Senior Contracts Negotiator & Risk Strategist (Onsite)

aptim-professional-careers; Tennessee; On-site; USD 82,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

APTIM in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Senior Contract Administrator to work with Business Unit lawyers and manage terms and conditions from review to negotiation and administration on site. The role is based in Knoxville and requires close collaboration with Legal, Tax, Operations, and Risk Management teams.

The candidate should have 10+ years of experience in reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts across environmental remediation, technical solutions, design/build, and related markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of experience reviewing, redlining and negotiating contracts in environmental remediation, technical solutions, design/build, and related markets.

Responsibilities

• Review NDAs, RFPs, teaming agreements, contracts, change orders and other legally binding documents.
• Analyze requests for proposal and contract terms to identify business risks, suggest edits, assist with pricing strategy, and support contract compliance.
• Support Business Unit lawyers by providing first legal review and redline of contractual documents, obtaining input from internal departments, and assisting with client negotiations.
• Coordinate review of contractual documents with Legal, Tax, Operations, Risk Management, and other internal departments.
• Advise management and technical personnel of business risks and consolidated review comments.
• Negotiate agreements with clients.
• Obtain Certificates of Insurance and financial guarantees as required.
• Advise and train technical personnel on contract administration, risk avoidance, change order management, and cost/pricing.
• Review project setup forms for proper reviews and consistent information with contracts.
• Identify and negotiate contract changes with clients.
• Provide support in proposal preparation, contract review, negotiation, monitoring, close-out, indirect rate adjustments, audits, etc.

Skills

Contract review

Redlining contracts

Negotiation

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

APTIM in Knoxville, TN is seeking a Senior Contract Administrator to work with Business Unit lawyers and manage terms and conditions from review to negotiation and administration on site. The role is based in Knoxville and requires close collaboration with Legal, Tax, Operations, and Risk Management teams.

The candidate should have 10+ years of experience in reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts across environmental remediation, technical solutions, design/build, and related markets.