Contracts Manager, Pre-Engineered Steel Structures | …, Langley

Contracts Manager

Location: Langley, BC

Compensation: $100,000 - $135,000 (Negotiable DOE)

Overview

Our client is a construction management company specializing in pre-engineered steel structure projects across Canada and the USA. They are seeking a Construction Contracts Manager to oversee contract review, negotiation, administration, risk management, and project support from pre-award through closeout. This role is ideal for a commercially minded construction contracts professional who can identify risk, support project teams, manage claims and change processes, and translate complex contract terms into clear, practical guidance.

Must Haves

• 5+ years in contract management within the construction industry.
• Strong understanding of Canadian construction contracts, risk allocation, claims, notices, and dispute processes.
• Experience reviewing, negotiating, and administering client contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, and change orders.
• Ability to identify contractual and commercial risks and provide practical recommendations to project and leadership teams.
• Strong negotiation, communication, organization, and documentation skills.
• Ability to translate contract requirements into clear guidance for project teams.
• Comfortable supporting multiple projects across different stages of the construction lifecycle.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with pre-engineered steel structures, industrial buildings, commercial construction, or design-build projects.
• Exposure to construction projects or contracts in the United States.
• Experience working for a construction management company, general contractor, or specialty contractor.
• Familiarity with RFIs, submittals, document control, procurement workflows, and project administration processes.
• Experience developing contract templates, tracking systems, notice logs, claims registers, or project contract summaries.
• Post-secondary education in construction management, business, law, engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and negotiate client contracts, prequalification documents, subcontracts, purchase orders, and related commercial terms.
• Identify contract risks, key obligations, notice requirements, payment terms, claims processes, and documentation requirements.
• Prepare contract markups, risk summaries, negotiation notes, and practical recommendations for internal stakeholders.
• Support project teams by translating executed contracts into clear project-specific requirements.
• Create concise contract summaries or cheat sheets for Project Managers and operational teams.
• Manage and support change orders, delay notices, back charges, claims, and dispute-related documentation.
• Ensure contract timelines, notice periods, submission requirements, and documentation standards are followed.
• Support subcontract and vendor contracting, including flow-through of upstream obligations.
• Maintain contract trackers, notice logs, claims registers, change order logs, and other contract administration tools.
• Work closely with leadership, project management, procurement, finance, legal counsel, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.