Senior Contracts Administrator

Sccsinternational; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sccsinternational in Calgary is seeking an experienced post-award contract administrator to manage construction contracts within a large infrastructure program, focusing on change orders, amendments and contractual rights.

You will draft and negotiate notices and amendments, monitor performance, evaluate claims, support tender reviews, and provide leadership with contract status reports and commercial analyses.

Qualifications

• Business-related degree or equivalent experience required.
• Seven years or more of contract administration on large-scale projects.
• Knowledge of design and build, construction management, EPC and lump sum delivery models; experience with contractor claims, change management and dispute resolution.

Responsibilities

• Handle change orders, contract amendments, variations, claims management and dispute resolution.
• Draft, review and negotiate contract correspondence, notices and amendments; advise project teams on contractual rights and obligations.
• Monitor contractor performance for contract compliance and evaluate contractor claims and change requests.
• Carry out entitlement assessments and recommend resolutions; support tender reviews, bid evaluations and award recommendations before signature.
• Produce contract status reports and commercial analyses for project leadership.

Skills

Contract administration

Dispute resolution

Change management

Education

Business-related degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Post-award contract administration on large infrastructure, transportation and civil work, described in the posting as the administration and management of construction contracts against their own requirements and the project governance framework. The listed duties are change orders, contract amendments, variations, claims management and dispute resolution, with advice to project teams on contractual rights, obligations and entitlement.

The holder drafts, reviews and negotiates contract correspondence, notices and amendments, monitors contractor performance for compliance with the contract, evaluates contractor claims and change requests, carries out entitlement assessments and recommends how each should be resolved. Commercial risk and opportunity are managed across all phases, and the post supports tender review, bid evaluation and award recommendation before signature.

Contract status reports and commercial analyses go to project leadership. The employer asks for a business related degree or equivalent experience and seven years or more of contract administration on large-scale projects, with working knowledge of design and build, construction management, EPC and lump sum delivery models, and demonstrated experience of contractor claims, change management and dispute resolution.

The posting gives the position as full time in Calgary and publishes no salary and no closing date.