Contracts Manager

Job description

Newport News, Virginia Overview: The Contracts Manager is responsible for a wide variety of procurement and contracting duties including drafting AIA contracts, Short Form Agreements, and Purchase Orders; ensuring all legal, insurance and bonding requirements are met prior to contract execution; preparing reports; recording documents; maintaining the contract log and filing system; and working with project managers to administer active contracts. The position requires demonstrated skill in public procurement and contracting for formal and informal bidding processes and proven experience in all phases of the contracts lifecycle. The Contracts Manager works independently on assigned contracting tasks with general guidance from the System Director of Construction Management. What you will do: - Manage contract development through all lifecycle stages (draft, revision, approval, filing, and distribution), ensuring that insurance, bonding, and legal requirements are met and internal processes and records are maintained. - Administration of active contracts (construction, development, consultants, etc.) to identify, calendar, notify, and ensure completion and compliance with all delivera...