Change Order Lead - Transit & Rail (Seattle On-Site)

UNAVAILABLE; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid Time Off

401(k) retirement plan

FSA/HSA options

Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Ramos CS, now part of Colliers Engineering & Design, seeks a Change Order Manager to oversee contract changes within the Project Controls group on a light rail extension program. This on-site Seattle role tracks changes, supports negotiations, and provides timely dispute analyses throughout the contract lifecycle.

You will work with the Resident Engineer, Cost Estimator, and Lead Scheduler to ensure accurate cost impacts, manage change orders, and maintain compliant documentation per the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Approximately 10+ years of construction change management, contract administration, or claims experience.
• Experience managing change orders and negotiations on public infrastructure projects; GC/CM, transit, or rail experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of cost estimating and schedule impact analysis.
• Must be able to work on-site in Seattle.
• Ability to read, write and understand English for communications and instructions.

Responsibilities

• Reviews contract correspondence and supporting documentation to determine merit and basis of proposed contract changes, and reports findings to the Resident Engineer.
• Identifies and tracks potential change issues, change notices, and change orders.
• Ensures work is tracked and compiled to support accurate monthly payments and timely conversion to a change order.
• Maintains change order documentation and the change tracking system, and keeps current status of all change issues in Authority-provided software.
• Tracks changes against the project Requirements Manual and follows the Authority's process when a change affects a requirement.
• Prepares draft correspondence, responds to inquiries, and advises the Resident Engineer on contractor-raised contract issues.
• Leads the monthly change management meetings with the Contractor and documents outcomes.
• Coordinates with the Cost Estimator and Lead Scheduler on independent cost estimates and time impact analyses supporting negotiations.
• Supports the Resident Engineer in change order negotiations and recommends negotiating strategies.
• Identifies potential disputes, logs potential claims, documents actions, and provides periodic reports to the Authority.
• Advises the Resident Engineer and Schedulers on dispute avoidance and mitigation approaches, and provides timely claims analysis.
• Manages and tracks provisional sum and time-and-material work, and verifies wage rates, equipment rates, and markups.
• Supports commercial closeout and budget reconciliation at contract completion.

Skills

Construction change management

Public infrastructure experience

Cost estimating

Schedule impact analysis

On-site work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field

Job description

Ramos CS, now part of Colliers Engineering & Design, seeks a Change Order Manager to oversee contract changes within the Project Controls group on a light rail extension program. This on-site Seattle role tracks changes, supports negotiations, and provides timely dispute analyses throughout the contract lifecycle.

You will work with the Resident Engineer, Cost Estimator, and Lead Scheduler to ensure accurate cost impacts, manage change orders, and maintain compliant documentation per the