Sr. Contract Administrator (Remote)

You don’t crack under pressure

Not everything happens the way it’s supposed to happen. When a pressure situation develops, your skill, experience, and temperament bring out the best in you and your work. If you see yourself in that description, we could have a place for you in our organization. Please contact us.

Responsibilities:

• Drafts contracts for engineering services projects, relying heavily on previous contracts as a resource for terms and conditions.

• Participates as a member of the negotiating team, assuming responsibility for explaining positions and resolving matters of a business nature related to the proposed contract.

• Monitors and administers the business provisions of assigned contracts to ensure that contract requirements are met.

• Collaborates with colleagues across organizational lines to obtain and transmit business information necessary for the Project Manager to more effectively monitor the status of the project.

• Prices change orders and follows through to ensure that contractual coverage is implemented.

• Prepares letters to client requesting approvals and interpretations required to comply with the provisions of the contract.

• Collaborates with appropriate Procurement personnel on project subcontract matters.

• Monitors project expenditures versus contract cost limitations.

• Prepares letters to clients notifying them of contract cost limitations and requirements for additional funds.

• Prepares project/facility acceptance documents and follows through to ensure acceptances are approved by the client.

• Furnishes business and financial information requested by the client, as delegated by the Project Manager.

• Identifies contractual problems and takes appropriate action to ensure a satisfactory resolution. Follows up on problems demanding management attention to ensure a timely response to the client.

• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

We believe in the power of people working together

Here, colleagues pool their skills and share ideas as they think and work together. We look to encourage and trust each other, believing that we all gain through the strength of the team. Share that strength with us. People from diverse backgrounds participate and shape their futures — and ours — through recognition and advancement in our welcoming workplace.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field

• 3+ years of contract administration experience is required

• Requires a working knowledge of industry business practices and contract administration principles, as well as some exposure to contract negotiations.

• Incumbent must also possess strong written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and a working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with contract administration

Preferred Requirements:

• 2 – 5 years of relevant experience performing comparable duties and responsibilities with international/aerospace/defense contracting

• Strong knowledge of proposal review, contract review, negotiation, and administration, as well as compliance with U.S. export and other regulations governing international business to provide for contract development, negotiation and management in accordance with company policy.

• Thorough understanding of contracting principles and commercial terms and conditions, as they relate to international business, as well as experience demonstrating a broad application of those principles.

• General knowledge of the U.S. federal acquisition process, government contracting principles and regulations (including FAR/DFARS) related to Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and familiarity with acquisition processes utilized in other countries.

• Membership/involvement in National Contract Management Association (NCMA) desired

• Security clearance preferred

• US Citizen

Expect to be treated well in our supportive environment

Join our culture of respect and encouragement, an organization with an honest commitment to letting employees know that they are valued. Our supportive atmosphere works to strengthen the bonds between our diverse staff members, fostering inclusion, cooperation and accomplishment.

Parsons (NYSE: PSN) is a leading technology firm driving the future of defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure. By combining unique technologies with deep domain expertise across cybersecurity, missile defense, space, connected infrastructure, and smart cities, we're providing tomorrow's solutions today. With a history of disruption beginning in 1944, we apply our distinct perspective to help our customers confront the issues of tomorrow in every domain—land, sea, air, space, and cyber. Our range of capabilities and our global network of resources lets us layer and integrate solutions to respond to any challenge with unmatched agility. In a time of rapid change, we see infinite sources of inspiration to fuel our creativity and enable the innovation necessary to accomplish our quest of delivering a better world. For more about Parsons, visit us at parsons.com and follow our quest on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and LinkedIn .