Contracts Manager

Job description / Role

- Manages the Contracts Management Group to define staffing assignments and re-assignments as project needs arise and to set project priorities.
- Responsible to provide senior-level guidance to assigned personnel, and ensures proficiency and timeliness of all contract administration functions in conjunction.
- Responsible for the development, review, and maintenance of the Contracts Management Plan and provides updates to the Project Management Plan.
- Collaborates with client and management consultant to ensure proper support in proposal preparation, as well as contract negotiations and administration.

Requirements

- Degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or related field from an accredited internationally recognized university with minimum 20 years prime contract administration experience related to roads, highways, transportation projects within a large international engineering and construction firm is required.
- Must be Chartered (QS) by a recognized international body such as Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
- Proven ability to perform independently in a contracts managers role, possess excellent written and oral communications skills, and have a thorough of industry practices and regulations related to contracts and their negotiation, experience in construction contract administration, understand / comprehend Terms and Conditions, the legal issues, be able to interpret and understand contracts, must be very organized, must have effective problem solving, and negotiation skills.
- Requires a comprehensive knowledge of industry business practices and the negotiation of prime contracts.
- Must also possess strong written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and a working knowledge of PC software packages typically associated with contract administration.

About the Company

Parsons is a leader in many diverse markets such as infrastructure, transportation, water, telecommunications, aviation, commercial, environmental, planning, industrial manufacturing, education, healthcare, life sciences and homeland security.

Parsons provides technical and management solutions to federal, regional and local government agencies as well as private industries worldwide.