Contracts Manager

Req : 7232

Travel: Up to 100%

Number of Openings: 1

Achieve more in your career with Baker Construction, the nation’s leading specialty concrete contractor. In this role, you’ll be integral to building the future of our country and our company. You’ll collaborate across diverse teams, contribute to significant projects, and tackle complex challenges with the industry’s best. If you are driven to do more and have the grit to follow through, you’ll have everything you need to define your career on your terms.

Make a meaningful impact with a team that values ambition and rewards initiative. Apply today and be more with Baker.

Field-oriented Senior Contracts Manager with specific experience in the Heavy Civil, Industrial, and/or Power Generation sectors. This is a full-time in-person Home Office role, responsible for the full-cycle management of large-scale, high-value subcontracts and overall functional responsibility.

Based in the Home Office
, this role leads pre-award activities, subcontracting strategy, and major contract negotiations while supporting proposal and estimating teams and managing key trade partner relationships. Occasional site travel is required to support subcontract management and ensure compliance with contractual terms and company policies.

The role oversees Contract, Subcontract, and Procurement functions and requires expert knowledge of contract law, risk management, and large-scale construction operations.

Specific Duties: The responsibilities of this role are divided between the pre-award (home office) and post-award (field) phases.

• Strategy & Sourcing: Collaborate with Estimating and Operations to develop the overall project subcontracting strategy, including "self-perform vs. subcontract" analysis. Identify, pre-qualify, and develop a robust bidder's list of high-quality subcontractors and vendors.
• RFP & Scope Development: Lead the development of comprehensive, clear, and "bid-ready" Request for Proposal (RFP) packages. Work with Engineering and Operations to ensure Scopes of Work (SOWs) are complete and all technical/commercial interfaces are clearly defined.
• Bidding & Analysis: Manage the formal bidding process, including issuing RFPs, responding to RFI (Requests for Information), and managing addenda. Lead the commercial bid analysis, performing detailed "apples-to-apples" bid tabulations to normalize and compare proposals.
• Negotiation & Award: Act as the lead negotiator for all major subcontracts and purchase orders, resolving commercial terms, technical exceptions, and contractual Terms & Conditions (T&Cs). Draft final subcontract agreements and exhibits based on negotiated terms and company standards. Present final award recommendations to senior management.

Support Site Subcontract, Project Management and Procurement to ensure the following are completed by Field Staff at the Site Level, and in accordance with Contract requirements and Company Policies & Procedures.

• Administration & Compliance: Support or attend subcontract kick-off meetings to ensure alignment on scope, safety, schedule, and administrative procedures. Verify rigorous tracking and management of all subcontractor compliance items is completed, including insurance certificates, bonds, safety plans, and quality control documentation.
• Performance Management: Ensure continuous monitoring of subcontractor field progress against the project schedule is performed by Project Management, Supervision, Engineering and Project Controls. Support identification and management of potential risks, performance issues, and schedule slippages. Aid in development of mitigation plans in coordination with the project team.
• Change Management: Oversee and support the subcontract change order process, from initial notification and pricing, to negotiation and execution of the formal change order(s). Verify and periodically audit the official subcontract change log(s) and ensure all changes are properly documented.
• Financial Control: Support validation and processing of subcontractor applications for payment and…