Aerospace Contracts Manager – Lane Cove in Sydney

A new career opportunity with the world’s largest Aerospace and Defense technology company.

Key role delivering professional contracts management with Australian Defense programs. Based with a friendly and collaborative team at Lane Cove West, NSW with on-site parking.

At Collins Aerospace, we’re working side-by-side with our customers and partners to dream, design and deliver solutions that redefine the future of our industry.

Role Overview

The Contracts Manager works closely with the Program Management, Finance and development teams focusing on contract management. Responsibilities include negotiating and managing a variety of contract types, as well as initiating, tracking, and monitoring contract changes, deliverables, correspondence, risks, and maintaining associated documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepares non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, international sales agreements, and other contractual documents.
• Participates in proposal generation, reviews and approvals as well as generation, review and approval of supplier facing contracts. Briefs management on Terms and Conditions.
• Review contractual terms and conditions for their acceptability, assessing risk and impact to the proposal utilizing the Company resources including legal, operations, and pricing, as necessary.
• Identifies significant risks and develops unique contract terms and conditions to mitigate the risks when necessary. Provides alternate terms and conditions to Customer or Supplier.
• Acts as principal interface with external customers on contractual matters.
• Participates in management review of proposals, tenders and contracts and ensures that all legal and contractual matters relating to tenders and proposals are addressed efficiently and promptly.
• Prepares and disseminates information regarding contract status, compliance, modifications, etc.
• Responsible for implementation of, and adherence to, contract management policies and procedures.
• Provides guidance to business personnel on contract obligations and requirements, contracting policies and procedures.
• Maintains contract documentation and contract administration systems to ensure a full and complete record of all contract information is kept.
• Post contract-award, provides contract management support to programs such as preparing contract change proposals, conducting reviews to ensure contractual obligations are being met and providing advice to resolve contractual problems with the project delivery team in a timely manner.
• Ensures contracts activities are carried out in compliance with legislation, statutory regulations and ethical standards.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in appropriate discipline or in the absence of a degree, an appropriate combination of education and relevant skills and experience.

This position will require availability to travel to other sites when required. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain Australian Government (Defence) Security Clearance.

Skills Requirements

• Ability to interpret, write and negotiate contractual agreements.
• Working knowledge of ASDEFCON suite of terms and conditions is desirable, but not essential.
• Good understanding of intellectual property issues.
• A critical thinker, possesses good analytical and problem solving skills.
• Detail oriented, responsive and follows through on commitments.
• Strong time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Previous experience in a customer facing role.
• Ability to work with minimal instruction on day-to-day work assignments and can plan, schedule and arrange own activities.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with MS Office suite of products including Sharepoint.
• Demonstrated effective teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian.

To apply: Apply online at our website https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/collins-aerospace, please include your Cover Letter and CV. Successful candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance (NV1 standing); eligibility can be found at http://www.defence.gov.au/agsva. This position requires Australian Citizenship and eligibility to be certified compliant with US ITAR technology access requirements.

We are Collins Aerospace, and we hope you join us for an exciting career in AEROSPACE and DEFENCE.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.