Skookum Contract Services
Director of Contracts
Skookum Contract Services, Bremerton, Washington, United States, 98312
Skookum Contract Services - Director of Contracts
Location: Bremerton, WashingtonType: ExemptCompensation: $133,400 - $220,100 (Skookum's compensation strategy is to position new employees between the minimum and midpoint of this range, depending on qualifications and experience.)Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday 7:30am – 4:00pm (flexible start and end times depending on scheduling needs)As a Director of Contracts, you'll… The Director of Contracting leads the Skookum Contracts team responsible for all contractual matters at Skookum, including all aspects of the acquisition life cycle: pre-award, contract award, post-award, and contract close-out. This team supports and collaborates with Skookum Regional Vice Presidents (RVPs), who retain P&L responsibility as well as ultimate authority, by pricing, negotiating, and administering all Skookum contracts. These contracts are primarily, yet not exclusively, federal service contracts. The Skookum Contracts team selects and manages subcontractors, including developing contract language and drafting teaming agreements. The Director of Contracting reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer and exercises independent judgment, discretion, and confidentiality, with minimal supervision required.Delivers Skookum’s Value Proposition to our internal and external customers. Creates a customer-oriented culture for the Contracts team, ensuring that the team remains easy to do business with and strives to partner with internal and external customers in a way that facilitates the customer’s ability to accomplish their mission.Leads a team of professionals that create pricing workbooks relied upon to bid or negotiate and administer a wide range of service contracts and select manufacturing contracts. Pricing responsibilities include creation of labor estimates based on engineering performance standards and/or historical data, material estimation, selection of capital equipment, subcontractor spend, insurance, etc.Leads a team of professionals that administers contracts, including the change process (modifications and requests for equitable adjustment), negotiation of follow-on year and base year agreements, proper processing of certificates of labor, and support to the internal Operations leaders regarding interpretation and implementation of Service Contract Act, Davis Bacon Act, and Collective Bargaining Agreements.Serves as a primary point of contact with government Contracting Officers and government Contract Administrators for contract awards, renewals, modifications, and payments.Responsible for developing and utilizing an electronic contract filing system. At a minimum, the system will capture official correspondence, original contracts with all current modifications, associated technical documents, all submittals, and customer evaluations.Responsible for understanding and interpreting the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to develop solutions for federal Customers. This includes researching, understanding, and interpreting the FAR clauses affecting each contract during the year.Skilled negotiator, able to engage in complex price negotiations with a win-win approach.Summary of desired skills and experience for the Skookum Director of Contracts:Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Construction Management or related field requiredA minimum of 8 years of federal contracting and cost estimating experience, preferably with the Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.The ideal candidate has a Warranted Contracting Officer (Level II or higher) for the federal government or has held equivalent levels of authority.A valid state driver’s license is required with the ability to obtain and maintain coverage by Skookum’s insurance.Must be able to obtain and maintain applicable security clearances and installation access.To Apply: Visit our website at www.skookum.org to complete an application.Skookum is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Women/Minority/Veteran/Disabled - Skookum participates in E-Verify.
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Location: Bremerton, WashingtonType: ExemptCompensation: $133,400 - $220,100 (Skookum's compensation strategy is to position new employees between the minimum and midpoint of this range, depending on qualifications and experience.)Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday 7:30am – 4:00pm (flexible start and end times depending on scheduling needs)As a Director of Contracts, you'll… The Director of Contracting leads the Skookum Contracts team responsible for all contractual matters at Skookum, including all aspects of the acquisition life cycle: pre-award, contract award, post-award, and contract close-out. This team supports and collaborates with Skookum Regional Vice Presidents (RVPs), who retain P&L responsibility as well as ultimate authority, by pricing, negotiating, and administering all Skookum contracts. These contracts are primarily, yet not exclusively, federal service contracts. The Skookum Contracts team selects and manages subcontractors, including developing contract language and drafting teaming agreements. The Director of Contracting reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer and exercises independent judgment, discretion, and confidentiality, with minimal supervision required.Delivers Skookum’s Value Proposition to our internal and external customers. Creates a customer-oriented culture for the Contracts team, ensuring that the team remains easy to do business with and strives to partner with internal and external customers in a way that facilitates the customer’s ability to accomplish their mission.Leads a team of professionals that create pricing workbooks relied upon to bid or negotiate and administer a wide range of service contracts and select manufacturing contracts. Pricing responsibilities include creation of labor estimates based on engineering performance standards and/or historical data, material estimation, selection of capital equipment, subcontractor spend, insurance, etc.Leads a team of professionals that administers contracts, including the change process (modifications and requests for equitable adjustment), negotiation of follow-on year and base year agreements, proper processing of certificates of labor, and support to the internal Operations leaders regarding interpretation and implementation of Service Contract Act, Davis Bacon Act, and Collective Bargaining Agreements.Serves as a primary point of contact with government Contracting Officers and government Contract Administrators for contract awards, renewals, modifications, and payments.Responsible for developing and utilizing an electronic contract filing system. At a minimum, the system will capture official correspondence, original contracts with all current modifications, associated technical documents, all submittals, and customer evaluations.Responsible for understanding and interpreting the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) to develop solutions for federal Customers. This includes researching, understanding, and interpreting the FAR clauses affecting each contract during the year.Skilled negotiator, able to engage in complex price negotiations with a win-win approach.Summary of desired skills and experience for the Skookum Director of Contracts:Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Construction Management or related field requiredA minimum of 8 years of federal contracting and cost estimating experience, preferably with the Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.The ideal candidate has a Warranted Contracting Officer (Level II or higher) for the federal government or has held equivalent levels of authority.A valid state driver’s license is required with the ability to obtain and maintain coverage by Skookum’s insurance.Must be able to obtain and maintain applicable security clearances and installation access.To Apply: Visit our website at www.skookum.org to complete an application.Skookum is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Women/Minority/Veteran/Disabled - Skookum participates in E-Verify.
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