Major Projects Post Award Contract Administrator, Principal

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Job Category: Legal 

Job Level: Manager/Principal

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview 

The Procurement organization is the functional lead for the procurement of materials and services at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. The department collaborates with internal clients and suppliers managing more than $12 billion of annual company spend to develop mutually beneficial total value solutions for goods and services. The department provides the following services to internal clients: procurement of goods and services, strategic sourcing and cost savings, category management, supplier relationship management, execution and outreach, compliance management, ongoing procurement field support and management of the source to pay cycle. 

Position Summary 

The Major Projects Post Awards Contract Administrator, Principal will be a part of the first dedicated procurement function for capital projects. This role is responsible for ensuring effective contract execution, compliance, and performance management across PG&E's large-scale capital projects. This role serves as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders, suppliers, and project teams to drive timely delivery, control costs, mitigate risk, and maintain contractual integrity.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland based on business needs.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of the job posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, and geographic location. The decision will be made on a case-by-case basis related to these factors.​ This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.  

Pay Range display:

Bay Area – $132,000  - $196,000

Reporting Relationship

The Major Projects Post Award Contract Administrator, Principal will report to the Senior Manager, Major Projects Procurement

Job Responsibilities

• Manages all post-award activities for multiple major project contracts, including change orders, amendments, renewals, and closeouts
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure compliance with contractual terms, service levels, and safety requirements
• Support creating clear contracts and ensuring thorough documentation, and implementing effective communication and dispute resolution strategies.
• Support developing contract management work process, and enforcing procedures for handling change orders and amendments; ensure all parties agree on adjustments in accordance with contract terms. 
• Leads the most complex cross-functional projects and contracts
• Advises senior leadership (internal and external) on contracting strategy and negotiations.
• Negotiates the most complex contract issues independently.
• Leads the effort to identify, analyze, improve existing business processes, or create new ones within the department to meet new goals and objectives.
• Works closely with key stakeholders such as Project Management Director, PMO Director, Engineering Director, and others to ensure alignment.
• Acts as a primary liaison for the contracts team to PG&E's Legal Department.
• Provides active guidance, support, mentorship and training to less experienced contract management staff.
• Develops and delivers contract management training to all stakeholders.
• Collaborates with other PG&E Lines of Business to promote knowledge sharing and use of best practices.

Background Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's (BA/BS) degree or equivalent experience
• Nine (9) years of experience in a similar role executing and managing contracts for major heavy civil, pipeline, or industrial construction projects

Desired

• Master's degree in Construction Management or related discipline
• Experience in developing and managing complex contracting strategies EPC/CMAR/PDB/DB/GMP.
• Certification such as one of the following or related:
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Program Management Professional (PgMP)
  • Certified Cost Engineer (CCE) certificate
  • Lean six sigma certification, green or black belt
• Experience in major construction project controls, cost estimating, terms and conditions negotiations, and scheduling.
• Experience with quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) regarding contract documents.
• Subject matter expertise with composition, management, administration, and negotiation of engineering and construction contracts and change orders
• Ability to apply business knowledge, project management methodologies, and best practices.
• Ability to manage conflict constructively with a win-win resolution in mind.
• Knowledge of budget and resource allocation and formulation of contracts, bids, agreements, and RFPs.
• Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Analytical, critical, and technical thinking skills. Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Ability to develop reports, models, and simulations.
• Prioritizes workload independently based on department priorities and goals.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) and contract information systems and applications (e.g. SRM, Ariba, SAP, scheduling software).