Contract Management, Procurement ​/ Purchasing

An open-grade appointment on the employer's contracts and procurement advisory team in Boise, Idaho, taken on to meet increased workload and new client instructions on major capital projects.

The posting describes work fulfilling the responsibilities of a contracts manager on the client side: developing and implementing contracting strategies for major construction projects delivered under a range of privately funded models, and giving specialist contracts and procurement advice to private sector clients on healthcare construction contracts in particular.

Named duties include drafting requests for proposals, evaluating scorecards and contracts, supporting the vendor procurement process, and building contract structures for the main delivery strategies, including multi-packaging on complex programmes.

The employer asks for at least five years in the construction industry or in contract services to public or private clients on large-scale capital investment, working knowledge of various forms of construction contract, and experience of multi-contracted environments.

It also asks for experience of implementing contracting strategies with risk identification, quantification and allocation, of drafting bespoke contract schedules and clauses and reviewing documents prepared by others, and of coordinating technical, legal and commercial inputs. Experience of developing and procuring guaranteed maximum price or lump sum work is described as desirable. A construction degree or equivalent is required.

No salary is published and no closing date is given.