Construction Contract Administrator

ABOUT DELVE UNDERGROUND Delve Underground is a leader in heavy civil engineering, serving the transportation, water, wastewater, and energy industries. Specializing in tunnel design, we provide innovative solutions to the most challenging underground problems. Offering comprehensive design, construction management, and dispute-resolution capabilities, our expertise includes civil, structural, geotechnical, mechanical, and electrical engineering.

Founded in 1954, Delve Underground is an employee-owned firm with 21 offices and over 330 team members throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. We want our employees to make a career doing what they love to do. We encourage an entrepreneurial spirit and help our team members forge their own path within the company. We support their efforts to stay on the cutting edge of technology while fostering a great work-life balance.

In addition to working hard, we also have fun. We socialize and celebrate achievements at summer picnics, holiday parties, and company outings. Benefits: Full Benefits Program consisting of Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA or HSA, EAP, 401(k), ESOP, and company stock ownership program, 9 Paid Holidays, generous paid-time-off program, Work from home flexibility, and Health &Wellness Reimbursement Pay Rate: DOE Construction Contract Administrator Delve Underground is looking for a Construction Contract Administrator to join our team to help service infrastructure construction projects in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The candidate will also play a major role in interfacing with clients, contractors, and mentoring junior staff.

The successful candidate will have a proven track record in administration of construction contracts and be able to work with multiple procurement methods including design-bid-build, design build, and other mechanisms. The successful candidate will understand public construction contracting and be able to participate in the procurement through construction phases of a project. They will be able to resolve construction problems, work well in a team environment, and have superior communication skills.

There may be an opportunity to transition this role into a construction management position. This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic office in a healthy market focused on infrastructure development. Responsibilities: * Support an owner's team overseeing construction of infrastructure projects from procurement through construction as a contract administrator. Participate in the preparation of contract and bidding documents. * After award of construction contracts, serve in an advisory role where the owner's CM staff are integrated with Delve Underground's field staff, or where our CM team has full responsibility for construction management duties (not integrated with owner staff) * Assist client in resolving construction problems and develop approaches to avoid, address, and evaluate contractor claims * Participate in construction management teams to ensure that goals and/or objectives are accomplished by administrating construction contracts with respect to reporting requirements, invoicing, change requests, and other administrative aspects * Manage single or multiple construction contracts concurrently * Support construction management staff in reviews of contractor submittals, RFI's, change requests, and correspondence and provides guidance to client * Facilitate regular construction progress meetings involving designer, contractor, owner, and third-party personnel * Prepare memoranda and correspondence related to construction correspondence and either signs the documents or drafts on behalf of the owner for their signature * Monitor and report on progress of construction Qualifications: * BS in Business, Engineering, Science, Architecture, Construction Management, or other related field. * Construction contract administration or construction management experience with owner, consultant, or contractor is required * Experience with commercial and administrative aspects of construction contracts is required * Minimum 7+ years related experience in construction.

May have past experience with a construction contractor, owner, or consultant * Strong communication (both oral and written), analytical and leadership skills * Strong skills operating spreadsheets to track cost and other information * Physical ability to walk around construction site with unlevel ground, carry up to 30 lbs, and climb ladders * Knowledge of construction safety, OSHA and CALOSHA requirements preferred ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR TEAM? If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our initial 3-minute, mobile-friendly application so that we can review your information. We look forward to meeting you! Delve Underground is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and will make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. No Recruiters, Please.