Contracts Manager (Data Center Construction)

Linesight; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 108,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Contracts Manager (Data Center Construction) to administer tenders, draft contracts, and oversee post-contract activities. You will collaborate with project management and cost teams to ensure successful contract outcomes and client satisfaction.

The role requires strong negotiation and communication skills, experience with tender platforms such as Ariba, and a solid understanding of contract law and policies. All interviews may be conducted in person or virtually.

Qualifications

• Experience administering tenders across multiple contracts.
• Strong negotiation, persuasion and judgment skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Administer the tender process across multiple contracts from GCs to consultants.
• Track and manage tender steps including prequalification, tender issue, queries, responses, submissions, and post-tender queries and negotiation.
• Draft contracts and collate contract documentation.
• Oversee post-contract management, including contract advice, claims tracking, and change orders.
• Partner with construction project management and cost management teams.
• Advise client on contract awards with the commercial team.

Skills

Tender process

Negotiation skills

Contract drafting

Ariba / tender platforms

Tools

Ariba

Job description

Contracts Manager (Data Center Construction)

As a Contracts Manager at Linesight , you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

In this role you will:

• Administer the tender process across multiple contracts from GCs to professional consultant appointments
• Track and manage tender process steps including bidder prequalification, tender issue, queries and responses, tender submissions, and post-tender queries and negotiation .
• Draft contracts and collate contract documentation
• Oversee post-contract management, including providing contract administration advice to the client, claims tracking, and producing and processing contract change orders
• Partner closely with the construction project management and cost management teams
• Work with the commercial team to advise the client on contract award

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have strong research skills and an in-depth understanding of legal agreements
• Have working experience with Ariba or similar tender management platforms
• Have a working knowledge of local and contract laws and corporate policies
• Are a proven people leader
• Have excellent negotiation, persuasion and judgment skills
• Are an excellent communicator verbally and in writing
• Are detail oriented and quality focused

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

The salary range for this role is between $108,000 and $145,000 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

About us

Since 1974, we've been providing a construction consultancy service that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. It takes a special kind of togetherness to create our thriving, authentic culture. We overcome challenges together, delivering better projects and leveraging innovation. We see the potential in our people and we empower them. We're a business on a journey - an agile business that is proudto be different.We are Linesight. Dynamic. Driven. Different.

Our approach to DE&I

At Linesight, we believe that our success is tied to the success of our employees, and we are committed to creating a workplace that is fair, equitable, and inclusive for everyone. We understand that creating an environment where all employees have an equal opportunity to thrive requires a concerted effort across every stage of their time with us, from hiring and onboarding to promotion, career growth, and development.

As part of this commitment, we have implemented a range of policies and initiatives to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). This starts with our attraction pipeline and accessible job descriptions, designed to attract a broad range of candidates, and continuing throughout the employee life cycle with DE&I checks built in at every stage. Fairness, consistency, and transparency are the core principles for all our hiring, salary increase, and promotion decisions with built-in gender pay gap checks. Employee and family-friendly policies also enhance inclusion and equity in our teams.