Specialist, Contracts
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Job Title: Specialist, Contracts Job Code: 42551 Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT Job Schedule: 9/80- employees work 9 out of 14 days- totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off
Job Description: This position is responsible for conducting proposal preparation, pre-contract data collection, and administering, extending, negotiating and terminating standard and nonstandard government contracts.
Essential Functions:
- Preparing, negotiating, and administering a large volume of contracts of various types for a variety of customers.
- Ensuring contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, customer specifications, FAR, DFAR and ITAR.
- Reviewing RFPs; preparing proposals including engineering changes; performing associated negotiation and defining activities.
- Performing risk assessment of proposal/contract terms and conditions; formulating and executing strategies to minimize potential risks to the business.
- Working with customers, management, and program teams to resolve issues, secure approvals, and ensure successful contract execution.
- Serving as point of contact for the customer during all phases of a program.
- Generating and maintaining contract documentation.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.
- In-depth knowledge and experience with FAR and DFARS required and functional knowledge of SAP input and report generation.
- Hhands on experience with ITAR
- Experience with reviewing RFPs, preparing proposals, negotiation, definitization and administration of DoD Contracts
- Minimum of 6 years current experience with risk assessment of proposals/contract terms and conditions and strategies to minimize potential risks to the business.
- Experience effectively interfacing at all levels of company management
- Minimum of 6 years current experience effectively interfacing with Government customers and other customer organizations
- Able to travel as required and on short notice.
- This position requires the ability to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.
- Current and active Secret security clearance, or higher.
- Experience in problem solving through creative solutions drawing from prior experience is preferred.
- Possess excellent communications skills. Effectively communicate via formal letters complicated and sensitive subjects, possess proper email skills, and possess excellent verbal communication skills.
- Experience and be able to manage complex projects or processes.
- Experience leading a team/project in gathering comprehensive data from multiple disciplines and lead a team to address complex issues and concerns. Problems typically require consideration from multiple areas or specialties.
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Posted 29 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job