[Hiring] Senior Federal Contracts Administrator @APTIM

Role Description

The Senior Contract Administrator will work directly with Business Unit lawyers and will be responsible for reviewing, redlining, negotiating, and administering business aspects (terms and conditions) of contracts for assigned business units.

• 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 to the contract terms and conditions, assist with the development of pricing strategy, and support contract compliance efforts.
• Support Business Unit lawyers by providing the first legal review and redline of contractual documents, obtaining input to contract terms from other internal departments, as required, and assisting with negotiation of client contracts.
• Coordinate review of contractual documents with Legal, Tax, Operations, Risk Management, and other internal departments as necessary.
• Advise management and technical personnel of business risks and consolidated review comments.
• Negotiate agreements with clients.
• Responsible for obtaining Certificates of Insurance and financial guarantees (i.e. bonds, letters of credit, etc.) as required.
• Advise and train technical personnel regarding contract administration, risk avoidance, change order management, and cost and pricing.
• Review project setup forms to ensure that a properly reviewed, approved, and executed contract is in place and that the information provided on the forms is consistent with the contractual requirements.
• Identify and negotiate contract changes with clients.
• Provide any other support as requested in areas of proposal preparation, contract review, negotiation, monitoring, close-out, indirect rate adjustments, audits, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10+ years of experience in reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts for the environmental remediation, technical solutions, design/build, architect/engineering, decommissioning & removal, and other related markets.

Requirements

• Experience on the selling side vs. the purchasing side of contract administration (i.e. working on contracts between company and owner vs. company and subcontractors/vendors).
• Previous experience managing federal contracts for executive department agencies.
• Previous experience managing contracts that are funded by various federal grant programs.
• Team player.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to manage several deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently, as well as to work as part of a project team.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance: Through the marketplace, our employees can choose benefits from five metallic levels and several carriers to find the right benefits that work for them in their location.
• Company paid and optional Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage.
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave (eligibility based on company policy and applicable law).
• 401(k): APTIM offers three 401k plans through the Aon Pooled Employer Plan (PEP). The specific plan you are eligible for depends on the business unit you are in.