Bonding Specialist

Swinerton•Concord, CA

6d•$63,700 - $72,800

About The Position

The Bonding Specialist coordinates and administers surety bond activities for construction projects, working with project teams, accounting, legal, brokers, and surety providers to support timely bond issuance and compliance. The role maintains accurate bond records, assists with underwriting and risk management efforts, and provides responsive service in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. The position coordinates bond requests and issuance, supports bid and proposal deadlines, administers subcontractor bonds and lien-related bonds, and helps manage bond riders and increases. It also maintains electronic bond records, coordinates bond premium and invoice processing, supports surety underwriting and relationship activities, and helps project teams understand bonding processes and documentation standards. Sensitive project, financial, legal, and underwriting information must be handled confidentially.

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 recognizing when to seek direction.
Computer literacy and familiarity with standard company software and web applications, including Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and 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.

Nice To Haves

Experience with construction bonding, surety brokerage, construction contracts, subcontractor administration, or project risk management.
General understanding of bid bonds, payment bonds, performance bonds, subcontractor bonds, 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 required surety bonds and related instruments.
Review bond requests for completeness, including project, obligee, contract, delivery, and special owner or lender requirements.
Work with the surety broker and carriers to obtain bond issuance, revisions, riders, extensions, increases, cancellations, and related documentation.
Support bid and proposal teams by tracking deadlines, confirming bond requirements, coordinating delivery, and helping resolve urgent bonding needs.
Coordinate payment and performance bond issuance after project award, including verification of contract details, bond forms, notarization, powers of attorney, seals, and delivery requirements.
Assist with subcontractor payment and performance bond administration, review documents for completeness, track original bonds, and escalate nonconforming bonds.
Coordinate bonds related to subcontractor liens, mechanics liens, amended liens, stop payment notices, and similar payment disputes.
Support bond riders and increases resulting from contract changes, amended lien amounts, change orders, owner or lender requirements, and other project adjustments.
Maintain accurate bond logs and electronic files, including bond, surety, project, obligee, premium, status, delivery, rider, invoice, and closeout information.
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, escalating coverage, contract, claim, legal, or risk interpretation questions as appropriate.
Support surety relationship management by gathering project, backlog, financial, claims, and operational information for underwriting, capacity discussions, and surety meetings.
Maintain confidentiality regarding sensitive corporate and project information.
Respond to email, 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.