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Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

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  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.

Job Information

L3Harris Lead, Contracts in Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Title: Lead, Contracts

Job Code: 11046

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80, 1st shift

Job Description:

This position is responsible for conducting proposal preparation, pre-contract data collection, and administering, extending, negotiating and terminating standard and nonstandard government contracts.

Essential Functions:

  • Preparing, negotiating, and administering a large volume of contracts of various types for a variety of customers.

  • Ensuring contract acquisition and fulfillment in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, customer specifications, FAR, DFAR and ITAR.

  • Reviewing RFPs; preparing proposals including engineering changes; performing associated negotiation and defining activities.

  • Performing risk assessment of proposal/contract terms and conditions; formulating and executing strategies to minimize potential risks to the business.

  • Working with customers, management, and program teams to resolve issues, secure approvals, and ensure successful contract execution.

  • Serving as point of contact for the customer during all phases of a program.

  • Generating and maintaining contract documentation.

  • Other duties as assigned.

    Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.

    Preferred Additional Skills:

  • Be eligible to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance.

  • In-depth knowledge and experience with FAR and DFARS required and functional knowledge of SAP input and report generation.

  • Must have hands on experience with ITAR

  • Must have experience with reviewing RFPs, preparing proposals, negotiation, definitization and administration of DoD Contracts

  • Must have 6+ years current experience with risk assessment of proposals/contract terms and conditions and strategies to minimize potential risks to the business.

  • Must have experience effectively interfacing at all levels of company management

  • Must have 6+years current experience effectively interfacing with Government customers and other customer organizations

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  • Must be able to travel as required and on short notice.

  • This position requires the ability to work any shift, weekends, and overtime as required.

  • Current and active Secret security clearance, or higher.

  • Experience in problem solving through creative solutions drawing from prior experience is preferred.

  • Must be detailed oriented

  • Must possess excellent communications skills. Effectively communicate via formal letters complicated and sensitive subjects, possess proper email skills, and possess excellent verbal communication skills.

  • Must have experience and be able to manage complex projects or processes.

  • Must have experience leading a team/project in gathering comprehensive data from multiple disciplines and lead a team to address complex issues and concerns. Problems typically require consideration from multiple areas or specialties.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.

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