Senior Contract Specialist

Title: Senior Contract Specialist

Location: Bellevue, Washington, United States (or Kemmerer, Wyoming)

Job Type: Full-time

Terra Power 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, Terra Power 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. Terra Power'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.

Terra Power 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. Terra Power is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

In addition, as a federal contractor, Terra Power has instituted an affirmative action plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

The Senior Contract Specialist (CS) reports to the Director of Contracts and is responsible for negotiating, planning, coordinating the review, administering documents, and obtaining approvals for assigned incoming contracts performed by Terra Power in support of corporate activities and client projects, including government contracts and subcontracts. The CS implements the approved process for initiating, developing, issuing monitoring, and closing out external contracts.

The CS contributes to enhancing the success of projects by limiting overall risks and liability associated with customer negotiations and contract administration, subcontract sourcing, pricing, evaluating, negotiating, and obtaining materials, equipment, and/or construction services. The CS coordinates the review of client contracts and provides negotiation support when required. The position interfaces with Procurement, when directed, to provide support for implementing subcontracting and assists with the development of corporate and supplier strategy.

• Perform contract management functions for assigned areas, clients, or specific Terra Power projects, which may include government contracts, subcontracts, grants, government funding opportunities, and commercial opportunities (services agreement, task orders, etc.)
• Act as Terra Power's single point of interface with external government and commercial customer contract 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.

• High‑school diploma.
• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or…