Sr Supply Chain Contract Specialist

Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. They are seeking a Senior Supply Chain Contract Specialist to support their Western region Infrastructure projects, managing contracts from start to finish for materials and services, negotiating terms, and resolving issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide all aspects of supply chain management and procurement support for our projects, including but not limited to contract development, execution, administration, and management
• Liaise effectively amongst legal, construction, engineering, and management to timely and efficiently execute contracts and escalate and resolve issues
• Implement and maintain consistent procurement practices and procedures to deliver value add services to our projects in accordance with project, district and corporate policy and expectations
• Act as a front line resource for all things Procurement for our projects including supplier quality surveillance, logistics, expediting, materials management and category management
• Cross functional coordination amongst multiple disciplines, departments, projects, and districts
• Management of ERP administration, procurement reporting, and issue escalation/coordination
• Procurement documentation drafting, reviewing, coordination of internal/external approvals as appropriate, negotiating, execution, administration, document control and issue mitigation
• Develop and maintain vendor relationships and assist/manage vendor negotiations
• Coordinate with staff, users and vendors to address defective work or unacceptable goods or services and determine appropriate corrective action
• Leverage vendors/subcontractors across multiple procurements to create cost savings to projects
• Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability, production and distribution capabilities and the supplier’s reputation and history
• Monitor shipments to ensure equipment and materials arrive in an appropriate timeframe and of appropriate quality that the meet project requirements, and work with the projects to timely escalate and resolve delivery and/or quality issues
• Prepare/issue Request for Proposals (RFP’s) and evaluate vendor/subcontractor proposals to identify vendors/subcontractors who meet project constraints of budget and schedule at the estimating, execution and site purchasing levels
• Assist in the development of company-wide procurement templates
• Assist in negotiating high-risk contracts for various projects
• Work to resolve escalated, complex, or disputed contract issues
• Support procurement staff meetings and provide legal communication to the team as needed

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Construction Management or related/relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Contracts, Engineering and/or Construction related role
• Minimum of 1 years' negotiation experience
• Experience and understanding of Contracts
• Thorough understanding of all areas of procurement is desirable, including without limitation procurement execution, estimating, expediting, contracts management and closeout
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Power Point, Word, Excel)
• General knowledge of database utilization and ERP functionality experience is a plus
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time
• Strong individual contributor and team player with ability to build relationships
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help us ensure that nobody gets hurt
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required

Benefits

• Top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents
• Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Retirement plans with matching
• Generous paid time off

Company Overview

• At Kiewit, the projects we deliver make a difference, and we offer opportunities for you to make one, too. It was founded in 1884, and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.kiewit.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Kiewit has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 13 in 2025, 13 in 2024, 19 in 2023, 23 in 2022, 17 in 2021, 30 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.