Commercial Contracts Lead - Construction & Industrial

McCarl's Technical Services LLC

Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

McCarl's is seeking a Commercial Contracts Manager to support review, negotiation, administration, and closeout of commercial agreements across industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and technical services.

The role acts as a key commercial resource between Operations, Business Development, Procurement, Finance, Safety, leadership, clients, vendors, subcontractors, and outside counsel. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in contracts and strong MSAs/NDAs experience.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent construction/industrial contract administration experience.
Minimum of 5 years in contracts, contract administration, procurement, or related role.
Experience reviewing or administering MSAs, NDAs, purchase orders, subcontracts, vendor agreements, or service agreements.
Strong contract reading, writing, issue-spotting, and documentation skills.
Ability to explain contract requirements to non-legal audiences.
Ability to coordinate with Operations, Procurement, Finance, Legal, Safety, and executive leadership.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Co-Pilot, and Teams.
Ability to manage multiple priorities under deadline pressure.
Ability to pass required drug and alcohol, criminal background, and motor vehicle checks.

Responsibilities

Review, draft, negotiate, and administer commercial agreements, including MSAs, NDAs, subcontracts, purchase orders, service agreements, vendor terms, and related contract documents.
Evaluate agreements for scope, schedule, cost, payment, safety, insurance, compliance, and operational impacts.
Identify unfavorable or non-standard contract terms, including indemnity, insurance, payment, lien waiver, liability limitation, and change order provisions.
Support contract negotiations with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and outside counsel to achieve balanced, commercially reasonable outcomes.
Ensure subcontractor and vendor agreements contain appropriate flow-down provisions from prime contracts.
Coordinate with project teams to communicate contract requirements, notice obligations, change order requirements, payment milestones, documentation requirements, and closeout obligations.
Provide written contract summaries for project teams to use in project execution.
Support project teams with contract administration during execution, including change management, claim preservation, dispute documentation, and contract compliance.
Maintain organized and searchable contract records in SharePoint or other company systems.
Track contract status, key dates, renewals, expirations, insurance requirements, deliverables, and approval workflows.
Develop and maintain contract summaries, risk reviews, approval logs, and weekly contract activity reports.
Assist with commercial process improvement, standard templates, work instructions, approval workflows, and contract lifecycle management practices.
Liaise with outside counsel as needed while maintaining internal ownership of business and commercial contract administration.
Advise and train internal project execution teams on their best practices to support contract fulfillment, closeout, and dispute resolution.
Leverage AI tools for efficient management of review turnaround time and high volumes of demand.
Promote professional, win‑win relationships with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders.
Support McCarl's Talent Advantage Roadmap and company values in all interactions.
Perform other duties as assigned.