Contract Manager (Administrator III)

*Open To All Qualified Candidates* This is a position-specific recruitment and is open to anyone who meets the minimum and selective qualifications listed below.
The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) position/function only.
All interested persons will need to re-apply for any future recruitment conducted for this classification.
The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland.
For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities.
We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions, and – most importantly – our employees to achieve these goals.
Nature of Work: The MDTA is seeking a detail-oriented, organized, and results-driven individual to be responsible for the development, implementation, and management of maintenance and service contracts throughout each of the MDTA’s eight major toll facilities and the Point Breeze Campus.
The Contract Manager will be responsible for every aspect of contract management, starting from the initial stages to the final closeout, for their assigned maintenance service contracts.
They will be an integral member of a team comprising four Contract Managers.
Duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: Prepare Invitations for Bids (IFB), Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Information (RFIs), Small Procurement, and Sole Source proposals; Manage contracts after award: monitor funding, compliance, review and approve invoices; Assist the Department of Procurement with the procurement process from solicitation to award of contract including attending pre-bid/proposal conferences, Procurement Review Group (PRG) meetings, and participate in the evaluation and award process; Attend meetings including Finance Committee, PRG, Pre-finance, bid/proposal openings, MDTA Legal, MDTA Board, and Board of Public Works (BPW) meetings, and lead contract administration meetings; Assist the department with regard to daily facility issues including researching products, materials, or services needed; Development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the office; Manage projects and programs, and lead, draft and recommend policies or procedures for maintenance and service contracts for the Operations Division; and Manage special projects or other contract management activities as assigned.
Employees in this position will report directly to the Contracts and Projects Program Administrator Manager.
The current vacancy is located in Baltimore, MD.
Hybrid telework schedules may be available for this position.
MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based on start date.
Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Education: Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Experience: Six (6) years of experience in administrative staff or professional work.
** Two (2) years of this experience must include managing service and maintenance contracts.
**This statement contains a SELECTIVE QUALIFICATION, which is more focused in scope than the Minimum Qualifications for this classification.
Selective Qualifications are utilized when the position requires specific or additional bona fide occupational qualifications (knowledge, skills, and abilities).
No substitutions are allowed for a Selective Qualification.
Your placement on an eligible list may be based solely on the contents of your application; therefore, it is essential that you provide complete and accurate information.
Please include all relevant experience on your application.
This includes but is not limited to, full or part-time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.
If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.
Notes: 1.
Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.
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Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
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Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
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Candidates may substitute U.
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Armed Forces military service experience involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher-ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Licenses & Certifications Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle.
Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.