Contract Manager

What We Do-Our Purpose Southern Cross partners with natural gas, electric, water, and oil utilities to ensure our mutual success. We have been in business for seven decades as an industry leader, innovator, and effective partner in utility field services. We have locations across North America and partner with our customers and employees to protect lives, property and client infrastructure by delivering high quality services. Who We Are-Our Company Culture We are a company who differentiates ourselves from the competition because of the high quality of our people, our work, and our processes. By fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and teamwork we work together to find better ways of getting things done. If you share these values and are looking to start or build a solid career, here’s one word of advice-apply! Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Organize, maintain, and electronically track all contracts and related documents in Content Central.  Track all renewals, price increases, terminations and critical milestone dates. Perform a review and summary brief on all contracts and assist internal departments with resolving contractual issues, including interpreting contract terms and conditions. Includes creating work directives and billing instructions for accounting. Review all contract language and help ensure that contracts are following company policy, government specifications, and other requirements. Managing the review, drafting and redlining of all contract language. Agreements will cover RFP’s, Supplier Agreements, Subcontractor Agreements, PO’s, Client Contracts, NDA’s, Change Orders and dispute resolutions.  The Contract Manager will help the organization make informed business decisions on the appropriate contracting strategy regarding desired business outcomes while minimizing risk and eliminating compliance exposure. Work with departments to create and execute PO’s, Company generated contract language, subcontractor agreements and any Company issued Change Orders. Support sales on negotiations strategy; develops outside-the-box solutions for and compromises with customers; and at times participates directly in customer negotiations Support Operations in establishing defined scope of works for projects (templates and client specific ones).  Assist in identifying when a change order should be initiated.   Identifies critical pre and post-execution contractual issues and escalates them to the appropriate business or legal partners to mitigate, reduce, and eliminate risks for the business; drives cross-functional team discussions to build consensus and implements the necessary resolution of such issues Provides management with insightful observations and suggestions for improvement that can be achieved through contractual language. Support contract kickoff, extension or renewal and terminations as necessary   Competencies Communication Consultation Ethical Practice Ability to interpret large amounts of data Relationship Management Supervisory Responsibility This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department. Work Environment This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary. Travel Little to no travel is expected for this position. Preferred Education and Experience ·       Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or related field ·       3-5 Yrs. Experience with contract management ·       Strong knowledge of computer skills including MS Office. ·       Strong analytical and critical thinking ·       Good communication skills ·       Good work ethic and team-oriented approach   Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Our industry requires all candidates to have a valid driver's license and pass a pre-employment drug screen and a 7 year background check.  To learn more about us, please visit our careers website at: www.southerncrosshire.com. Here at Southern Cross we are doing our due diligence when it comes to keeping our workers protected and we have safety protocols in place to help keep all of our employees as safe as possible. EEO Statement Southern Cross Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.