsibilities

• Contract management and administration of government and commercial contracts including modifications.
• Reviews and negotiates customers’ terms and conditions for acceptability/compliance.
• Negotiates, prepares, executes, and administers legal agreements such as Bail Agreements.
• Manage Government contracts such as CPFF and FAR flow-downs and regulatory compliance.
• Manage government billings and portals; administer small business plans.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

8+ years related experience

Job description

Company

Employment Status

Full-Time

Experienced Non-Manager

Job Description

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. is currently recruiting for the position of Sr. Contracts Specialist. The Sr. Contract Specialist’s primary responsibility will be to administer customer contracts, review and negotiate terms & conditions.

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR) is a very successful, fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, (NYSE: HEI, HEI.A). For more than 50 years, HEICO has thrived by serving segments of the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries by providing innovative and cost-saving products and services. Forbes Magazine has ranked HEICO as one of the 200 "Best Small Companies" and 200 "Hot Shot Stocks".

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. designs and manufactures the most technologically advanced Infrared (IR) and Electro-Optical (E-O) test instrumentation. SBIR's broad line of innovative products support testing of military and commercial sensor systems for world-wide use in laboratory, production, depot and field test applications. SBIR's high-energy, dynamic culture focuses our Team Members' on providing quality products and services to our customers. We provide highly integrated, well-engineered, cost effective hardware and software solutions to the E-O community. In doing so, SBIR has become the preferred supplier to major domestic and international manufacturers of commercial and military E-O sensors and systems.

$100,000.00/yr - $150,000./yr. - DOE

M-F (Full-Time, On Site)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Contract management and administration of both government and commercial contracts which includes executing, preparing, administering, and requesting modifications.
• Reviews and negotiates customers’ terms and conditions for acceptability/compliance.
• Negotiates, prepares, executes, and administers legal agreements such as a Bail Agreement.
• Manage assigned Government contracts such as CPFF and FAR flow downs and regulatory compliance
• Manage assigned government billings and portals; administer and report small business plans.
• Supports import/Export Compliance
• Supports Program Management with an emphasis on contract deliverables and schedule.
• Maintains current certifications required for commercial and government quotes and contracts.
• Reviews and recommends credit approvals for customers utilizing Credit Safe.
• Ability to work full time (8/10 preferred)
• Acting lead for contract administrators when Supervisor unavailable
• Support the remap of the contracts “process” to introduce efficiency. Design and implement with metrics
• Ensure all assigned contracts are processed expeditiously

Requirements

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or 8+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Thorough knowledge of contracts and federal regulations
• Leadership experience with a contracts team

Due to US Export Control Regulations compliance, eligible candidates MUST be a US citizen, permanent resident or a person who has been granted asylum; proper documentation required. Pre-employment verifications: must pass background, reference and ITAR/EAR checks in addition to a pre-employment drug screen.

This position offers many benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), PTO, HSA, FSA, alternate work week schedule, LTD, life insurance and much more.

EOE

Male/Female/Veteran/Disabled

Pay Transparency

In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and "Job promotions."

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by law.