
Contract Administrator
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Job overview
The Contract Administrator supports procurement and subcontract management, including federal government contracting. The role manages procurement from market research and pre-award activities through award, order monitoring, post-award management, discrepancy resolution, and closeout. It works with requestors, suppliers, and Legal to ensure procurement requirements, terms, approvals, funding, performance, quality, cost, and schedules are addressed.
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Full job description
Job Title: Contract Administrator
Location: Bellevue, WA
Type: Contract
Responsibilities:
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Support increasingly complex procurement/subcontract management duties, including federal government contracting.
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Manage procurement activities with a focus on performance, change control, quality, cost, and schedule management.
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Work with Requestors to understand the procurement requirements.
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Review statements of work and specifications to ensure the correct goods and services are procured.
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Select the appropriate Terms and Conditions for each procurement, and work with Legal to negotiate Supplier exceptions when required.
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Perform market research to identify potential suppliers.
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Prepare and manage pre-award activities such as Requests for Proposals (RFP), Request for Quotes (RFQ) and Express of Interests (EOI), site visits.
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Perform price analyses.
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Ensure funding has been obtained and approved before entering into a contractual agreement with a third party.
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Submit procurement packages for review and obtain the correct approvals before award.
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Issue Purchase Orders or other forms of agreements to Suppliers.
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Monitoring and expediting orders to ensure on-time delivery.
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Manage post-award activities with a focus on performance, change control, quality, cost, and schedule.
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Verify receipt of items by comparing items received to items ordered.
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Resolve receipt and invoice discrepancies.
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Perform closeout activities.
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Maintain complete and accurate purchasing files and records.
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Other procurement and/or contracting duties may be assigned.
Requirements
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Experience with clients and supplier relations.
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Requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Supply Chain, or related degree program with a minimum of 4 years’ experience related to Procurement and/or Contract Management.
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Military experience a plus.
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U. S. Government (DOE or DOD) contracting/subcontracting experience preferred.
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Experience with purchasing first-of-a-kind fabricated equipment, IT software, and commercial items.
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Understanding of quality assurance and export control requirements.
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Nuclear or related experience a plus.
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Technical background is a plus and can be experience-based.
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Experience successfully working in a fast-paced environment and producing quality work.
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Strong organizational skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
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Strong communication skills desired.
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The service provider will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect, and a desire to foster teamwork.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
How this job compares
Set against the 471 open Contract Administrator jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$90–125K/yr321 salary ranges
- US median$28–36/hr24 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 17 open Contract Administrator jobs in Washington and 471 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Oracle50 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Contract Administrator postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (431 postings).
- Education
- 141 of the 471 open Contract Administrator jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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