Senior Construction Contracts Manager (On-site) - Corsicana, TX, or Sweetwater, TX

Responsibilities

• Provide Owner-side oversight of day-to-day contract administration for data center construction projects.
• Review and track contracts, amendments, change orders, notices, claims, payment terms, milestone requirements, and key commercial obligations.
• Serve as a key Owner-side commercial point of contact with general contractors, consultants, and vendors on change orders, pay applications, milestone certifications, claims, and contract compliance.
• Support commercial review and administration of construction contracts across common delivery models, including GMP, lump sum, design-build, CM-at-Risk, and cost-plus.
• Review contractor change order requests for entitlement, scope alignment, pricing support, schedule impact, and contract compliance.
• Review payment applications for contractual compliance, required backup, lien waivers, supporting documentation, and commercial completeness before approval.
• Review project scopes, drawings, specifications, correspondence, notices, and contractor communications to support change order, claim, and scope dispute reviews while helping protect the Owner's contractual position.
• Partner with construction managers and project teams on scope disputes, field interpretations, back-charge administration, and contract-related issue resolution.
• Cook up with cost managers, schedulers, project managers, procurement, legal, and project leadership on commercial issues, contractual notices, cure periods, enforcement actions, and dispute resolution strategy.
• Cook up with periodic contractor audits related to reimbursable costs, contract compliance, change order backup, and payment documentation.
• Monitor contractor compliance with contract requirements, including notices, deliverables, insurance, payment provisions, warranties, bonds, and closeout documentation.
• Maintain contract logs, change order logs, claims registers, correspondence records, and commercial risk trackers.
• Identify contract risks early and escalate issues that may impact project cost, schedule, or delivery.
• Support negotiation and resolution of commercial issues with contractors, consultants, and vendors.
• Prepare clear summaries and recommendations for project leadership.
• Support project closeout, final account settlement, and lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Legal Studies, Quantity Surveying, or related fields.
• 12+ years of experience in construction contract management, commercial management, contract administration, or construction claims support.
• Experience supporting large construction or capital projects, preferably in complex technical environments such as data centers, mission-critical, industrial, semiconductor, power, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, or similar programs.
• Experience with major construction contract models such as GMP, lump sum, design-build, CM-at-Risk, cost-plus, or similar delivery models.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, change orders, pay applications, contractual notices, claims, scope disputes, back-charges, payment terms, and closeout requirements.
• Ability to review commercial documents and identify cost, schedule, and contractual risks.
• Ability to work with project managers, construction managers, cost managers, schedulers, procurement, legal, contractors, and client stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, negotiation, documentation, and issue-resolution skills.
• Experience with contract management or project management systems such as Procore, Unifier, e-Builder, Kahua, Oracle, Smartsheet, or similar platforms preferred.