Contract Administrator - Infrastructure Projects

WSP in the U.S.

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 94,000 - 135,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement savings

Paid sick leave

Paid vacation

Paid parental leave

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Job summary

WSP USA seeks a Project Contract Administrator to support energy infrastructure projects in Houston. You will assist the Project Contract Manager and project team, aligning commercial strategy with data-driven controls across pre-award, construction, and closeout phases.

The role emphasizes contract change management, risk assessment, and negotiation support, ensuring schedules, budgets, and safety are preserved, with a focus on delivering a strong commercial outcome for major projects in a

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, legal studies or business management or a related field.
5+ years of experience supporting major infrastructure capital projects, including delivery of associated equipment and materials requiring long lead procurement.
Experience in construction contract change management, claims analysis, and commercial negotiations.
Background in project controls, cost forecasting, schedule analysis, and risk management.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated experience in controlling and mitigating projects costs and risk exposure.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex contractual or technical information.
Detailed, organized, and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Responsibilities

Provide commercial and project controls oversight on complex infrastructure projects from start-up through execution, closeout, and dispute resolution.
Support project managers and teams in development of pricing for work product, and in management of risks and contingencies, including avoidance of “scope creep”.
Proactive project and contract change and claims management and resolution.
Support the Project Contract Manager and project team in applying strategies for proper project setup to align with client project control standards.
Support the Project Contract Manager and task leads in development of SOW proposals.
Support negotiation efforts for prime task orders and amendments.
Interpret client contracts to identify major contract requirements, insurance, mandatory required flow downs.
Support the Project Contract Manager to manage contract workflow to ensure efficient contract execution and implement new / more efficient processes as needed.
As directed by the Project Contract Manager, support contract/subcontract development, execution and implementation by developing requests for proposals/qualifications, negotiation positions, documenting trade-off decisions for leadership, tracking contractual deliverables, and process contract close-out procedures.
Support the Project Contract Manager and task leads in development of subcontract scopes of work.
Support the Project Contract Manager to complete budget proposals in collaboration with Project Accounting and task leads.
As directed by the Project Contract Manager, maintain an audit file for each contract to include the original contract, all correspondence, changes/deviations/modifications, amendments, clarifications, payment schedules, and deliverables.
Support monitoring and management of WSP commercial metrics (e.g., earned value, cost tracking, schedule, cash flow, change orders, cost vs budget trends, etc.).