Intermediate/Senior Contract Administrator - ( 240004GH )

Description

Stantec Buildings is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. We take an innovative, collaborative approach to projects, sharing a common belief that sustainable design for the built environment can make the world a better place for future generations. Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Stantec Architecture - Winnipeg

In 2004, with over 70 years of experience serving the community, GBR Architects joined Stantec, becoming Stantec Architecture Winnipeg. Our local integrated architecture and buildings engineering practice brings together a highly motivated, dynamic, and diverse team of Architects, Interior Designers, Structural, Mechanical, Energy, and Electrical Engineers, Sustainably Specialists, and support staff. Working together with our clients in an integrated practice, we believe we are better able to ask the right questions, establish shared positions, and collectively evaluate and advance meaningful solutions that realize the vision while achieving value, program clarity, and technical astuteness.

We are a young, ambitious, growing practice, driven to achieve Design Excellence through Brilliant Delivery founded in Communication, Collaboration, Expertise, Research, Technology, and Culture.

We work in studios, Civic [including Culture and Transportation], Commercial [including Retail, Residential, Hospitality, and Mixed-Use], Defense, Healthcare, Industrial, K-12, Post-Secondary, Sport & Recreation, and Workplace. While our focus is local, our success and the nature of our broader global practice routinely leads to opportunities to travel and work on projects across North America and beyond.

Your Opportunity

We have a number of projects that require an Intermediate / Senior Contract Administrator to be part of our award-winning team.

As a Contract Administrator, you will work as part of an integrated and multi-disciplinary team that is delivering complex projects in Manitoba and Ontario. You are responsible for coordinating and administering the contract award and subsequent contract administration activities relating to complex and high-value contracts.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Interpreting contracts and ensuring compliance with contract terms

• Processing Work Plans, Work Assignments, and Work Order Releases

• Monitoring and verifying contract progress

• Preparing and processing

• Requests for information

• Change directives

• Contract amendments

• Progress payment certificates

• Off-site inventory payments

• Assessing back charges and liquidated damages

• Evaluating contractors' submissions for changes and claims

• Negotiating an acceptable resolution to contract changes and claims, and processing for management approval

• Processing contract close-outs

• Preparing various reports and other correspondence relating to areas of responsibility

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• A thorough knowledge of procurement and contracting principles, methods, procedures, and practices including contract administration relating to changes, claims and delays

• A comprehensive 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

• Extensive architecture experience encompassing both office and field environments.

• 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 and applications relevant to the work (word processing, spreadsheets)

Education and Experience

• Graduate of an Architectural Technology program or minimum 5 years of architectural contract administration experience or building contracting experience.

• Experience managing the delivery of architectural projects preferred.

• Certified Construction Contract Administrator and/or Manitoba Association of Architects (MAA) license 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.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-Manitoba-Winnipeg

Organization : BC-1445 Buildings-CA Manitoba

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Dec 12, 2024, 3:51:03 PM

Req ID: 240004GH

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans