What Your Job Will Be LikeThe Sandia Mission Services Talent Acquisition Team (MSTAT) is seeking Contracting Specialists. This team is active in identifying candidates with relevant academic and work experience in an effort to meet our staffing needs and objectives for either current or near-term positions.
Selected applicants will be interviewed by a subcommittee of managers and staff. Subsequently, successful applicants will be provided to managers for placement in positions across the Laboratory. These positions require reporting onsite due to the nature of the work.
Candidates are expected to team with others to support Sandia's mission by adding value, improving operations, offering innovative solutions and appropriately managing risk for the corporation.
Please submit the following with your completed application:
- Updated resume
- A letter of introduction addressing career goals and areas of primary technical interest/focus
Position Information
The Contracting Specialist partners with leadership across projects to ensure efficient planning, negotiation, and closure of subcontracts for Sandia. They maintain compliance with policies, represent Sandia with external stakeholders, and manage legally binding subcontracts and agreements in accordance with federal regulations. Responsibilities include identifying and mitigating risks, managing various supply chain/mission programs, and developing project plans for timely subcontract execution.
On any given day, you may be called on to:
- Partner with leadership to ensure efficient planning, negotiation, and closure of critical path contracts/subcontracts for Sandia.
- Represent Sandia positively with external stakeholders at local and national levels.
- Commit Sandia to legally binding subcontracts and agreements, ensuring compliance with federal regulations and prime contract requirements.
- Develop strategies with leadership to identify and mitigate risks and disruptions while balancing efficiency and compliance.
- Participate in self-assessment and review activities to assure compliance for stakeholders and coordinate responses to audits and special requests.
- Monitor key activities, develop intervention mechanisms, and create project plans to ensure timely execution of subcontracts and agreements.
- Research and evaluate information to provide solutions to complex issues, leveraging a broad network of stakeholders for cross-functional problem-solving.
- Make independent, judgment-based decisions and take calculated risks based on expertise.
Salary Range$74,700 - $144,400
*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.
Qualifications We Require- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance
Qualifications We Desire- Masters degree in Business Administration.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with demonstrated ability to apply these skills to resolve complex business issues.
- Strong business acumen, oral and written communication skills, negotiation and conflict resolution skills, and customer service skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, ability to present information to all organizational levels.
- Ability to make decisions within the scope of the organization's policy, goals, and values.
- Ability to model behaviors that reflect Sandia's core values.
- Ability to organize and follow through to completion on multiple tasks, under strict deadlines and changing priorities.
- Ability to conduct research, investigate alternatives, and recommend solutions to problems affecting acquisition and business issues.
About Our TeamMission Services provides essential business services that support Labs operations. From supply chain to project controls, finance, and integrated business management; Mission Services ensures that every mission at Sandia has the necessary equipment, materials, project management and business support necessary to keep The Mission moving.
Our vision is to transform our services for mission success and support Sandia's national security mission by innovating, partnering with our customers, and addressing issues directly. We aim to significantly enhance our mission delivery, increase our value to sponsors, clients, national security partners at the Sandia Field Office (SFO), and internal customers, while fostering trust in our teams. Our 10000 staff is matrixed to support various missions across the Labs.
Posting DurationThis posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Security ClearanceSandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
