Contract Specialist, Claims and Disputes

Job Posting Start Date:
2025-09-09

Job Posting End Date:
2025-09-23

At Bruce Power, you’ll experience the meaningful work of advancing Ontario’s clean energy future and medical isotope innovation while contributing to a culture of excellence. Step into an inclusive and dynamic environment that values collaboration, encourages bold ideas and empowers you to make a real difference.

From safely delivering clean, reliable power to families and businesses across the province and cancer-fighting medical isotopes around the world to supporting challenging and innovative nuclear projects like our multi-year Life Extension Program, we offer interesting and impactful opportunities. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, providing constant growth and skill-building potential.

Be a part of the team — our future is bright

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Contract Specialist within our Commercial Management Office, with a focus on supporting claims resolution, and handling disputes.

The Contract Specialist provides expert support for purchasing and contracting services at Bruce Power. This role manages the full contract lifecycle — from strategy development and negotiation to administration and closeout — while supervising staff handling buying and administration tasks. It involves assembling and managing strategic service agreements, supporting minor contract negotiations, and analyzing market trends to assess global supply capacity.

This is a term (temporary) position which may be for a period of up to 60 months, offers a competitive compensation package and is located on-site in Tiverton, Ontario.

Key Responsibilities
- Assists the Department Manager in the operation and supervision of the claims department.
- Provides work assignments, checking, instruction, advice and guidance to subordinate staff assigned to perform the buying function to ensure work quality, quantity and accuracy are maintained.
- Deals with routine problems, making recommendations on the need for hiring, promotions, discipline and other personnel matters.
- Provides mentoring and participates in the assessment of staff and in the development and implementation of training programs.
- Leads or facilitates teams comprised of staff pertinent to the procurement category/service to perform the tasks necessary to establish a master agreement with one or more vendors.
- Requires assigning, checking and providing instruction on work performed by the team members.
- Assists in the development and execution of Contract Services strategies with strategic suppliers.
- Assembles, negotiates and administers long-term and/or strategic agreements for services at Bruce Power and assists in negotiating minor contracts.
- Creates and manages real-time processes and metrics for continuous improvement related to Supply Chain strategy affected by changing trends and patterns.
- Utilizes computerized programs (SAP) and related modules for contract execution and management.
- Assists in developing methodologies and performs detailed analyses of market trends to identify over or under capacity within the global supply base to effectively manage supply strategies.
- This includes sourcing, supplier integration, performance, and new technologies that drive innovation.
- Assists in developing methodologies and analyze Supply Chain to segment Suppliers into appropriate strategic quadrants that impact the business.
- Identifies innovative links to and/or impacts to the business and structure value-add total cost partnering strategies through multi-year relationships that are measurable by positively impacting; safety, availability, risk reduction, price, security of supply, life cycle, and process efficiencies.
- Negotiates for selected strategic, high/low-risk services and/or materials or asset disposal transactions.
- Assists in developing, validating and implementing supply strategies; validate with more senior levels within Bruce Power.
- Assists in developing methodologies and performing strategic Demand Forecasting for all Service requirements between all major business groups within Bruce Power to segment spend and identify opportunities for service aggregation and supplier rationalization aimed to create “best value” through innovative ideas and solutions.
- Works with all levels of Strategic Suppliers and Stakeholder groups within Bruce Power to align strategic interests of functional groups and multiple partners to manage transitions, changing market conditions, evolving technology, and different requirements to move services through life cycles creating agility, adaptability, and alignment to reach mutual objectives efficiently.
- Evaluates existing services and/or materials transactions and administration protocols with a view to continuous improvement.
- Identifies, recommends and implements corrective actions to improve performance and efficiency.
- Manages supplier relationships including supplier audits and formal perfo