Intermediate Contract Administrator
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- Oct 15, 2024 Post Date
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- 240003QC Requisition #
The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?
Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel
Your Opportunity
We have a number of projects in Calgary that require a Contract Administrator to be part of our award-winning team.
As a Contract Administrator, you will work as part of an integrated and multidiscipline team that is delivering complex projects in Alberta. You are responsible for coordinating and administering the contract award and subsequent contract administration activities relating to complex and fast paced contracts.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Interpreting contracts and ensuring compliance with contract terms
- Monitoring and verifying contract progress
- Liaising with clients, project managers, sub consultants, and Architects to move construction deliverables forward.
- Preparing and processing
- Shop drawing submittals
- Requests for information
- Change directives/ Contemplated change notices / Change orders
- Contract amendments
- Progress payment certificates
- Evaluating contractors' submissions for changes and claims
- Processing contract close-outs documents
- Preparing various reports and other correspondence relating to areas of responsibility
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- A strong knowledge of procurement and contracting principles, methods, procedures, and practices including contract administration relating to changes, claims and delays
- A basic knowledge of relevant engineering, pertinent legislation, standards, and scheduling practices/methods
- Sound judgment, strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Effective interpersonal, negotiation, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Demonstrated organizational, administrative, and decision-making skills required to effectively handle changing priorities and project deadlines
- Ability to co-ordinate the efforts of others to accomplish objectives
- A good working knowledge of personal computers, mobile devices and applications relevant to the work (Newforma Project Centre, word processing, spreadsheets)
Education and Experience
- Graduate of an Architectural Technology program or minimum 5-7 years of architectural contract administration experience.
- 5-7 years’ experience managing the delivery of architectural projects preferred.
- (CCCA) Certified Construction Contract Administrator and/or Alberta Association of Architects (AAA) would be an asset.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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