Bonding Specialist

Swinerton•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

The Bonding Specialist coordinates and administers surety bond activities for construction projects, partnering with project teams, accounting, legal, brokers, and surety providers to support timely bond issuance and compliance. The role maintains accurate bond records, supports underwriting and risk management efforts, and provides responsive service in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The specialist coordinates bond requests and issuance, supports bid and proposal deadlines, administers subcontractor bonds, and assists with bond adjustments related to contract changes, liens, and other project needs. The position also maintains bond logs and electronic files, coordinates premium and invoice tracking, supports surety underwriting and relationship activities, and helps project teams understand bonding processes. Questions involving coverage, contracts, claims, legal matters, or risk interpretation are escalated to the appropriate Risk Management or Legal team member. The role requires careful handling of confidential information and professional communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

B.A. or B.S. degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant business experience.
Three to five years of experience in construction, surety, insurance, risk management, project administration, legal administration, contract administration, or a related field preferred.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and urgent requests.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including professional email communication and telephone manner.
Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, and document control discipline.
Problem-solving skills, initiative, and ability to work independently while knowing when to seek direction.
Computer literacy and knowledge of standard company software and web applications, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and other project, accounting, or document management systems.
Reliability, dependability, flexibility, and ability to work effectively with project teams across multiple regions and time zones.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive financial, legal, underwriting, and project pursuit information.
Ability to read and understand basic project, contract, subcontract, and bond-related information, and identify matters requiring escalation to Risk Management, Legal, Accounting, or leadership.

Nice To Haves

Experience with construction bonding, surety brokerage, construction contracts, subcontractor administration, or project risk management.
General understanding of bid, payment, performance, subcontractor, and lien release bonds; bond riders; obligee requirements; powers of attorney; notarization; and surety documentation.
Experience working with surety brokers, surety carriers, construction project teams, legal teams, or accounting teams.
Experience maintaining bond logs, project files, invoice tracking, or deadline-driven administrative processes.
Familiarity with subcontractor default insurance, subcontractor prequalification, mechanics lien processes, stop payment notices, or construction payment disputes.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with project teams, estimating, preconstruction, operations, accounting, legal, brokers, and surety partners to procure bid, payment, performance, dual-obligee, subcontractor, lien release, and other surety bonds and instruments.
Review bond requests for completeness, including project, entity, obligee, contract, bid, delivery, and special owner or lender information.
Work with the surety broker and carriers to obtain bond issuance, revisions, riders, extensions, increases, cancellations, and related documentation.
Track bid deadlines, confirm bond requirements, coordinate bid bond delivery, and help resolve urgent bonding needs before submission deadlines.
Coordinate payment and performance bond issuance after award, confirming contract and obligee details, execution status, bond forms, notarization, powers of attorney, seals, and delivery requirements.
Assist with subcontractor payment and performance bond administration, including communicating approved form requirements, reviewing documentation, tracking original bonds, and escalating nonconforming bonds.
Coordinate bonds related to subcontractor liens, mechanics liens, amended liens, stop payment notices, and similar payment disputes with project teams, legal, accounting, and surety partners.
Support bond riders and increases related to contract changes, amended lien amounts, change orders, owner or lender requirements, and other project adjustments.
Maintain accurate bond logs and electronic files, including bond and surety details, project and obligee information, amounts, premiums, status, delivery dates, riders, invoices, and closeout notes.
Coordinate review, coding, routing, and tracking of bond premiums and invoices with accounting and project teams; assist with final invoicing and closeout.
Help project teams understand bonding processes, timing, required information, and documentation standards; escalate coverage, contract, claim, legal, or risk interpretation questions appropriately.
Gather project, backlog, financial, claims, and operational information to support surety underwriting, capacity discussions, and periodic meetings.
Protect confidential project pursuit, pricing, underwriting, legal, financial, claims, and other sensitive information.
Respond to emails, Teams messages, phone calls, and urgent requests in a timely, accurate, and professional manner.
Support Swinerton’s team-focused “One Swinerton” culture and complete other responsibilities as assigned.