Contract Manager

at  Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself providing professional advice and support? Would you like to support the development of appropriate Category Management Plans? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Contract Manager; apply today!

• Providing professional advice and support to Internal Customers by managing contracts and relationships with Contractors/Suppliers.
• Managing the relationship with the Contractor/Supplier.
• Promoting and ensuring a customer service-oriented approach to delivery requirements by recognizing relevant constraints, timelines, and budgets.
• Providing oversight to develop Contract Execution Plans to support administration/management of contracts, as required.
• Developing or supporting the development of appropriate Category Management Plans alongside Contract Officers, Contract Administrators, and Contract Leads.
• Reading, analyzing, providing advice, and applying the contract in daily transactions and minor disputes.
• Providing oversight and leading the development of negotiation strategies, negotiations, and resolution of relevant commercial/contractual issues (i.e., contract changes, disputes, claims, etc.), relationship management, administration and performance management/oversight, including appropriate financial, change, and risk management.
• Coordinating, leading, and/or supporting Contract Kick-off Meetings, and supporting the Contractor/Supplier Progress meetings.
• Functioning as a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) during contract execution, for all commercial and contractual matters between CNL and the Contractor/Supplier.
• Liaising and working with other functional groups, including Legal, Quality Assurance, Safety, and Finance, as required throughout the contract execution lifecycle.
• Working with and seeking appropriate advice from CNL Legal on contract amendments, determining contract risks, potential resolutions/disputes, and claims.
• Managing Contract Change Control to ensure that changes are identified early, evaluated, negotiated, documented, funded, and approved as per contractual requirements.
• Ensuring Contract logs are managed, contract deliverables are tracked, and all contract documentation is filed in accordance with Document Control procedures.
• Documenting, logging, managing, and tracking decisions and events relevant to the contract agreement.
• Supporting invoice validation to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, and monitoring the timely payments to Contractors/Suppliers.
• Monitoring expenditures and accruals against the contract and working with Internal Customers to ensure the accuracy of financial information.
• Providing advice and applying specialized knowledge in developing contract administration processes, procedures, and tools.
• Verifying with the Contract Team that all contractual obligations, including the technical and commercial conditions, are fulfilled throughout the contract.
• Verifying contract completion and ensuring all work has been completed and all deficiencies and administrative matters have been resolved.
• Enforcing a proportional performance management approach to individual contracts, consistent with the contract requirements, including but not limited to monitoring of contract cost, schedule, quality, and technical performance, as well as the implementation of CNL Contractor Performance Scorecards, as applicable.
• Participating in/leading Lessons Learned meetings, and/or documenting and sharing any Lessons Learned that were identified during contract execution, and ensuring such lessons are relayed for future procurements or Contractor/Supplier development.
• Identifying and recommending improvements to complex processes that affect own area and others/Internal Customers.
• Participating, leading where identified, and implementing process/procedure creation and/or improvements.
• Responding to situations to contain/mitigate short-term risk in accordance with established processes and procedures.
• Collating necessary information regarding contract(s), to provide input to Relationship Development Plans, and relevant Steering Committees or meetings of Senior Representatives.
• Ensuring being sufficiently familiar with the work and the progress of the Work, including an appropriate level of attendance at the Work Site, as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.