Senior Subcontracts Manager, EPC Projects On-Site

Bechtel Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Houston seeks an senior Subcontracts Manager to lead a team and develop subcontracting strategy for large EPC projects. You will review bid details, approvals, and negotiate terms, ensuring alignment with the project execution plan.

This on-site role requires 13–19 years of relevant experience or equivalent, a bachelor's (and/or master's) degree, and strong leadership, risk assessment, and collaboration with Legal, Procurement and Engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of subcontract terms and conditions and EPC contracting practices.
• Proven leadership and supervisory capability.
• Strong negotiation, judgment, and decision making skills.
• Ability to operate as a trusted deputy and extension of the Project Subcontracts Manager.
• Full time on site availability.

Responsibilities

• Participates with the project team on a large project in defining and developing the scope of Contracts work, and in preparing and coordinating Contract plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and budgets
• Contributes Contracts input to the preparation and/or modifications of the project’s prime contract
• Prepares and/or directs preparation of commercial terms and conditions for use on all project contract documents, ensuring that requirements of the prime contract are incorporated
• Coordinates Contract execution plan with Engineering and Construction plans and operations to ensure that input from these disciplines will enable Contracts to perform its functions in accordance with project plans
• Reviews commitment approvals and execution/signature authorities and ensures commitments are made in accordance with Corporate and Contract policies and procedures
• Manages the Subcontract for a contract of medium risk or complexity
• Develops and implements a Subcontract Management Program for the project consistent with the Standard Work Process Procedures and the Subcontract/Contract Management Guidebook
• Analyzes the subcontract commercial terms and conditions to highlight areas of risk such as ambiguities, conflicts, or deviations from the scope of work
• Makes recommendations to the Site Manager on the mitigation of these risks and closely monitors and supports remedial actions and recommend appropriate tradeoffs
• Works with the other Project Team members to ensure that Bechtel or customer related actions or inactions which could result in constructive subcontract changes are identified and make recommendations on their resolution
• Maintains a working relationship with Construction, Engineering, Procurement, Legal and Risk Management to facilitate organizational interfaces between those performing subcontract administration
• Adheres to subcontract insurance provisions and to ensure implementation of any requirements in this regard with Regional and Corporate Risk Management personnel

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Decision making

Subcontract knowledge

On-site availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Bechtel Corporation in Houston seeks an senior Subcontracts Manager to lead a team and develop subcontracting strategy for large EPC projects. You will review bid details, approvals, and negotiate terms, ensuring alignment with the project execution plan.

This on-site role requires 13–19 years of relevant experience or equivalent, a bachelor's (and/or master's) degree, and strong leadership, risk assessment, and collaboration with Legal, Procurement and Engineering teams.