Contracts Manager
On-siteSaxonburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Lead the administration of prime contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, and professional services agreements from award through project closeout. Review, draft, and negotiate contract terms while ensuring proper flow-down of obligations, insurance requirements, bonding provisions, and prevailing wage mandates. Advise project managers on contract interpretation, change orders, Requests for Equitable Adjustment, and claims documentation. Manage contract records and coordinate lien rights, bond claims, and certificates of insurance to support federal contracting requirements including FAR/DFARS, Davis-Bacon, and DBE/MBE programs. Partner with Corporate Counsel on dispute resolution and continuous improvement of contract templates.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum 5 years of experience drafting, negotiating, redlining, and administering construction contracts
- Experience supporting public infrastructure or heavy civil construction projects with a strong understanding of change orders, REAs, delay claims, and contract administration
- Working knowledge of federal and public agency contracting requirements, including FAR/DFARS, Corps of Engineers, DOT, Davis-Bacon, certified payroll, and DBE/MBE compliance
- Demonstrated ability to negotiate commercial contract terms while balancing legal, financial, and operational risk
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction management software such as Procore, Viewpoint, CMiC, or similar
- Self-starter mindset
- Detail-oriented
- Focused
- Organized
- Understanding of business priorities
- Experience partnering with operations
- Experience negotiating commercial agreements
- Experience managing contract risk
- Support for high-profile public infrastructure projects
- Ability to work alongside executive leadership, Corporate Counsel, and project teams
- Ability to support some of the region's most challenging heavy civil and geotechnical construction projects
- Expertise in project execution
- Expertise in contractual compliance
- Expertise in risk management
- Ability to lead the administration of prime contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, equipment leases, professional services agreements, and other commercial contracts from award through project closeout
- Ability to review, draft, and negotiate contract terms while ensuring proper flow-down of contractual obligations, insurance requirements, bonding provisions, prevailing wage requirements, and public agency compliance
- Ability to advise project managers on contract interpretation, notice requirements, change orders, Requests for Equitable Adjustment (REAs), claims documentation, and contractual risk
- Ability to manage contract records, correspondence, modifications, and supporting documentation to protect the company's contractual rights and strengthen claim defense
- Ability to coordinate lien rights, bond claims, certificates of insurance, and subcontract compliance while supporting federal contracting requirements, including FAR/DFARS, Davis-Bacon, Buy America, and DBE/MBE/WBE programs
- Ability to partner with Corporate Counsel and outside legal counsel to support dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, litigation, and continuous improvement of contract templates, policies, and best practices
- Ability to sign standard confidentiality agreement as a condition of employment
- Ability to work on project sites, including federal projects
- Ability to work at heights, around heavy equipment, and under constantly changing circumstances
- Ability to comply with more stringent drug testing and compliance policies associated with our status as a Federal Contractor
Desired Qualifications
- Paralegal certification
- J.D.
- Professional certifications such as CCCA or CCP
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