Contracts Manager

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales/Business Development throughout the bid and pursuit process to review RFPs, prime contracts, and subcontract agreements.
• Draft, review, redline, and negotiate contract terms with general contractors, owners, and construction managers, including scope, pricing, payment terms, schedules, and risk allocation.
• Identify and mitigate unfavorable contract language (indemnification, insurance requirements, liquidated/consequential damages, payment provisions, retainage warranties, etc.) and negotiate acceptable revisions.
• Collaborate with legal counsel, insurance/surety brokers, and executive leadership on risk review and approval.
• Ensure contract terms align with project estimates, scope qualifications, and bid commitments.
• Manage the full contract lifecycle: drafting, execution, distribution, record retention, change orders, and amendments in coordination with Project Management.
• Support Sales in preparing bid qualifications, exclusions, and proposal terms that reduce downstream risk.
• Maintain a contract tracker with key dates, obligations, bonding, insurance, and notice requirements.
• Monitor compliance with contractual notices and advise Project Management on claims, delays, and changes.
• Review material or nonstandard subcontracts, supplier agreements, and purchase orders, including global partner agreements, to ensure appropriate flow-down of prime contract requirements.
• Stay current on AISC Code of Standard Practice, AIA/Consensus Docs forms, lien laws, and industry risk provisions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of contract administration/management experience in construction, steel fabrication/erection, heavy industrial subcontracting, or EPCM environments.
• Demonstrated success negotiating contracts directly with general contractors, construction managers, owners, and sophisticated client legal teams.
• Strong knowledge of standard construction and subcontract contract forms (AIA, MSA, Consensus Docs) and AISC practices.
• Knowledge of bonding, surety requirements, and construction insurance programs, including CGL, builder’s risk, and wrap-up programs such as OCIP and CCIP.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales, Estimating, Project Management, and Legal teams.
• Experience in developing, negotiating, and executing MSA’s either as owner client or vendor.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to represent the company’s interests professionally in front of clients and partners.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, redlining, and high attention to detail.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Construction Management, Business, Finance, or related field; Paralegal certification, Juris Doctor degree or formal contract-management training is preferred.
• Proficiency with contract management software, CRM, Microsoft Office, AI tools and relevant Project Management tools.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.