What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contract Administrator position at D.H. Pace Company, Inc.?
DH Pace Company, Inc. is looking for a Contract Administrator to join our Risk Management Team in Olathe, KS! Your main duties will be to review, negotiate and maintain various construction contracts, including bids, service agreements, and construction contracts.
A successful Contract Administrator will demonstrate a strong attention to detail along with the ability to discover potential risks for our company. You should also analyze contracts with an eye toward reducing risk while ensuring compliance with the law. Our ideal candidate has previous experience managing contracts, familiarity with legal requirements and terms of use, and be prepared to spend a minimum of 60% of their day reading contracts.
Position Overview:
- Reviewing Bids, Service Agreements and Construction contracts
- Negotiate contract terms with internal and external business partners
- Explain terms and conditions to managers and interested parties
- Analyze potential risks involved with specific contract terms
- Ensure terms and conditions described on contracts meet our standards (e.g. payments, indemnity, and insurance)
- Maintain organized system of physical and digital records
- Help Create language standards for existing and new contracts
- Participate in the development of policies and procedures, suggesting enhancements designed to augment the operations of the department.
- Provide backup and support to departmental functions
- Other duties as may be assigned by Risk Management.
Job Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution with an emphasis in Risk Management, Business Administration or related field and 3 years’ experience.
Legal and/or Insurance experience preferred.
Must have strong negotiation/communication skills.
Computer skills and knowledge of relevant software required, including but not limited to MS Office Suites.
Construction experience a plus.
Why DH Pace?
DH Pace Company is a distribution, construction and service organization offering a complete range of door and door related products and commercial security products. The company is privately owned and has been in operation over 95 years! We have 50 US offices in 24 states with 2023 company-wide sales of $1 billion.
Our benefit offerings include:
- Medical, dental, and vision options: Available on the 1st day of the month following your start date!
- Paid time off plan: 13 days accrued annually during your 1st year; 16 days accrued during your 2nd year!
- Paid Holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
- Floating Holidays: Up to 2 floating holidays per year
- Competitive compensation: Including annual performance evaluations!
- 401k retirement plan: Including an employer match!
- Company paid: Life insurance, short-term disability, & long-term disability
- and more!
Successful completion of references, employment verifications, background check, and drug screen required in advance of hire.
DH Pace Company, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of DH Pace Company, Inc. without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of DH Pace Company, Inc. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
