Construction Contracts Manager

The Position

The Port of Portland is hiring for a Construction Contracts Manager.

We are seeking a thorough and detailed oriented Construction Contracts Manager that will administer and coordinate design quality compliance on smaller scale and less complex engineering construction contracts for Port facilities. This individual is responsible for coordinating internal and external resources and ensuring cost, quality, and schedule requirements are met for more routine projects. This role is critical in managing construction cost control systems, and supervising inspection and administrative staff for engineering construction projects.

The Port supports a flexible hybrid work schedule. Work will be performed in both an office and remote work environment as determined by business need, and periodic visits to constructions sites are required.

From the Hiring Manager : "If you are seeking an opportunity to participate and support complex projects on all Port Campuses; including PDX airport, marine terminals, and business parks, then we have the perfect role for you! This person would be key in increasing value and operations for our customers, stakeholders and our region as a whole."

Essential Job Duties

Simultaneously manage multiple minor to moderately complex construction projects :

• Manage and ensure compliance of engineering construction contracts, serve as primary contact between the Port and construction contractor, typically for projects with clearly defined scope.
• Negotiate change orders, claims, disputes, and disagreements.
• Review project schedules and work practices, and manage contract submittal, RFI process, and quality assurance program to ensure contract compliance.
• Manage written correspondence between the Port and construction contractor typically adapting pre-established templates.
• Engage stakeholders. Conduct weekly project meetings, generate, and record meeting minutes and coordinate construction requirements with project managers, and engineers, Port operating departments, and local agencies.

Conduct Construction Staff Supervision :

Conduct Project Controls Management :

Assess constructability of building assemblies and provided potential mitigation plans :

Conduct Design Support :

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated Skills :

Abilities & Competencies :

Supplemental and Selection Information

Selection Process : (tentative schedule) :

1. A minimum qualification evaluation of education, training, and experience of submitted application packets will take place by Human Resources the week of December 29th.

2. A Subject Matter Expert (SME) Panel will perform an evaluation of experience and training taken from your employment application materials.

3. Our goal is to schedule virtual first round of interviews with candidates who successfully passed the SME evaluation by the week of January 5, 2026. Panel Interviews will be held week of January 12, 2026.

About us :

At the Port of Portland, we use everything we have - our three airports, three working marine terminals, six business parks, and all the resources, expertise, and experience behind them - to move with purpose, connecting people with powerful opportunities and creating value for our region. We know that every person we hire, business we work with, contract we sign and decision we make is a chance to make someone's life better. And we'll use our power and influence to unlock new opportunities and ensure more people share in our region's success. With YOUR help - together with our partners, customers, and community - we'll help drive meaningful change!

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ADA Accommodation : Accommodations will be considered for applicants or candidates with a qualifying disability that prevents them from participating in this process. Accommodations will be made where the Port can reasonably do so without imposing an undue hardship on the business or compromising the integrity of the recruitment process. An applicant with any disability who believes that they need an accommodation should contact Human Resources : call or email .