Contract Specialist III

Summary

King County Metro Transit is looking for a high performing, strategic, proactive and savvy contract specialist to provide procurement and contract administration support of services for Metro's Flexible Services.

Contracted Services (CS) plays a central role in delivering King County Metro's services by managing a diverse portfolio of programs and partnerships that directly impact customers and communities. These include mobility services such as Community Transportation (DART, Metro Flex, Community Van, and CAT), Rideshare programs (Vanpool and Vanshare), Fleet Operations, and Access Paratransit services.

Position Information: This recruitment will be used to fill one (1) Career Service Contract Specialist III classification vacancy.

In addition, this selection process may be used to generate an eligibility pool for future Special Duty Assignment (SDA), Term Limited Temporary (TLT), and Career Service (CS) vacancies that may occur in this classification within this workgroup. The eligibility list will be retained for 12 months from the date of posting and may be used at the discretion of the hiring authority.

Who May Apply:
We welcome applications from all interested candidates, including current King County employees and the public. Please note that first consideration will be given to internal King County employees. Please refer to the "Supplemental Information" section of this job bulletin for the required application materials.

Job Duties

Applying our ACTIVATE values: being Accountable, Collaborative, Timely, and Impactful; how we Value Employees; staying Accessible; building what's Trusted; and acting Equitably, is a daily responsibility and a foundational expectation for all King County employees. As a Contract Specialist III you will:

• Determine bidding requirements, selection criteria, and general terms and conditions for contracts and procurements.
• Support development and review of scopes of work and specifications for contracts; write and edit scopes for major equipment, technical, and professional, procurements.
• Conduct market research, prepare acquisition plans, and establish milestones; develop solicitation strategy and determine phasing and weighting approaches.
• Prepare solicitation documents and manage the advertisement of solicitations; determine appropriate structure for RFPs and scopes of work.
• Prepare contract terms and conditions for execution, including documents for the sale of County-owned property and resources.
• Ensure contract compliance and reporting to appropriate contract administrators; negotiate and document contract change orders and review details with auditors to ensure Federal guidelines are met.
• Facilitate and support contract negotiations; help monitor contract compliance and performance.
• Hold evaluation meetings, interviews, pre-bid conferences, pre-proposal conferences, proprietary meetings, debriefs, and public presentations representing the County regarding procurement issues.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, contract terms, policies, procedures, and Federal grant/loan requirements.
• Develop and implement procedures for consultant selection, major equipment purchases, and procurements for technically complex, unique, politically sensitive, and high value projects.
• Propose alternate procurement approaches and train department representatives on procurement code, policies, procedures, and waivers.
• Update and manage standard procurement process documents.
• Provide procurement guidance; educate and guide internal team members and customers through the procurement process; provide lead direction and training for project managers, team members, inspection personnel, administrative staff, and Contract Specialists.
• Support contract administration and management.
• Support strategic initiatives with Strategic Sourcing, Relationship Management, and Supplier Performance Management.
• Conduct continuous improvement of Metro contractual processes to reduce waste and increase efficiency.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Candidates must meet the following minimum qualifications:

• Experience of competitive procurement…