Construction Contracts Manager

Sundt Construction•Morrilton, AR

7d•Onsite

About The Position

As a 100% employee-owned contractor, Sundt offers a culture where employees are deeply invested in their work. The company focuses on building long-term prosperity for clients, communities, and employee-owners, providing competitive pay, industry-leading benefits including a 401k and employee stock ownership plan, incentive programs, and training for personal and professional growth. The Construction Contracts Manager will negotiate terms and conditions on contracts for construction procurement for awarded projects, with a heavy focus on developing, reviewing, and negotiating contracts with subcontractors, vendors, services, and suppliers from start to finish on all agreement types. Experience in an engineering and/or construction related role is preferred, as well as basic contracts review/development/negotiation experience. The ideal candidate is a team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals, and objectives, and is detail-oriented, highly motivated, and able to effectively manage time.

Requirements

Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
Four-year Engineering, Construction Management Degree or equivalent combinations of technical training and/or related experience 5 or more years.
lnEight Software experience highly encouraged.
Past experience as an Engineer, Project Manager, or Estimator is desired but not required.
Proficient use of all Microsoft Office Suite programs.
Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Individuals with experience in an engineering and/or construction related role preferred.
Basic contracts review/development/negotiation experience is desired.
Knowledge of unit price contracts is beneficial.

Responsibilities

Able to communicate via phone and/or email to solve problems quickly.
Analyze and understand prime and subcontract insurance certificates; interact with contract administrators to ensure appropriate evidence of insurance coverage is provided prior to contract execution.
Detailed and organized work ethic to help facilitate reviews and make sure items are proceeding promptly.
Develop contracts, using our lnEight system.
In co-operation with the legal department, will assist in negotiating the terms and conditions of agreements, and documenting and agreeing on any changes or amendments required.
Negotiate with subcontractors and vendors when required.
Responsible for assisting in establishing, negotiating, and ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of Sundt's agreements.
Support procurement staff meetings and provide legal communication to the team as needed.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to draft subcontracts and purchase orders for construction projects. Knowledge of unit price contracts is beneficial.
Understanding of construction estimates and budgets.