Construction Contract Manager

LOCATIONS:

Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, or Philadelphia

The Major Bridges P3 Initiative is part of the PennDOT Pathways Program, which is designed to bolster PennDOT’s ongoing effort to address the state’s growing backlog of replacement and rehabilitation needs for major bridges that are approaching the end of their useful life. By allowing for the use of a P3 delivery model, PennDOT will be able to replace or rehabilitate major bridges around the state more quickly, achieve significant savings for taxpayers, and minimize the impact on the traveling public.

The purpose of the Pennsylvania Major Bridges Project is to deliver infrastructure improvements focusing on the rehabilitation and replacement of nine major bridges (and associated roadways) across the Commonwealth. Upon completion, it is estimated to be over $2B.

The Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors team is led jointly by S&B USA Construction and FCC. The consortium members have a 20-year-long track record of successful project delivery with PennDOT, having worked in all PennDOT districts.

The Contract Manager shall manage and oversee all contract-management functions per the assigned project and coordinate with the Commercial Manager and project team on matters necessary for maintaining compliance with all relative contracts, customer requirements, and applicable law.

• Enforce and defend contractual interests of assigned subcontracts throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify and report subcontractor commercial and contractual issues within the constraints of the prime contract, customer requirements, and applicable law.
• Fairly evaluate subcontractor changes and claims with respect to cause, effect, entitlement, pricing, and substantiation.
• Prepare and/or review draft contractual correspondence for assigned subcontracts.
• Assist and support the project team in the preparation of prime-contract notices, change requests, claims, and all other related contractual correspondence involving assigned subcontracts.
• Assist the project team with contractual and commercial matters by developing strategies and providing recommendations to prevent, mitigate and/or transfer risk exposure.
• Ensure compliance and manage maintenance of required contractual securities and insurance policies of assigned subcontracts.
• Assist the project team in the development and implementation of contract-management policies, procedures, and systems.
• Assist in the preparation of internal and external monthly reports on contractual and commercial matters.
• Maintain logs, documents, correspondence, and registers for subcontractor contract files, correspondence, changes, claims, and risks & opportunities.
• Complete all contract close-out activities at the conclusion of the project, including validation of all commercial obligations of assigned subcontracts.
• As needed, support the Procurement team with preparation of contract terms and conditions.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in business, construction management or related degree. MBA or JD degree preferred.
• Experience in construction law
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a contract-management role within the construction industry, or 3 years’ experience directly managing contracts within the heavy civils construction industry.
• Ability to interact with and present to Executives, Directors, and Managers across the project team, company, and externally
• Effective communication skills with the ability to collaborate at multiple levels of operations, personnel, and functional staff.
• Strong negotiating skills with the ability to lead or support commercial/contractual negotiations with subcontractors, customers, suppliers, and…