Senior Contracts Manager

Senior Contracts Manager

At Cumming Group, you will work on some of the world's most exciting projects in a dynamic environment where your success is measured by the impact you make. We are one of the fastest-growing project and cost management consultancies in the United States, as reflected in our top 15 rankings in ENR. With over 70 offices globally, an extremely diverse project portfolio, and double-digit year-over-year revenue growth, the opportunities to make your mark are limitless!

We are currently looking for a Senior Contracts Manager on our data center client site in San Antonio, TX. The Senior Contracts Manager will be responsible for managing the procurement process, vendor relationships, and all associated contracts within the real estate sector. This role involves negotiating contract terms, ensuring compliance with legal and company standards, maintaining strong partnerships with vendors and suppliers, creating standard contract documents, and developing procurement workflow documentation.

This is a great opportunity to join our team!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administer the end-to-end lifecycle of project contracts, amendments, and task orders in internal management systems, ensuring all documentation aligns with corporate governance.
• Facilitate the intake, tracking, independent review, and formal processing of Change Order Requests (CORs). Ensure all changes are thoroughly vetted for entitlement, verified against contract documents, and properly routed for executive approval.
• Monitor vendor compliance regarding key contract provisions, including tracking Certificate of Insurance (COI) expirations, performance/payment bonds, and statutory lien waivers prior to payment releases.
• Partner with the Management Cost Lead and Project Managers to audit the GC's monthly pay applications, cross-referencing requested funds against verified, physical on-site progress and earned value metrics.
• Manage the commercial closeout process for all contractors and specialized vendors, ensuring final retention releases, punch-list sign-offs, and mutual releases of liability are successfully executed.
• Manage and administer a volume of approximately 15 to 20 active prime contracts and trade agreements.
• Process and review an estimated 30 to 45 Change Order Requests (CORs) monthly for E3 fit out construction needs.
• Maintain and publish the Master Contract Log and Change Order Tracker.
• Prepare and submit monthly Pay Application verification and commercial closeout audit pack
• Familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) / Autodesk Forma, specifically Docs and Build for document verification.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA in Business, or a closely related field is highly preferred.
• 5+ years' of contracts management experience is required.
• Strong understanding of contracting process, agreements, and contract issues, design, procurement and construction regulations and terms and conditions.
• Proficient in drafting, negotiating, and finalizing AIA Contracts for design and construction.
• Advanced excel abilities, must be comfortable with conditional formatting, dashboard creation, pivot tables, etc.
• Advanced skill level in Excel and intermediate knowledge of Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook.

Cumming Group is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunity in its personnel policies and practices. It is Cumming Group's policy to recruit, hire, train and promote Team Members and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, marital status, genetic information, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender (including gender expression and gender identity), pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions, including breastfeeding), military service, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical disability, mental disability, veteran status or any other protected classification under federal, state, or local law.

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