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Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Senior Contract Specialist *opportunity in *Richland, WA *to support *DOE Hanford. Work Schedule: Full time or part time Work Location: *Work shall be conducted at the Department of Energy government offices, The Hanford Site, and Richland, WA. This position is telework optional at the discretion of the Technical Monitor (TM) in consultation with the Contracting Officer (CO). HPD support staff are expected to provide in-office support every Tuesday and one other day per week as agreed upon with the TM. If in-person support is identified as required for any reason and for any length of time by the TM or CO, the contractor shall report for duty in-person as requested. *SCOPE OF WORK The Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site requires general support services for the Hanford Procurement Division (HPD). The Senior Level Contract Specialists will provide support in the following areas:

• Assist contracting officers and contract specialists with general day-to-day contract administration duties.
• Assist with drafting contract documents.
• Assist with new awards, modifications, and closeouts utilizing procurement system (STRIPES).
• Assist with the preparation of various reports.
• Ensure timely and accurate compliance with monthly and quarterly reporting requirements.
• Assist with the review and process of contractor invoices in a timely fashion.
• Support correspondence creation.
• Gather information for various audits or data calls.
• Gathering information for various negotiation sessions.
• Support in coordinating Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting evaluations by scheduling technical input, and working with the Contracting Officers and Contract Specialist
• Support policy writing, developing, issuing, updating, and revising policy, desk guides, and procedures.
• Support review of contract actions submitted for policy compliance.
• Support complex subcontract reviews in accordance with DOE and local guidance as requested.
• Support of HPD actions file merging of files on websites/share drives.
• Update and status workload tracking tool.
• Utilize business operations experience to conduct tasks with minimal supervision.
• Support in writing complex Pre-Negotiation Plans/Price Negotiation Memorandums, and support DOE contracting personnel in the process for negotiating large, complex, sole source contracting actions.
• Support the process of contract modifications for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task orders on directed work scope or reliability projects.
• Support the review and process Requests for Services (RFS) submittals submitted by other DOE contractors.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in a business field of study (Accounting, Economics, Management, Marketing, etc.). Six years of experience may be substituted for education.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Government contracts and contract administration.
• Working level knowledge of Hanford Site mission, activities and priorities.
• Working level knowledge of DOE Hanford processes and procedures.
• Working level knowledge of DOE's program management practices, policies, and procedures.

Strong clerical, administrative, and organizational capabilities.

Experience in supporting organizations with, tracking, monitoring, review and coordination efforts.

Familiarity with or ability to learn/use other technology management tools employed at Hanford.

Proven ability to interface successfully with senior level management.

Ability to work with government