Senior Contracts Administrator

APTIM enhances the quality of the environment, wellbeing of people, resilience of communities, and opportunity for employees to make a difference. A leading professional solutions firm, we specialize in environmental, sustainability, resilience, and infrastructure solutions for government agencies, commercial and industrial clients, and energy customers.

About the role

This onsite position in our Denver office involves direct collaboration with Business Unit lawyers to review, redline, negotiate, and administer business aspects (terms and conditions) of contracts for assigned business units.

Responsibilities

• Review NDAs, RFPs, teaming agreements, contracts, change orders, and other legally binding documents.
• Analyze requests for proposal and contract terms to identify business risks, suggest edits, assist with pricing strategy, and support contract compliance.
• Provide the first legal review and redline of contractual documents, obtain input from internal departments, and assist with negotiation of client contracts.
• Coordinate review of contractual documents with Legal, Tax, Operations, Risk Management, and other internal departments.
• Advise management and technical personnel of business risks and consolidated review comments.
• Negotiate agreements with clients.
• Obtain Certificates of Insurance and financial guarantees (e.g., bonds, letters of credit) as required.
• Advise and train technical personnel on contract administration, risk avoidance, change order management, and cost and pricing.
• Review project setup forms to ensure properly reviewed, approved, and executed contracts and consistency with contractual requirements.
• Identify and negotiate contract changes with clients.
• Provide support in proposal preparation, contract review, negotiation, monitoring, close-out, indirect rate adjustments, and audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 10+ years of experience in reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts for environmental remediation, technical solutions, design/build, architect/engineering, decommissioning & removal, and related markets.

Qualifications

• Experience on the selling side vs. the purchasing side of contract administration (e.g., working on contracts between company and owner vs. company and subcontractors/vendors).
• Previous experience managing federal contracts for executive department agencies.
• Experience managing contracts funded by various federal grant programs.
• Team player with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to manage several deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a project team.

Pay

As of the date of this posting, the pay range for this position is $97,000 - $120,000 salary, depending on experience, education, key skills, geographic location, client requirements, external market competitiveness, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance with multiple metallic levels and carriers.
• Company-paid and optional life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law).
• 401(k) plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP), with details varying by business unit.