About the role

Twelve is a next-generation industrial company advancing how everyday products are made from the molecule up. AirPlant™ is our Power-to-X hydrocarbon platform that harnesses CO2, water, and electricity to make essential fuels and chemicals that underpin the global economy. We are on a mission to advance industry for the next century and lead a new era of innovation where everyday products are made from air. The Senior Contract Specialist operates as a hands-on commercial and contractual lead supporting medium and large complex capital projects. This role is responsible for the day-to-day administration of EPC, EPCM, construction, subcontract, and major/ complex service agreements from the preparation of request for proposal, award through execution and closeout. The position protects project value by ensuring and leading contract compliance, maintaining disciplined records and correspondence, managing change and claims, supporting payment and cost controls, and helping project teams identify and mitigate contractual and commercial risk before issues escalate. As a Senior Contract Specialist you will support Twelve’s EPC-led capital project programs by administering complex project contracts and construction contracts with rigor, urgency, and commercial discipline. You will serve as a key interface lead between Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Finance, Legal, HSE, and contractors to ensure obligations are understood, notices are timely, changes are properly evaluated, claims are proactively managed, and contract closeout is completed cleanly. This role requires prior experience administering complex capital contracts including EPC contracts and construction contracts in oil and gas, energy, chemicals, or similarly complex industrial environments. This is an onsite role in Moses Lake, WA with periodic travel to Twelve HQ in Berkeley, CA. Twelve will offer relocation support for your move. The ideal candidate will also be open to future colocation with the EPC in Calgary, and to a third relocation to TX or ND after that. What You Will Do - Develop and implement processes related to contract development and administration - Administer complex contracts including EPC, EPCM, construction, subcontract, and major service agreements from award through execution, commissioning support, final account, and closeout. - Interpret contract terms, scope, obligations, deliverables, notice requirements, change mechanisms, payment provisions, securities, insurance, warranties, and closeout requirements. - Maintain complete contract records, correspondence, change logs, claims registers, commitment records, payment documentation, back-charge files, and closeout documentation to support audit readiness and dispute avoidance. - Lead contract change administration, including receipt, evaluation, negotiation support, approval routing, execution, and tracking of change orders, amendments, field change requests, and contract modifications. - Support entitlement analysis for contractor claims, delays, disruption, acceleration, extensions of time, disputed scope, back charges, and commercial settlements. - Partner with Project Controls, Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and HSE to align contract administration with scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and risk management objectives. - Review and validate contractor invoices, progress payment applications, milestone claims, retention, holdbacks, allowances, reimbursables, and supporting documentation against contract requirements. - Monitor contractor compliance with commercial terms, reporting obligations, document deliverables, insurance and bonding requirements, HSE obligations, site requirements, and contractual performance commitments. - Prepare, issue, and manage formal project correspondence, notices, responses, meeting records, contractual positions, and reservation-of-rights communications in coordination with pro