The Senior Supply Chain Management Professional to supports procurement, contracting, supplier management, and contract administration activities for oil and gas abandonment, decommissioning, remediation, and reclamation programs in Alberta.
This role requires a senior-level supply chain practitioner with strong experience in oil and gas field services, contractor engagement, tendering, commercial negotiations, contract compliance, and vendor performance management. The successful candidate will ensure procurement and contracting activities are completed in accordance with client requirements, applicable Alberta regulatory requirements, internal procurement procedures, and industry best practices.
The successful candidate must hold an active professional designation, certification, or accreditation from a recognized supply chain, procurement, or contract management body.
This position is best suited to an individual with an established consulting practice.
Key Responsibilities:
Procurement and Vendor Management
- Source, evaluate, prequalify, and recommend suppliers, subcontractors, and service providers for oil and gas field activities, including well abandonment, pipeline and facility decommissioning, environmental remediation, reclamation, waste management, transportation, civil works, and related services.
- Prepare and issue Requests for Quotation, Requests for Proposal, Invitations to Tender, bid packages, scopes of work, pricing schedules, and commercial evaluation templates.
- Lead competitive sourcing processes from market research through bid evaluation, recommendation for award, contract execution, and supplier onboarding.
- Evaluate supplier submissions for commercial competitiveness, technical capability, safety performance, insurance coverage, regulatory compliance, equipment availability, Indigenous and local participation, and project suitability.
- Negotiate pricing, commercial terms, service levels, contract language, change mechanisms, payment terms, and risk allocation to achieve best overall value.
- Maintain and update approved vendor lists in accordance with internal qualification processes, contractor management requirements, and project needs.
- Build and maintain effective supplier relationships while ensuring contractors meet contractual obligations, performance expectations, safety requirements, and reporting standards.
- Monitor supplier performance against agreed key performance indicators, including cost, schedule, quality, safety, responsiveness, documentation, and regulatory compliance.
- Support contractor performance reviews, supplier scorecards, corrective action processes, and vendor deactivation or requalification where required.
Contract Administration
- Develop, review, administer, and close out subcontract agreements, purchase orders, service agreements, master service agreements, amendments, work authorizations, and change orders.
- Ensure contract documents clearly define scope, deliverables, pricing structure, commercial terms, insurance obligations, safety expectations, regulatory responsibilities, reporting requirements, and close-out documentation.
- Coordinate contract execution with internal stakeholders, legal, finance, project management, operations, field supervision, health and safety, environmental, and external suppliers.
- Track contract milestones, commitments, expiries, renewals, amendments, deliverables, outstanding obligations, and close-out requirements.
- Ensure contractor insurance certificates, WCB clearance letters, safety certifications, COR/SECOR documentation, regulatory approvals, and other required documentation are current and properly maintained.
- Review contractor invoices, rate sheets, field tickets, change requests, and supporting documentation for alignment with contract terms and approved scope.
- Support resolution of commercial issues, claims, back charges, disputed invoices, scope changes, and contractor performance concerns.
- Maintain accurate contract files, procurement records, approvals, correspondence, bid evaluations, award recommendations, and audit-ready documentation.
Compliance, Risk, and Governance
- Ensure procurement and contracting activities comply with applicable Alberta regulatory requirements, client procurement procedures, internal governance standards, and applicable legislation.
- Identify commercial, contractual, operational, safety, environmental, and regulatory risks associated with suppliers and contract structures.
- Recommend appropriate contracting strategies, risk mitigation measures, insurance requirements, indemnity provisions, payment structures, and performance controls.
- Support audits, internal reviews, contractor qualification assessments, and regulatory information requests.
- Promote ethical procurement practices, transparency, fairness, confidentiality, and conflict-of-interest management throughout the sourcing process.
Project and Stakeholder Support
- Work closely with project managers, field supervisors, engineering, environmental, land, regulatory, finance, health and safety, and legal teams to align procurement strategies with project requirements.
- Provide supply chain advice during project planning, cost estimating, budgeting, scheduling, and execution.
- Support development of procurement plans, contract strategies, bid lists, commercial evaluation criteria, and project-specific sourcing schedules.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings, bundled procurement, regional efficiencies, improved contractor utilization, standardized pricing, and process improvements.
- Prepare procurement status reports, contract summaries, spend reports, supplier performance updates, and issue logs for management review.
Required Qualifications
- Active professional designation, certification, or accreditation in good standing from a recognized supply chain, procurement, or contract management body. Acceptable examples include:
- SCMP — Supply Chain Management Professional
- CPSM — Certified Professional in Supply Management
- APICS CSCP — Certified Supply Chain Professional
- MCIPS — Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
- Other equivalent recognized procurement, supply chain, or contract management accreditation
- Minimum 8–12 years of progressive supply chain, procurement, contracting, or contract administration experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience supporting oil and gas, energy, environmental, construction, abandonment, decommissioning, remediation, reclamation, or field services projects.
- Strong working knowledge of Alberta oil and gas field operations, contractor management, and regulatory expectations.
- Demonstrated experience preparing and managing RFQs, RFPs, tender packages, bid evaluations, purchase orders, service agreements, and master service agreements.
- Proven experience negotiating commercial terms, pricing, rates, change orders, contract amendments, and supplier performance requirements.
- Strong understanding of contractor insurance, WCB, safety certification, regulatory documentation, and vendor prequalification requirements.
- Experience supporting Alberta abandonment, decommissioning, remediation, or reclamation programs is strongly preferred.
Required Skills and Competencies
- Advanced contract administration and commercial negotiation skills.
- Strong understanding of procurement governance, competitive bidding, supplier qualification, and contract lifecycle management.
- Ability to interpret scopes of work, commercial terms, pricing structures, service agreements, and field documentation.
- Strong knowledge of supplier risk, contractor performance management, and procurement compliance.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- High attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate, audit-ready records.
- Ability to manage multiple sourcing events, contracts, deadlines, and project priorities simultaneously.
- Strong relationship management skills with internal stakeholders, contractors, suppliers, and regulatory-facing teams.
- Sound business judgment, integrity, professionalism, and commitment to ethical procurement practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with well abandonment, facility decommissioning, pipeline abandonment, environmental remediation, reclamation, civil earthworks, waste disposal, trucking, hydrovac, drilling, completions, or construction services.
- Experience supporting public-sector, quasi-public, or government-funded procurement environments.
- Experience with Indigenous, local, and regional supplier engagement in Alberta.
- Familiarity with ERP, procurement, contract management, or document control systems.
- Knowledge of Alberta Energy Regulator requirements, Alberta reclamation standards, and contractor safety management practices.
Working Conditions
- Office-based, hybrid, or field-support role depending on project requirements.
- May require infrequent travel to field locations, supplier offices, project sites, or stakeholder meetings within Alberta.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced project environment with competing priorities, tight timelines, and multiple stakeholders.
Performance Expectations
The Senior Supply Chain Management Professional will be expected to:
- Deliver compliant, competitive, and well-documented procurement processes.
- Secure qualified contractors that provide best overall value while meeting safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory expectations.
- Maintain accurate contract and supplier records.
- Reduce commercial and contractual risk.
- Support timely project execution through effective sourcing, contract administration, and supplier performance management.
- Demonstrate senior-level professionalism, ethical judgment, and accountability in all procurement and contracting activities.
Pay: $75.00-$95.00 per hour
Licence/Certification:
- Certified Supply Chain Professional or equivalent (required)
Work Location: Remote
