Manager, Contracts - Construction & Claims

Universal Orlando•Orlando, FL

About The Position

Responsible for the day-to-day management of facility design and construction boilerplates, procedure documents, and templates on behalf of Legal utilized across all Universal Creative Projects, including working in conjunction with Project Teams and other stakeholders. Implements and manages the development, implementation, and management of facility design and construction scopes of work, including form documents, with the supervision of and input from Director, Legal & Business Affairs, as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree is required.
5+ years prior experience in drafting, analyzing, negotiating, and issuing contracts or other legal documents is required.
2+ years of experience in supervising others; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Juris Doctorate degree and active law license is strongly preferred/highly desired
2+ years construction-related project and contract experience is strongly preferred / highly desired

Responsibilities

Directly responsible for the development and approval of boilerplates, procedure documents, and templates for facility design and construction utilized by Project Management Office (“PMO”) and other stakeholders across Universal Creative, with input and supervision from Director, Legal & Business Affairs as needed, including policies, standards, specifications, templates, matrixes, guidelines, scopes, and other written requirements related to Project development and execution.
Directly responsible for the creation, development, and maintenance of boilerplates, procedure documents, and templates for facility design and construction Scopes of Work and related documents, with input and supervision from Director, Legal & Business Affairs as needed, for both initial agreements and scope changes, including Directive Scopes of Work for modification documents, incentives, acceleration, bulk settlements, retainage releases, waiver of claims, schedule impacts, back charges, and other required scopes.
Manages the contract administration for initial Agreements, Directives, and Change Orders, for facility design and construction Scopes of Work, including review, revision, negotiation, and approval Scopes of Work, Directives, and Change Orders across all Creative Projects, with input and supervision from Director, Legal & Business Affairs, and input and support from Directors, Contracts, as needed.
Develops, manages, and conducts trainings on scopes of work, construction topics for non-construction RI’s, risk assessment, legal communications, liens and bonds, and claims mitigation, with input and supervision from Director, Legal & Business Affairs as needed.
Assists Director, Legal & Business Affairs, with active and pending litigation, including coordination with other Legal groups, outside counsel, Finance, and Project leadership.
Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
Performs other duties as assigned.