Senior Project Contracts Officer

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? Can you see yourself conducting market research and analysis, determining strategic details to support strategy, and identifying potential contractors? Do you like to prepare commercial bid documents? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you! Our Chalk River location is looking for a Senior Project Contracts Officer; apply today!

What you will be doing!

• Category Strategy and Planning:
  • Conducting market research and analysis, internally and externally and determining strategic details to support strategy and identify potential contractors.
  • Establishing strategic relationships with key contractors aligned to with the company’s needs.
  • Identifying new contractors, agreeing to terms, and negotiating supply arrangements where appropriate, including discount structures and volume rebates, with the company’s best interest in mind.
  • Developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy for the overall project and bundling options.
  • Applying professional judgement using a graded approach commensurate with the nature and risk of the specific acquisition.
• Acquisition:
  • Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and various subject matter experts to identify requirements and execute a strategy to meet expectations.
  • Building strategic relationships and networking opportunities with Stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Preparing all commercial bid documents.
  • Developing bid evaluation matrices with support from the technical team.
  • Managing the entire bid process by:
    • Leading bidder meetings with all relevant stakeholders.
    • Ensuring risks and opportunities related to the procurement are identified, assessed, mitigated and managed effectively throughout the process.
    • Managing and maintaining the integrity of the bid process.
    • Coordinating technical evaluations and conducting commercial evaluations, including normalization of all compliant proposals.
    • Preparing a final vendor recommendation for senior management.
    • Reviewing all comments and exceptions taken to the proposed form of agreement and working with Legal Counsel to negotiate a final agreement.
• Contract Management:
  • Providing post-award contract oversight during the execution of the contract, where applicable.
  • Maintaining comprehensive procurement files, documenting contractual requirements and communications.
  • Resolving complex/ diverse professional business service issues.
  • Identifying and recommending improvements to processes that affect one's own area and others/clients.
  • Developing and maintaining procurement records, including contracts, purchase orders, and supplier performance metrics
  • Monitoring supplier performance, identifying areas for improvement and implementing corrective action plans as necessary.
  • Preparing reports on contract status, performance metrics and key issues and risks for senior management.
  • Coordinating/participating in “lessons learned” meetings in a manner that captures and communicates any lessons learned as a result of the procurement process and/or market engagement.
• Other duties as assigned by your manager.
  

What we are looking for:

• Education
  • Post-secondary education in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, legal, or a related field.
  • Minimum 6-10 years of experience in supply chain management, experience with projects and/or construction projects procurements, or related field.
  • An asset is a designation holder or enrolment in the Certified Supply Chain Leader (CSCL), previously referred to as CSCMP, or enrolment in a relevant Supply Chain Management program (e.g., Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)).
• Experience
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, contract management, project management, contract law, procurement practices/processes and tasks, emphasizing complex procurements/projects.
  • Formal training and/or demonstrated experience in supply chain management, contract management, negotiations, and/or conflict, claims, and dispute resolution.
  • Experience in a highly regulated or nuclear environment would be an asset.
  • Demonstrated understanding and experience with contract terminology and contract interpretation, contract strategies, pricing models and corresponding contract risks. (ie, DB, DBB, IPD, Target Cost, EPC, etc).
• Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Ablity to work independently, establish priorities to meet conflicting deadlines, and to resolve conflicts promptly.
  • Ablity to balance multiple priorities, adapt to a constantly changing business environment, work independently, drive projects to completion, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; effectively communicating with senior management.
  • Strong work ethic and sense of accountability, and a willingness to devote additional/extended hours, when required.
  • Ablity to interpret scopes of work, drawings and/or technical specifications, and understand basic technical and quality issues.
  • Excellent skills pertaining to attention to detail, written and oral communication, time management, coordination, planning, organization, problem solving, analysis, strategic planning, research, reporting, customer service, and leadership.
  • Strong negotiation and dispute resolution skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead others through influence rather than authority.
  • Strong computer skills and knowledge of MS Office Suite programs (e.g., Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint). Good working knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite, SharePoint, ATOM, ISNetworld, and E-Sign.
  • Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality written documentation.
• Security Clearance Eligibility Required

  • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”

Working Conditions:

• Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week.

Why CNL?

Does the idea of working with a dynamic team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world excite you? At CNL, we’re reinventing ourselves to be industry leaders—pioneering solutions to the problems that matter most.

From building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy technologies, to developing targeted cancer treatments, to continuing our global leadership in environmental remediation—we are driven by impact, innovation, and purpose.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Here’s what you can expect as part of our team:

• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
• Benefits effective Day One – no waiting period
• Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
• A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long‑term financial security

Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?

• Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
• Restoring and protecting the environment
• Contributing to the health of Canadians

If so, you’ll feel right at home at CNL!

Location: Fully Remote

This position is offered on a fully remote basis, allowing you to work from home anywhere in Canada. You’ll collaborate virtually with a dynamic team across CNL sites, helping to advance Canada’s clean energy and environmental goals from your home office.

Please note: This is a remote position supporting the Chalk River Laboratory, Ontario.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

At CNL, we are committed to fostering an environment that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome employees, stakeholders, and partners of all backgrounds and identities. Click here to read all about it!

We are proud to uphold a workplace culture grounded in our Core Values:

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Accountability
• Safety
• Integrity
• Excellence

These values drive our employment practices and ensure meaningful career development opportunities and accommodations for all employees.

CNL is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during any phase of the hiring process, please let us know via [email protected]. All requests will be handled with confidentiality.

CNL operates on sites located on the traditional lands, waterways and ceded and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples. CNL recognizes and affirms all First Nations, Métis communities and Inuit in this land we now know as Canada. We acknowledge, respect and seek to better understand Indigenous history, rights and title on the lands where we work and develop projects. We honour and respect the importance of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and their lands, waters and territories.

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