Contracts Manager

Aris Water Solutions (NYSE: ARIS) is a leading, growth-oriented environmental infrastructure and solutions company that directly helps our customers reduce their water and carbon footprints. Our saltwater disposal services, integrated pipelines, and related infrastructure creates long-term value by delivering high-capacity, comprehensive produced water management, recycling, and supply solutions to operators in the Permian Basin areas.  We are dedicated to providing safe, efficient, and cost-effective solutions while maintaining the highest standards of environmental responsibility. 

We are looking for a professional with significant experience reviewing and drafting commercial proposals, agreements, and amendments as well as contracts management and organization to assist the commercial and legal departments. The ideal candidate would have a great attention to detail and a general understanding of a contract life cycle.

Candidates should be customer focused, good at building strong working relationships, highly motivated, confident, enjoy working in a fast-paced business environment, strong at issue spotting and issue solving in ever changing market conditions, and able to exercise good judgment. The position will require the development of working relationships with colleagues in the Accounting, Land, Commercial, and Legal Departments and other business teams and support functions as necessary.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review, revise, and assist in the drafting of commercial agreements, amendments, terminations, and contractual notices under the oversight of the company’s commercial and legal teams
• Track the status of agreements to completion, following up with various departments as required
• Build, maintain and manage contract templates and process documentation
• Assist and provide support in resolving day-to-day contract-related issues
• Prepare contract briefs summarizing contract terms
• Enter contract data into the Contract Management System
• Route contracts for approval and execution
• Provide contractual information to internal and external customers
• Organize and maintain contract files and related records
• Gather contractual data and prepare reports for internal business needs
• Follow SOX procedures and maintain adequate records for audit purposes
• Other duties as assigned

Education & Qualifications:

• 5 years of contracts management in the midstream, trading, or energy sector
• Demonstrated skills in contract drafting in the energy sector is required.
• Must have knowledge of different commercial agreements, terms, and legal requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Detailed oriented, focused, and thorough with excellent organizational skills.
• Results driven, takes initiative, accountable and responsible, can work independently and within/across teams.
• Must be able to multi-task and effectively prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with different levels and remain calm in high pressure situations.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Word and have an aptitude with various systems including the ability to easily learn new software.
• Experience with Quorum, Cobblestone, Adobe and Microsoft Office.

It is impossible to list every requirement for, or responsibility of, any position. Similarly, we cannot identify all the skills a position may require since job responsibilities and the Company’s needs may change over time. Therefore, the above job description is not comprehensive or exhaustive. The Company reserves the right to adjust, add to or eliminate any aspect of the above description. The Company also retains the right to require all employees to undertake additional or different job responsibilities when necessary to meet business needs.