J226 Contract Specialist III

Contract Specialist

Performs highly complex contract duties to include developing, analyzing, evaluating, reviewing, processing, ensuring applicable compliance, inspecting, implementing and monitoring contracts. Work requires extensive contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level establish their own work plan and priorities to meet set objectives. Issues are rarely referred to the supervisor but are handled at the occurrence.

Essential Duties :

• Assists in researching and making recommendations concerning contract administration systems.
• Assists with contract negotiations.
• Assists with recommending policy and procedure changes and solutions.
• Reviews contracts, amendments, subcontracts, procurement documents, change orders, work orders, supplemental agreements, time extensions, acceptance testing and consultant qualifications.
• Coordinates start-work date ensuring all necessary materials will be available for the contractor.
• Ensures contracts are payable and meet all legal requirements.
• Issues release to work orders.
• Maintains, updates and compiles detailed data, reports, summaries, files, records, logs, statistics or specific contracts including procurement documents and revisions; writes routine and unique correspondence.
• Provides technical and administrative support to include reviewing, processing, answers questions, provides assistance and handles complaints and resolution of discrepancies and problems regarding contracts, billing, payment and warrant actions.
• Reviews coordinates and processes routine open records requests.
• Sets up expenditure authorizations.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.