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Contracts SpecialistTurner & Townsend • Edmonton, AB, Canada
Contracts Specialist

Contracts Specialist

Turner & Townsend • Edmonton, AB, Canada
22 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Contracts Analyst with 5–7 years of post-graduate experience or equivalent, who is ready to take the next step in their career or currently performing a similar role in a comparable environment. This position requires strong contract management expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to influence stakeholders while ensuring compliance and optimizing processes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review procurement plans, contracting strategies, scopes of work, specifications, and draft RFP / RFT documents
  • Perform day-to-day contract management activities including attending or chairing progress meetings, monitoring schedules, expediting deliverables, and drafting change documents
  • Monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with terms, conditions, and regulatory requirements
  • Track and validate payment requests, manage accrual reporting, and forecast contract spend
  • Maintain accurate and organized records of all contract documents, correspondence, and change orders
  • Identify and escalate potential risks, disputes, or deviations from contract obligations
  • Facilitate and negotiate changes, claims, and disputes as required
  • Assist in designing and implementing innovative strategies to enhance vendor relationships and optimize contract spend
  • Monitor, analyze, and report monthly expenditures across all contracts
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to streamline processes and improve efficiency

Qualifications

  • Business-related degree or equivalent experience (relevant experience in lieu of degree will be considered)
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex installation, supply, consulting services, and construction contracts
  • Familiarity with Cost Plus or Cost Reimbursable Contract delivery model is an asset
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills
  • Proven ability to influence stakeholders, manage risk, and optimize costs through innovative solutions
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • The successful candidate will be required to travel to project sites occasionally.

    Additional Information

    Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

    We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

    Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

    Please find out more about us at and

    All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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    It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

    Any unsolicited resumes / CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency / Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

    Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects :

    Twitter

    Instagram

    LinkedIn

    It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

    Any unsolicited resumes / CVs submitted through our website or to Turner & Townsend personal e-mail accounts, are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to payment of agency fees. In order to be an authorised Recruitment Agency / Search Firm for Turner & Townsend, there must be a formal written agreement in place and the agency must be invited, by the Recruitment Team, to submit candidates for review.

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