Contracts Manager

Improving America’s infrastructure isn’t for the weak. It takes grit, determination, and hard work to execute high impact projects. Michels Corporation engages 10,000 people and 18,000 pieces of heavy equipment in our insatiable drive to be the best. Our work improves lives. Find out how a career as a Contracts Manager can improve yours!

We are seeking a Contracts Manager to support the commercial and contractual management of complex construction projects. This role plays a critical part in change management, contractual compliance, and risk mitigation, working closely with project leadership, field teams, project controls, and legal/risk partners.

The Contracts Manager brings field awareness, professional judgment, and disciplined documentation practices to ensure contractual obligations are met, entitlements are preserved, and project risks are identified early. The role is viewed as a developmental step toward broader project or commercial leadership, offering exposure to the full lifecycle of project execution and claims prevention.

Contract & Change Management

• Review prime contracts, subcontracts, and change order procedures to identify notice requirements, milestones, and compliance obligations.
• Track and manage project documentation, including change order requests, change orders, delay notices, claims, RFIs, submittals, payment applications, and formal correspondence, ensuring timely and contract-compliant submission.
• Maintain structured logs and dashboards to track contractual status, deadlines, deliverables, and potential risks.
• Draft and coordinate professional correspondence with owners, subcontractors, and consultants in collaboration with Project Management and Legal.
• Proactively interface with project teams to identify scope changes, cost overruns, delays, and other risks requiring formal contractual action.

Document Control & Defensibility

• Establish and manage project document control systems to ensure organization, version control, auditability, and accessibility.
• Implement and enforce documentation standards for correspondence, drawings, RFIs, submittals, meeting minutes, change-related records, and other project documentation.
• Ensure documentation supporting change orders and claims is complete, consistent, and defensible.

Commercial & Strategic Support

• Coordinate with Project Controls on cost and schedule updates, enabling early identification of performance trends and potential claims.
• Support development of change order narratives, time impact analyses (TIAs), and claim documentation.