Construction Contracts Manager

WHO IS JLM STRATEGIC TALENT PARTNERS & WHAT IS OUR ROLE

We partner with National & International prime contractors to provide them with qualified talent they can trust.

We accomplish this by sourcing & vetting high level career‑seeking candidates in the industry and match them with our partners current open roles. Our objective is to help our general contractor partners build out project teams for high level infrastructure projects across the US.

We aspire to partner with candidates who are eager to learn, grow, and progress in their career path while deepening their knowledge in their given field.

We deeply value our partnerships and place great emphasis on maintaining strong relationships and long‑term hires. This is reflected in our competitive offerings to our hires including:

• Ongoing HR support
• Competitive benefits packages including Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance
• Our very own JLM Rewards incentive program

• The ideal candidate has some proven track in construction work.
• They thrive in a fast‑paced and a team‑oriented environment.
• They get excited about construction projects as well as completing assignments on time.
• An individual who will do well in this position is self‑oriented, organized, a great communicator, and approachable.
• Comfortable working within a team environment at the project site in Carlsbad, CA.

• Ability to span both commercial and technical areas. The Contracts Manager will lead commercial aspects of operations but must be able to interface with and understand designers, engineers, and construction personnel.
• Understand legal terms and conditions. Experience developing negotiating contract terms and conditions specifically for contracts related to construction, and engineering services.
• Administers the Request for Proposal/Request for Quotation (RFP/RFQ) process for contractors.
• Ability to analyze required flow down and include in subcontracts and RFQs.
• Experience maintaining records and documentation which serves as the basis for technical and commercial change evaluation. Uses records to limit company exposure to unwarranted changes or claims.
• Regularly monitors contract status and reports status to management in standardized formats.
• Experience performing contract closeout.
• Other duties as assigned

• 10-15 years progressive experience in construction contract management.
• Multiple contracting strategies including Lump Sum, GMAX, Reimbursable Cost.
• Familiar with prime or multi‑tiered contracts.
• Design‑build and derivative modern‑type contracting experience (Progressive DB, CMGC, etc.).
• Civil, infrastructure, water, or similar heavy construction project sizes $100MM-$1B+.

We offer a competitive compensation package as well as benefits including Health Insurance, Vision, Dental, Life, and Paid Time Off!

Compensation: $80.00 - $150.00 per hour