Supervisor Contract Administration

Boardwalk is a limited partnership operating in the midstream portion of the natural gas and natural gas liquids industry, providing transportation and storage services for our customers. Our 14,000 miles of pipeline and storage assets offer diverse market connectivity to producers and end‑users who require natural gas for power generation, home heating, or petrochemical feed stocks.

We are currently seeking a Supervisor, Contracts Administration for our Houston, TX location. This is a Houston‑based office position with periodic travel to field locations, construction sites, and contractor facilities.

The Supervisor of Contracts Administration supports the Project Execution organization by managing the full lifecycle of project‑related contracts and ensuring compliance, accuracy, and timely administration throughout engineering, procurement, and construction phases. This role leads a team of contracts administrators and a conformance specialist who support capital and expense project delivery, materials requisitioning, and change management.

• Manage the end‑to‑end lifecycle for project‑related contracts, including drafting, review, coordination with Legal, approval routing, and execution.
• Ensure all contracts adhere to corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and Project Execution governance.
• Monitor renewals, expirations, milestone commitments, and deliverable deadlines, ensuring timely action by stakeholders.
• Identify contractual risks and partner with Legal and Project Managers to recommend mitigation strategies.
• Drive standardization of contracting workflows and documents across projects to ensure consistency, accuracy, and control.

• Serve as the primary contract support resource for Project Execution.
• Interpret contract terms and advise Project Managers and Engineers.
• Lead or support negotiations on payment terms, change mechanisms, liquidated damages, insurance, bonds, warranties, and indemnities.
• Ensure alignment between contract terms and project budgets, schedules, risk profiles, and execution plans and participate in contractor reviews.

• Oversee the material requisition process to support project schedules, coordinating with Supply Chain and Logistics teams.
• Lead the design and ongoing optimization of SharePoint or other digital tools to track project contract status, RFIs, changes, notices, and document control.
• Develop KPIs and reporting dashboards for contract performance, cycle times, change order status, and other key metrics.

• Supervise, mentor, and develop a team of contracts administrators and a conformance specialist.
• Assign workloads based on project complexity and deadlines; ensure timely support during peak construction periods.
• Establish clear performance metrics and development plans aligned with Project Execution priorities.
• Promote strong communication, accountability, and alignment between office, field, and contractor teams.

• Maintain official contract files, logs, notices, and correspondence in compliance with audit and project requirements.
• Track and manage contractor RFIs, submittals, and formal inquiries; coordinate reviews with Project Execution to prevent schedule impacts and provide visibility.

• Manage the complete change order process, from identification through execution.
• Manage change logs to ensure the company is preserving its contractual rights, forecast and schedule exposure, and supports negotiations and claims.
• Partner with Project Controls to evaluate cost, scope, and schedule impacts.
• Prepare, process, route, and track change orders through final approval.

• Support review of contractor invoices to ensure alignment with contract terms, pay items, progress milestones, and required documentation.
• Work closely with Project Controls and inspection teams to validate quantities and progress.
• Identify and mitigate potential commercial risks, claims, or…