Senior Contracts Administrator - 4-6 Month Temp

BKF; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Profit sharing

401k

Paid time off

9 Holidays

Flexible schedules

Education reimbursement

Job summary

BKF, a multi-service infrastructure firm, seeks a Senior Contracts Administrator for a four-to-six-month assignment in California. You will manage contract reviews, lead drafting and negotiation, and support legal, financial, and project teams with high-precision contract language.

You will review terms, mitigate risk, collaborate with engineers, and help refine standard templates while ensuring compliance with statutes and policies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of contract review and negotiation experience, preferably within the public sector with professional engineering environment.
• Strong understanding of construction, engineering, or professional services contracts.
• Proven ability to identify risks, inconsistencies, or unclear terms, and recommend edits, alternatives, or language improvements.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams or technical departments, with an ability to bridge legal and technical language.
• Excellent written communication and editing skills - must be able to comment clearly and professionally in a consistent voice.
• Comfortable interpreting and applying relevant statutes (public contracts code, labor laws, license board regulations, etc.).
• Strong research and documentation skills, ideally with experience using legal tools.
• Experience with document management and contract-review platforms such as Word Redlining, SharePoint, DocJuris, and Box AI (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Work independently with limited supervision, exercising sound judgment to prioritize contract reviews, manage competing deadlines, and drive assignments through completion.
• Maintain Contract Review SharePoint Site. Request Professional Services Agreements and Prime Agreements when needed. Assign Lead Reviewers based on contract type.
• Proactively evaluate existing contract administration and document management processes; recommend and help implement improvements that increase efficiency, accuracy, consistency, and visibility.
• Review Public Agency contract language and assist PIC and VP with identifying contract language that should be changed.
• Review and analyze contract terms and legal documents for risk, inconsistencies, and alignment with company policies, statutes, and applicable laws.
• Provide clear, concise, and professional written comments on contract drafts, and recommend alternatives or solutions for problematic language.
• Collaborate directly with engineers, project managers, and internal stakeholders to gather context, clarify intent, and ensure contract provisions reflect technical and operational needs.
• Participate in internal efforts to establish, maintain and refine standard contract templates and specifications based on BKF policies, regulatory updates and industry trends.
• Assist in the preparation, review and editing of NDAs, teaming agreements, amendments, assignments and other legal documents.
• Collaborate with multiple internal project managers and legal staff to develop all contract and other legal materials and supporting documents.
• Compare new project contracts with existing contracts for the same client to ensure consistency with previous agreements.
• Maintain searchable records of existing client contracts, including markups and negotiated terms, for easy review on future projects.

Skills

Contract review

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Legal drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Word Redlining

SharePoint

DocJuris

Box AI

Job description

BKF, a multi-service infrastructure firm, seeks a Senior Contracts Administrator for a four-to-six-month assignment in California. You will manage contract reviews, lead drafting and negotiation, and support legal, financial, and project teams with high-precision contract language.

You will review terms, mitigate risk, collaborate with engineers, and help refine standard templates while ensuring compliance with statutes and policies.