Contracts Specialist

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Chantilly, VA
Senior level
Aerospace
The Role
The Contracts Specialist provides lifecycle acquisition support, focusing on post-award activities such as contract administration, financial tracking, and proposal preparation. Responsibilities include advising on acquisition processes, ensuring deliverables meet requirements, and maintaining effective communication with government stakeholders.
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Contracts Specialist

Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!

KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Why Join Us?

  • Innovative Projects: KBR’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.
  • Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.
  • Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lifecycle Acquisition: Provide advice, recommendations, and document support to multiple disciplined offices in all areas of lifecycle acquisition, primarily focused on acquisition post-award support.  
  • Post-award Support: Acquisition post-award support includes: Contract Administration, Contract Modification Support, Delivery/Task Order Support, financial tracking, attending Program Management Reviews/Business Management Reviews, providing analysis of progress, and Award Fee management
  • Deliverables: Understand the purpose and content of acquisition deliverables, to include Statements of Work (SOW), Cost Estimates, Market Research, Quality Assurance Plans, Request for Proposals (RFPs), and other miscellaneous pre-award documentation
  • Contract Domain: Provide contractual domain expertise in implementation, execution, and administration for all aspects of contract management
  • Status: Correspond with Government and developers regarding contract status, requests for additional information, etc.
  • Proposals: May prepare complex requests for proposals
  • Mentorship: May mentor and train less experienced professionals

Work Environment:

  • Location: On-site
  • Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%
  • Working Hours: Standard/Flexible

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree 
  • Experience: 5 years of related work experience
  • Acquisition: Experience with Government acquisition initiatives
  • Post-acquisition: Experience with post-acquisition support (i.e. contract modification, financial tracking, attending milestone events, providing analysis of progress, award fee management)
  • Skills: Excellent communication and coordination skills
  • Detail: Demonstrated attention to detail

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.

KBR Benefits

KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together. 

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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The Company
Belfast
22,677 Employees
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What We Do

KBR, Inc. is an American engineering, procurement, and construction company, formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton.

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