Senior Contracts and Commercial Manager

Turnkey Solar Solutions•Jackson, MS

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Harvest Solar is seeking a Senior Contracts and Commercial Manager to lead the review, negotiation, administration, and risk management of commercial agreements. This role involves managing customer EPC and construction contracts, subcontracts, vendor and supplier agreements, purchase terms, and nondisclosure agreements. The position ensures downstream commitments align with prime-contract obligations and supports project teams with change management, claims, payment, closeout, and warranty matters. The ideal candidate will translate contract risk into practical business guidance while fostering productive commercial relationships, working collaboratively with leadership, project management, engineering, procurement, finance, insurance, and outside counsel.

Requirements

Ability to handle all the challenges that are connected to the project and the willingness to work the time required to resolve.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while remaining aware of completion dates and understanding of management principles and time management.
Ability to build and maintain relationships with all levels of associates, customers, and suppliers.
Ability to influence others, identify and overcome objections.
Ability to grasp concepts quickly and communicate effectively across team members.
Ability to proactively solve problems and be solutions oriented.
Strong organizational skills.
Ethics and integrity of the highest degree.
Must have a positive, can-do attitude.
Good written and verbal communication skills required.
Strong command of scope, changes, delays, LDs, payment, liens and bonds, indemnity, insurance, warranties, termination, liability limitations, remedies, and dispute resolution.
Ability to identify gaps between prime contracts, subcontracts, and supply agreements and negotiate MSAs, purchase terms, delivery obligations, warranties, and supplier remedies.
Ability to efficiently negotiate NDAs and recognize prevailing-wage, apprenticeship, domestic-content, restricted-entity, public-project, environmental, and tax-credit risks.
Experience supporting executed contracts through notices, changes, claims, payment issues, closeout, and warranty matters—not solely negotiating and filing documents.
Ability to produce concise redlines, balance risk with project realities, and explain complex provisions clearly to executives and project teams.
Strong deadline and document control skills; proficiency with Word redlining, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, e-signature and contract-management systems; Procore experience preferred.
Practical, collaborative, calm under pressure, attentive to detail, and comfortable challenging internal and external stakeholders when necessary.
High school diploma or GED; Bachelor’s Degree in construction management, engineering, business, finance, supply chain, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
7-10 years of progressive construction-contract experience, including at least 5 years directly negotiating prime contracts, subcontracts, and vendor or supplier agreements.
Experience with an EPC, electrical, renewable-energy, utility, or comparable project-driven organization; solar or battery-storage experience is strongly preferred.
Valid State Driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

Procore experience preferred.
Juris Doctor (JD) Degree or construction-law training is preferred but not required; must exercise sound judgment and recognize when specialized counsel is needed.

Responsibilities

Review, draft, redline, and negotiate EPC agreements, construction contracts, LNTPs, amendments, and other customer agreements.
Negotiate subcontractor agreements and align applicable obligations with prime contracts without creating unintended gaps.
Negotiate MSAs, purchase and supply agreements, purchase-order terms, warranties, delivery obligations, acceptance rights, remedies, and documentation requirements.
Own the company's NDA review and approval process, promptly advancing routine agreements and negotiating exceptions when needed.
Prioritize material legal, operational, financial, schedule, and compliance exposures and present practical recommendations to management.
Address scope and design responsibility, milestones, owner dependencies, delays, force majeure, testing, acceptance, liquidated damages, and performance requirements.
Review payment milestones, retainage, withholding, setoff, lien and bond rights, suspension rights, and final-payment conditions.
Negotiate indemnity, insurance, warranties, damages waivers, liability caps, termination rights, and dispute-resolution terms.
Support notices, change orders, pricing, schedule impacts, payment disputes, claims documentation, negotiation, and resolution.
Evaluate contractual responsibility for prevailing wage, apprenticeship, domestic content, restricted-entity sourcing, tax-credit and other incentive support, public-project, and environmental requirements.
Maintain executed agreements, approvals, amendments, correspondence, and an obligations register for notices, milestones, deliverables, insurance, bonds, acceptance, and warranties.
Maintain templates, fallback clauses, negotiation playbooks, approval thresholds, and reliable version control in designated systems, including Procore where applicable.
Advise leadership, estimating, operations, engineering, procurement, finance, and project teams so commitments are understood, priced, documented, and performed.
Escalate specialized matters to outside advisors, manage their support efficiently, train internal teams, and improve processes using lessons learned.

Benefits

Nine Paid Holidays per Year.
Paid Vacation
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Health Insurance (80% covered by Harvest Solar)
Dental Insurance (80% covered by Harvest Solar)
Vision Insurance (80% covered by Harvest Solar)
Group Life Insurance ($50,000.00)
Group Short Term Disability (60% of earnings)
Voluntary Supplemental Programs (Accident, Critical illness, and Hospital Indemnity)
Harvest Solar 401k Plan with company match