Senior Contracts & Procurement Lead

Aecon Concessions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Aecon Civil is a trusted leader delivering major infrastructure across Canada and beyond. Based in Toronto, the Sr.

Contracts Administrator will support commercial and contract management on civil projects, reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement and Subcontract. You will collaborate with project teams to handle contract changes, procurement plans, risk mitigation, and closeout activities, while negotiating terms and coordinating with legal, insurance, and finance to ensure compliant,

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience working for a contractor on a large-scale project.
• Legal, Engineering or Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent preferred
• Knowledge of construction law, Construction Act, negotiating and drafting construction contracts.
• Knowledge of project operations, policies, procedures, and strategic direction.
• Career progression from quantity surveyor would be an advantage
• Minimum of 3 years commercial/contract management experience on major projects lifecycle
• Understanding of construction planning, scheduling and management.
• Experience dealing with labor obligations and their impact on the Project.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) and SAP (Procure to pay)

Responsibilities

• Work with project delivery team to manage commercial/contractual issues.
• Change management, including schedule interpretation and claims administration.
• Maintain contractor filing system and administer project contracts; such as, project agreement, contracts, consultancy agreements, and purchase agreements.
• Ensure all contract deliverables and timelines are met while providing leadership to minimize commercial risk.
• Take part in the drafting, review and negotiation of various downstream agreements.
• Monitor procurement scheduling and plans, facilitate competitive tendering for materials, goods, services and equipment, including terms and conditions, bid evaluation and recommendations.
• Engage with Aecon’s insurance advisors to develop appropriate Project insurance programs.
• Chair and document progress review meetings with contractors to monitor performance and deliverables.
• Engage with Aecon’s legal advisors to seek advice as needed.
• Support risk management implementation and mitigation plans for the project.
• Proactively analyze risks during bid phase.
• Closeout/post practical completion management, including defect liability period and O&M.
• Coordinate contract deliverables with Construction, Project Controls, Finance, etc.
• Manage performance security for contractors (Performance bonds, LCs, parental guarantees).
• Ensure compliance of procurement plans and Subcon SOP for procurement coordinators.

Skills

Contract management

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Microsoft Office

Education

Legal, Engineering or Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP (Procure to pay)

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Aecon Civil is a trusted leader delivering major infrastructure across Canada and beyond. Based in Toronto, the Sr.

Contracts Administrator will support commercial and contract management on civil projects, reporting to the Senior Manager, Procurement and Subcontract. You will collaborate with project teams to handle contract changes, procurement plans, risk mitigation, and closeout activities, while negotiating terms and coordinating with legal, insurance, and finance to ensure compliant,