Contract Validation Engineer Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Oversees and manages policy for [highly-advanced] contract duties in support of large scope, high-dollar or high-risk contracts. Oversees the execution and administration of contracts by defining requirements, participating and advising on negotiations and ensuring compliance with policies, laws, and acceptable contracting practices. Monitors progress/benchmarks, financial expenditures, allocations, and inspects final results. Serves as the point of contact for contracts and related issues. Work requires extensive contact with governmental officials and private entities. Employees at this level are virtually self-supervising and assume direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

• Ensures compliance with laws, regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to functional area.

• Oversees the operations and activities of monitoring contract performance, including developing and tracking key metrics.
• Coordinates the training of new professional and/or technical contract staff.
• Serves as the principal contract liaison between agency management, contractors, the Legislature, and other customers.
• Monitors contract performance by examining billings, fiscal data, and eligibility determinations for compliance with terms of contract and policies; recommends cancellation of contracts when deviations occur.
• Negotiates contract renewals and amendments.
• Oversees and provides advanced technical assistance to plan, develop, implement, and monitor effective programs; researches and makes recommendations concerning contract administration systems.
• Oversees complex contract programs to include reviewing proposals, issuing work orders, monitoring budget allocations and
  expenditures.
• Provides advanced 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 warrants.
• Serves as a lead worker to TxDOT employees by serving as a resource for complex questions and providing technical training; providing input on employees' career conversations; approving employees' leave requests to ensure operations coverage; and presenting workflow and operational updates to the supervisor/manager.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's Degree in business administration, finance, or a related discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience: 7 years contract administration, contract management, contract development, or related experience (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated part-time equivalent).  Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis. 

Licenses and Certifications: Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.  

Competencies:

• Contract administration/management systems

• Analyzing issues, facts, and available information to develop logical solutions; researching inconsistencies of facts or data; drawing correct inferences from information and making recommendations that support business decisions
• Writing, reviewing and revising documents to include engineering notes, specifications, standards and procedures
• Leading, assigning, reviewing, and monitoring the work of others
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems
• Analyzing business, technical, and managerial problems and developing, recommending, and implementing effective solutions
• Persuasion and negotiation of critical issues
• Analyzing and organizing business and technical data
• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals
• Delegates both routine and important tasks and decisions; shares authority but has ultimate accountability

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
• Standing-prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:
Please click this link to read the standard conditions of employment for all positions: Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT)