Requisition ID: 300825- Relocation Authorized: National/International - Single
- Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
- Work Location: Calgary,Alberta
Job Summary:In this role, you will lead a team managing owner contracts and Bechtel subcontracts, while monitoring field operations and progress. You will develop the subcontracting strategy, operating procedures, staffing plan, and the contracts section of the Project Execution Plan. You will review and approve bid details, commitments, and negotiations. Your oversight will help ensure subcontract staffing and performance remain aligned with project needs and scope. #LI-CS1
Major Responsibilities:• Contract governance & compliance leadership: Owns the contract administration framework (delegations of authority, approval gates, ethics/compliance, audit readiness) and ensure consistent application across sites, packages, and contractors and subcontractors.
• Manages project contracts personnel across all operations for a major project of exceptional scope.
• Coordinates contracts plans with engineering and construction plans and operations to ensure these groups' inputs enable contracts to perform timely and in accordance with project plans. Commercial interface with cost/schedule controls.
• Reviews commitment recommendations in accordance with contracts policies and procedures, makes recommendation to owner of those within delegated authority. Ensures proper support and backup for commitment recommendations which exceed delegate authority.
• Develops and implements a Subcontract Management Program for the project consistent with the Standard Work Process Procedures and the Subcontract/Contract Management Guidebook, monitoring compliance. Ensures staff performs work in accordance with project and company processes and procedures.
• Commercial reporting & forecasting: Establishes cadence and standards for commercial status reporting (commitments vs. forecasts, change log health, claims exposure, earned/progress impacts, cash/holdbacks
• Change management system ownership: Leads a disciplined end-to-end change process (early identification, notice compliance, pricing strategy, entitlement evaluation and positions, integrated change log with cost/schedule). Plans and conducts negotiations of contractor claims and schedule change requests within delegated authority.
• Claims avoidance & dispute resolution: Implements proactive dispute-avoidance (issue escalation pathways, executive alignment, contemporaneous records strategy) and manages formal disputes through resolution (including mediation/arbitration support if applicable).
• Payment, closeout, and turnover management: Owns subcontract commercial closeout (punchlist/deficiency linkage, final acceptance, final account settlements, release management, warranty/defects terms, holdback release, records turnover).
• Consults and assists on contractor local/indigenous procurement & commitments execution. Consults and assists on third-party, land access, and interface agreements
Education and Experience Requirements:- Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 15+ years of relevant experience or 19+ years of relevant work experience
Required Knowledge and Skills:- Extensive EPC Industry and Canadian Pipeline experience.
• Field Subcontracts Management experience.
• Camp based (rotation) position.
• Working understanding of partnering with Indigenous Nation businesses and Indigenous relations in British Columbia.
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