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TerraPower Senior Contract Specialist in Bellevue, Washington
TITLE: Senior Contract Specialist LOCATION: Bellevue, WA, USA TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower's mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company's activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications - all for significant human health benefits. TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape. Contract Specialist The Senior Contract Specialist (CS) reports to the Director of Contracts; key activities are to negotiate, plan, coordinate review, administer documents and obtain approvals for assigned incoming Contracts performed by TP in support of corporate activities and client projects, including government contracts and subcontracts. This position implements approved process for initiating, developing, issuing monitoring and closing out external Contracts. The CS will contribute to enhancing the success of projects by limiting the overall risks and liability associated with customer negotiations and contract administration, subcontract sourcing, pricing, evaluating, negotiating and obtaining materials, equipment and/or construction services. This position will coordinate the review of client contracts and provides negotiation support when required. The position interfaces with Procurement, when directed, to provide support for implementing subcontracting. In addition, the Contract Specialist assists with the development of corporate and supplier strategy. Responsibilities * Perform Contract Management functions for assigned areas, clients or specific TerraPower projects, which may include government contracts, subcontracts, grants, government funding opportunities and commercial opportunities (services agreement, task orders, etc.) * Act as TerraPower's single point of interface with external government and commercial customers' contracts organizations for assigned projects/phases of contract development and execution. * Support Business Development activities for assigned projects including the review and negotiation of the resulting agreements. * Provide monitoring of assigned executed Contracts and related activities with focus on compliance, change control, and assist with quality, cost management, schedule and performance. * Assist department leadership, which includes process and tool development and training, budget generation and control. * Interface with internal stakeholders (e.g., legal, finance) as necessary to support contract management functions. * Provide subcontract support, as required. Key Qualifications and Skills * High-school diploma. * Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or equivalent field or equivalent combination of education and experience, minimum fifteen years experience equivalent, in technically-oriented contracting. * Contracting or similar business/interface role with some international experience (p