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Job Title:
Contract Conformance Specialist IV
Duration:
12 months
Schedule:
Hybrid
Location:
Houston, TX (Hybrid)
This opportunity supports complex commercial contracting activities within a supply chain environment, with a focus on drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and finalising supplier agreements. The role offers broad exposure across construction-related services, engineering, operations, consulting, and master agreement activity, while working closely with business stakeholders and legal teams. This position is well suited to professionals with strong contract management, procurement, and supplier negotiation expertise who can deliver consistent, risk-informed outcomes in a fast-paced setting.
Responsibilities:
• Independently draft, review, revise, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including, but not limited to, EPC Agreements, Services Agreements, and supplier paper agreement.
• Review supplier redlines and prepare practical, risk-informed responses using approved templates, alternate clauses, prior precedents, and Legal guidance.
• Facilitate supplier negotiations on contractual terms and conditions within defined risk parameters, escalating non-standard terms, material deviations, high-risk positions, or significant business impacts to Legal and SCM leadership as appropriate.
• Advise SCM and business stakeholders on appropriate contract type selection by interpreting scope, risk profile, value, inspection level, business unit requirements, entity considerations, joint venture requirements, and applicable SCM guidance.
• Coordinate internal input from Buyers, Category Managers, Contract Owners, Business Units, Legal, Risk, Insurance, Safety, Tax, and other functional stakeholders to resolve contract issues and align positions before supplier communication.
• Engage business stakeholders to confirm scope, urgency, value, risk acceptance, contract owner information, legal entity details, operating unit requirements, and other facts needed to support accurate contract drafting and negotiation.
• Document business decisions, Legal feedback, negotiation rationale, approved deviations, and status updates in Contracts Center systems to support auditability, knowledge sharing, and leadership reporting.
• Create and maintain contract records in Oracle and other designated systems, including contract numbers, draft records, execution status, contract uploads, and handoff to Buyers or SCM teams for purchase order or master agreement release.
• Identify recurring contracting issues, supplier negotiation trends, template gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities for master agreements, playbooks, alternate clauses, or improved intake guidance.
• Promote consistent application of approved contract language, policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and Contracts Center best practices across SCM contracting activities.
Scope/Dimensions
• Works independently on complex, time-sensitive, and business-critical contracting matters that require judgment, stakeholder coordination, and interpretation of established policies, templates, and legal guidance.
• Exercises discretion in assessing contractual risk, determining when business input is required, and identifying when matters should be escalated to Legal or senior SCM leadership.
• Supports a broad range of SCM areas, including Direct Category Management, PDC-related contracting requests, corporate functions, operations, projects, joint venture work, materials, field services, consulting, engineering, construction-related services, and master agreement opportunities.
• Manages multiple contracting deliverables at one time while maintaining accurate status information, timely stakeholder communication, and appropriate prioritization.
• No direct people leadership accountability; however, may provide technical guidance, process guidance, peer support, and mentoring to other Contracts Center team members.
Contacts/Working Relationships
• Works closely with SCM Buyers, Category Managers, Contract Owners, Business Units, Legal, Risk, Insurance, Safety, Tax, Supplier Management, and other functional stakeholders to support contracting activities.
• Interacts directly with suppliers and supplier representatives to clarify proposed changes, negotiate acceptable contract positions, and move agreements toward execution.
• Partners with Business Units to clarify scope, urgency, commercial context, operational risk, contract value, entity requirements, and willingness to accept business-owned risk positions.
• Coordinates with Legal to obtain guidance on non-standard terms, high-risk deviations, joint venture implications, entity issues, technology or personal information considerations, and matters outside approved SCM parameters.
Requirements:

• University degree, paralegal degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.

• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in supply chain, contract management, procurement, commercial contracting, legal operations, or in-house paralegal work.
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex supplier agreements and contract redlines using prepared templates, approved fallback language, and established negotiation parameters.
• Background in energy, utilities, oil and gas, construction, engineering, or industrial services environments is required.
• Experience managing multiple time-sensitive and business-critical contracting matters while coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders.

• Advanced capability in drafting, revising, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, including EPC agreements, services agreements, and supplier paper.
• Strong understanding of key contracting principles, including indemnity, limitation of liability, insurance, warranty, confidentiality, assignment, termination, payment terms, scope, entity considerations, and purchase order terms.
• Ability to assess scope, value, risk profile, business requirements, and contract type guidance to recommend an appropriate contracting approach.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain contractual concepts clearly to business stakeholders and suppliers.
• Excellent judgement, attention to detail, organisation, and documentation skills to support auditability and reporting.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, urgent requests, multiple negotiations, and stakeholder expectations in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams, Adobe or electronic signature tools, and enterprise systems such as Oracle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certification in contract management, commercial management, supply chain management, procurement, or paralegal practice.
• Experience with energy infrastructure contracting, joint ventures, master agreement strategy, supplier onboarding terms, contract playbooks, alternate clause libraries, process improvement, or negotiation trend analysis.

About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.