Contract Manager

BCJobs       |    Location:Fort St. John       |    Country:Canada

NB 51174064 - NC 51174066 BCH-T-4064-220306E1Employment Posting ID: Contract Manager Positions Available: 2 Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk)Status: Fort St. John Site C Constr OfcJob Location: Temporary HybridFlexible Work Role: Northern InteriorRegion: Powered by water... and by people like you Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that's where you come in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond during storms and outages to keep our system reliable. Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers. We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. JOB DESCRIPTION Duties: The Contracts Manager will provide daily support to the Senior Construction Manager and other Contract Managers as well as leadership to a team comprised of contract professionals and technologists for one or more subproject on the Site C Project. The successful candidate will be a senior, experienced Contracts Management professional with a proven track record of leading Contract Management associated with the construction of industrial mechanical and electrical projects. Accountabilities will include: * Providing leadership and work guidance that fosters a collaborative, productive, and healthy work and team environment. * Hiring and managing staff, facilitating training and development, monitors performance and provides ongoing coaching and feedback. * Responsible for team development and engagement which includes career development and succession planning * Champions safety and acts as a role model for setting behaviours and standards * Provides support to the Sub Project Manager for decision making and direction and escalates risks to Senior Management where there is a risk that contractual requirements will not be met or other commercial risks arise *Provides support to the Project for reporting requirements - both internally and externally. *Provides support to other functional groups as required. *Providing leadership to day to day contract management activities including, but not limited to, attending and/or chairing progress meetings, monitoring schedules, expediting, drafting of change documents as required, facilitate change processes, negotiations, facilitating and negotiation of claims and disputes as required, forecasting, accrual reporting, validation of payment requests, tracking of contract submittals and other deliverables, monitor document controls and contract interpretation. * Leads design and implementation of innovative strategies to enhance vendor management and BCH-T-4064-220306E1 - Contract Manager NB 51174064 - NC 51174066 optimize BCH's contract spend. * Builds and maintains a healthy working relationship with internal Stakeholders who include, Project Managers, Construction, Engineering, Environment, Safety, Quality, Project Controls and Site Engineering and Acceptance teams. * Creates a culture of continuous improvement. * Champion initiatives to improve the quality of service provided to Stakeholders. * Mentor and provide expert level of advice on contract related risk identification and risk mitigation techniques. * Support with the identification of alternatives to address Vendor non-compliance with the contract and propose recommendations, within the terms of the contract, to the Project Manager and Construction Manager. * Monitor contract performance and ensure contractual issues are identified, communicated to Stakeholders, and actioned appropriately ensuring that there are no negative impacts to functioning of the facility. * Managing post-award Vendor relationships to ensure the spirit and intent of the contract is achieved. * Support the "Hydro's Representative and/or Delegate " (the named contract authority who represents BC Hydro in all contractual matters under the contract) within the terms of the contract, BC Hydro's practices and financial policies. * Ensures that BC Hydro fulfills its obligations under the contract and takes prompt action to resolve and mitigate claims. Qualifications: * Degree in a relevant discipline such as Business, Law, Finance, Economics and/or Engineering preferred. * Minimum of twelve (12) years progressive experience in a dynamic business environment leading and managing teams that includes involvement in major infrastructure project contract formation, contract management and administration, contract claims, category management, ideally in a complex operating environment. * Demonstrated people leadership, and collaboration skills * Must possess excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills including to senior management levels * Excellent negotiating, project management, planning, time management and organizational skills. * Ability to lead and operate within an environment of ambiguity, where change happens frequently. * Proven abilities (as they relate to contract management) in influencing internal and external parties, developing relationships, managing risk, and optimizing costs through innovation. * Proficiency with MS Office including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required. BCH-T-4064-220306E1 - Contract Manager NB 51174064 - NC 51174066 * Proficiency with Unifier, SharePoint and SAP is preferred. *Demonstrated experience in con