Contracts Administrator - Level 3 or 4

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Redondo Beach, CA +1 · Contracts

This role is for a Contracts Administrator at Northrop Grumman, responsible for managing contracts, supporting proposal preparation, contract negotiation, and ensuring compliance with company policies and customer requirements. It requires a strong understanding of contractual obligations and risk management, with a focus on supporting defense sector programs. The position requires a high-level security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Act as the primary interface with the customer for contractual issues
  2. Monitor contract and associated program to ensure that contractual obligations are communicated and understood
  3. Participate in contract proposal preparation, contract negotiations, contract administration, and customer contract activities to manage assigned contracts in accordance with company policies, legal requirements, and customer specifications
  4. Review terms and conditions to address provisions and risks of financial terms, acceptance criteria, delivery requirements, warranty, intellectual property, termination provisions, indemnification and all other potential risk areas and recommend risk mitigation strategies
  5. Prepare and manage written communications with internal and external customers for assigned contractual matters

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience OR Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience OR PhD with 1 year of professional experience (for Level 3)
  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years of professional experience OR Master's degree with 6 years of professional experience OR PhD with 4 years of professional experience (for Level 4)
  • Experience in contracts, proposals, business management or other similar industry experience
  • Active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access

Nice to have

  • Experience with FAR/DFAR requirements
  • Knowledge of multiple contract types including Firmed Fixed Price (FFP), Time & Materials, Cost Plus Fixed Fee or Cost-Plus Award Fee
  • National Contracts Management Association (NCMA) Certification

What the JD emphasized

  • Requires an active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access
  • Final clearance (TS/SCI) is required in order to start