Contracts Negotiator

Company: Lockheed Martin Corporation
Location: Titusville
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description

Are you ready to take your career to a new level and work at an extraordinary company in Titusville, FL?

The coolest jobs on this planet or any other are with Lockheed Martin Space.

Do you want to be part of a culture that inspires employees to think big, perform with excellence and build incredible products? We provide the resources, inspiration and focus - if you have the passion and courage to dream big, then we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

As we enter a new era of Strategic Weapon Systems, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator and builder. Our amazing men and women are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every single day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds' hardest engineering problems.

Do you have a passion for working on emerging technologies? Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM) is experiencing growth and we need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to our customers. If you are seeking a career that has tremendous impact beyond any one individual come and be a part of the Fleet Ballistic Missile program. We are helping the Navy's mission to provide affordable and credible strategic deterrence. We offer unique career opportunities and challenges on a program with a rich history and exciting future. We help keep this nation and our allies secure.

Interested in joining us as a Contracts Negotiator, Senior? If so, your primary functions and responsibility of this position is to provide contracts expertise and leadership as part of the Strategic and Missile Defense Line of Business, Fleet Ballistic Missile Program. You will serve as the advisor to the Senior Contracts and Program management teams on Government contracting issues.

In this position you will work with minimal daily direction and take initiative to achieve results in this focused, fast paced and dynamic contracting environment requiring ability to envision solutions to resolve issues correctly. You should possess a strong ability to work and communicate with all project partners on a recurring basis. You will play a key role in shaping the future of Lockheed Martin through gaining follow-on and new business as well as developing leaders within the organization. You should be a collaborative strategy focused negotiator with an understanding of how negotiation strategy impacts both Lockheed Martin and the customer.

IN THIS ROLE:

• You will coordinate and consult with legal staff as appropriate.
• You will focus on leading organizational functions to meet critical schedules, resolve critical/complex technical or operational problems.
• You will oversee the evaluation of contract performance to figure out necessity for amendments or extensions of contracts, and compliance to contractual obligations.
• You will ensure communications are maintained for timely contract execution by the parties.
• You will ensure final contract documents are consistent with agreements reached at negotiations.
• You will brief management on program status and contractual issues.

Some travel will be required.

If selected, you will be subject to a government security investigation and be required to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 6 years of experience or equivalent combined experience/education may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in all aspects of the contract life cycle including proposals, administration, and close-out.
• Experience in Aerospace, Defense, or similar industry.
• Experience administering and negotiating a variety of contracts such as fixed price type (FFP, FPIF) and cost type contracts (CPFF, CPIF), or other Government contract types.
• You will need to obtain a Secret clearance, thus US Citizenship is required.

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