Senior Contracts Analyst

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants' Risk Management team is actively seeking to fill a Senior Contracts Analyst position. This position is responsible for reviewing client contract terms and conditions related to professional services and other legal documents in a high‑paced environment while ensuring strict compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

This position is a great opportunity for a legal professional to join a leading environmental consulting firm dedicated to delivering sound science and creative solutions to our clients. The role is a permanent, full‑time, salaried position that offers a hybrid work environment.

Final date to receive applications:
Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

Contract Analyst reviews, drafts, and manages client agreements to protect SWCA's interests, ensuring compliance with policies and regulations, mitigating risks, and optimizing contractual terms in the company's best interests, working with internal operational clients and coordinating with contracts and legal department personnel. Key duties include analyzing clauses, liaising with internal stakeholders, and maintaining databases, requiring strong analytical and communication skills.

• Contract Review & Drafting:
  Analyze client contracts, amendments, and related documents and propose redlines to balance risk and expediency.
• Compliance &
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Ensure adherence to company policies, legal standards, and industry regulations; identify and mitigate risks.
• Collaboration:
  
  Team with operations, legal, finance, and other departments.
• Process Improvement:
  Make recommendations to leadership on process improvements, and play an important role in the implementation of such improvements.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; law degree or relevant certifications (like CPCM) preferred.
• Five to seven (5‑7) years of experience in contract compliance, legal support, or contract administration—ideally in a professional services environment.
• Experience with contract terms and conditions analysis and ability to redline / redraft language to mitigate risk to the Company.
• Efficiently review complex client contracts in a high‑paced environment.
• Ability to interpret and communicate complex contract terms clearly and succinctly to non‑legal stakeholders.
• Strong ability to analyze complex documents and resolve issues.
• Detail‑oriented with strong organization and project management abilities.
• Experience supporting legal or risk teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Word and Excel); experience with ticketing systems or contract management software is a plus.
• Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
• Capable of working both independently and as part of a collaborative team.

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee‑owned firm, providing a full‑spectrum of environmental services. Our Vision (the North Star) is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee‑ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as #OneSWCA; we are #Always Learning, we #Never Settle, and we #Give Back.

We are 100% employee‑owned, and we build our success together. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News‑Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms. We offer a supportive, team‑oriented work environment and competitive wages and…