Senior Contracts Administrator (Construction/Engineering)

Location: Tampa, FL – Midtown office; 4 days onsite and 1 day remote. Occasional travel may be required to company or vendor locations throughout Florida or North America.

Pay rate: Up to $48/hr

Company

hirify.global provides staffing and contract-to-hire opportunities for professional roles.

What you will do

• Lead pre-procurement planning and develop contracting strategies for complex engineering and construction projects.
• Draft contracts from scopes of work, business requirements, templates, pricing, and commercial terms.
• Manage RFP/RFQ processes, competitive bidding, commercial and technical bid evaluations, and award recommendations.
• Negotiate pricing, payment terms, schedules, warranties, indemnification, insurance, liability, and other contractual provisions.
• Coordinate contract formation and execution with Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Risk, Finance, project teams, vendors, and contractors.
• Support post-award administration, including purchase orders, change orders, claims, disputes, invoice compliance, and contract closeout.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in contract administration, contract management, project management, project engineering, construction, or procurement.
• Demonstrated experience with pre-award contract administration and hands-on contract drafting.
• Strong experience with contract negotiation, commercial terms, vendor or contractor negotiations, and contract redlines.
• Experience with RFP/RFQ, sourcing, competitive bidding, bid evaluation, and the source-to-contract or procure-to-contract lifecycle.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and advanced Microsoft Office skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale construction, engineering, utility, energy, industrial, infrastructure, or capital projects.
• Experience with engineered equipment contracts or technology and IT contracts.
• Experience with ERP or SAP environments.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management systems, particularly SMART by GEP.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid schedule with four onsite days and one remote day each week.
• Six-month contract with possible extension or transition to a long-term or direct-hire opportunity.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Procurement, Supply Chain, Legal, Risk, Finance, project teams, vendors, and contractors.
• Opportunities to support supplier diversity, procurement improvements, cost reduction, and internal training.