Contract Specialist

**Requisition ID**:254941**

**Requisition Posting End Date**:
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QB2 is an open pit operation which leaches the ore to produce copper cathodes via processing in an SX-EW plant. It is located in the Tarapaca Region, at an altitude of 4,400 meters above sea level and approximately 240 kilometers southeast of the city of Iquique.

Project considers the construction of a concentrator plant near the mine; a tailings deposit; a pipeline for the transportation of copper concentrate; a desalination plant supplying sea water - which will be sent by an aqueduct to the concentrator and facilities for the reception, filtering and shipment of the concentrate in the Patache Norte sector, south of Iquique.

SUMMARY

Responsible for gathering and compiling data essential to the administration of (sub)contracts. Assists with implementation of (sub)contract administration procedures and coordinates or monitors the completion of administrative tasks. Also monitors areas of (sub)contract performance as assigned. Conducts investigations and inquiries into specific (sub)contract problems and may provide assistance in claims research.

JOB DIMENSIONS

A. Supervision Received
- Reports to and receives operational guidance from a (Sub)Contract Manager or (Sub)Contract Administrators.

B. Supervision Exercised
- May provide operational and/or functional direction to administrative/secretarial personnel as assigned.

C. Contacts
- Project personnel who have been assigned (sub)contract management tasks in accordance with the Division of Responsibility Matrix.
- (Sub)contractor and customer personnel as assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

1. Gather and compile support data for the preparation of documents and the administration of (sub)contracts.

2. Assist (Sub)Contract Manager or (Sub)Contract Administrators in completion of the various administrative tasks required by the Contract/Subcontract Management Manual; Standard Work Process Procedures and automated (sub)contract management systems.

3. Monitor areas of (sub)contract performance, as assigned.

4. Conduct investigations and inquiries into specific (sub)contracts problems, as assigned.

5. Organize materials for the preparation of meetings, presentations and training sessions.

6. Assist in the preparation of periodic status reports.

JOB KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrated administrative and organizational skills.

Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.

Some basic knowledge of contract types, terms and legal requirements.

Some basic knowledge of law, negotiations, accounting or cost engineering gained through education or experience.

**_ Shaping tomorrow together_**

**_ Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live._**

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