Contract Administrator
As a Contract Administrator, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of contracts related to construction projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, legal experts, and external stakeholders to manage contractual agreements, mitigate risks, and drive compliance at the job site. Your attention to detail, negotiation skills, and ability to navigate complex contractual landscapes across the lifecycle of the project will be essential for this role.
Contract Administration and Sourcing: Perform sourcing activities for various professional services, such as General Contractors, Commissioning Agents, Project Management, and others. Develop sourcing and negotiation strategies to meet project objectives, in relation to the various contracts. Participate in supplier assessment and prepare contract award proposals. Responsible for ensuring all contractual requirements are met according to the terms and conditions. Executes procurement contracting strategies for large, complex data center construction projects and/or purchasing opportunities to achieve optimal cost and continuity of supply and services. Serve as first line of defense/communication with site stakeholders on commercial issues. Execute project closeout requirements. Assist Change Order negotiations with input from key stakeholders and detailed understanding of contractual conditions. Perform Change Order management for General Contractors, Architect Engineers, Commissioning Agents, Cost Management, Project Management, and others. Provide regular status reports on issues, risks and mitigations to leadership. Prepare contractual notices as appropriate using language from terms & conditions. Collaborate with project stakeholders to review the GC's subcontractor procurement deliverables and final recommendation of subcontractor award for each trade package. Manages supplier scorecard process, leads strategic business reviews, educates stakeholders on policy compliance, analyzes root causes of issues, and influences change internally and/or externally to address issues. Ensures adherence to policy, educates stakeholders and suppliers on policy compliance, and manages the remediation and resolution of sourcing issues. Identifies opportunities to adapt policy as needed to mitigate risk and better enable suppliers to meet business requirements. Ensures consistency, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of deliverables, and ensures Procurement stakeholders are aware of Service Level Agreement (SLA) and/or defined milestones and deliverables terms. Communicates delay to Procurement stakeholders and independently proposes and executes contingency measures.
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Supply Chain, Data and Business Analytics, Finance or related field and 3+ years experience (including internships) in Construction, Data Science/Analytics, Finance, Project Management, Supply Chain, and/or Operations Understanding of the construction industry and contract language associated engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction/construction management (EPFC/CM) Proven experience managing various contract types; Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP), Stipulated Sum, Unit Rate Contracts, T&M, Incentive Fees, etc. To facilitate this collaboration, proficiency in verbal and written communication in English.