Contracts Administrator

ABOUT THE ROLE:

Avenue Consultants’ Alternative Delivery group is seeking a Contracts Administrator to join their expanding team!  The Contracts Administrator will review and administer contractual proposals for construction-related projects. This is a great time to join our growing team! Some of the specific opportunities would include:

• Assist owners in preparing procurement documents and supporting contact documents for heavy highway, alternative delivery projects, including Design-Build, CM/GC, Progressive DB, and CMAR projects.
• Prepare technical specifications for contracts
• Review and understand obligations of all parties
• Assist clients in the evaluation of proposals submitted in response to RFQs and RFPs
• Review and validate cost estimates
• Work with owners / builders / and designers to administer alternative delivery contracts
• Ensure deadlines and contract conditions are met
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements
• Analyze potential areas of risk
• Oversee document control and project controls processes in an Owner’s Representative role
• Help develop manuals, white papers, and guidance documents on alternative delivery methods.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
We are looking for a self-starter with an understanding of contract law. The ideal candidate is someone with excellent communication skills, attention to detail, who enjoys working in a team environment.

If you love a good challenge, if you’re all about collaboration, and if you think egos have no place at the table, we should talk. We’re in the business of innovation and we’re always looking for opportunities—from exciting new projects to finding talented new people to add to our team. If you feel like you’d fit in here, please send us your resume!

To be successful, this person should have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred, a degree in law, construction, business administration, engineering or related field is highly preferred
• 2+ years of experience in contracts administration
• Ability to analyze and interpret legal documents, technical and financial reports.
• Experience working in the legal field is helpful though not required
• An understanding of contract law
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Good writing skills
• High attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills

OUR PROCESS AND WHAT WE OFFER:
We appreciate your time in considering Avenue Consultants! Our primary objective in the interview process to first determine if there is an alignment of interest. Does Avenue have work that you are passionate about? Second, we seek an alignment of Avenue culture. Are you driven and passionate about good work, are you open, genuine, and care for others?

We review every resume; Tell us about your accomplishments and how you achieved them or send some samples of your work. We appreciate people with a diverse professional background. Our interviews start with getting to know you as a person – we’ll want to talk about why you are excited about our industry and where you feel that you can thrive in our company. Then we’ll worry about the technical stuff.

Avenue offers competitive compensation and benefits including excellent medical, dental and vision plans, bonuses for eligible positions, paid holidays, generous PTO, 401(k) matching, short and long-term disability, life insurance, as well as an employee assistance program, stand-up desks, EV charging stations (Taylorsville) and a flexible environment working with other passionate people.

If you are interested in working for a firm that puts people first and a team that recognizes and appreciates exploring innovative solutions in a collaborative setting, please apply by sending your resume to:

careers@avenueconsultants.com – just include the job title in the subject line.

Avenue Consultants Is an Equal Opportunity Employer