Manager, Contracts Construction & Claims

JOB SUMMARY:

Responsible for the day-to-day management of facility design and construction boilerplates procedure documents and templates on behalf of Legal utilized across all Universal Creative Projects including working in conjunction with Project Teams and other stakeholders. Implements and manages the development implementation and management of facility design and construction scopes of work including form documents with the supervision of and input from Director Legal & Business Affairs as needed.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Directly responsible for the development and approval of boilerplates procedure documents and templates for facility design and construction utilized by Project Management Office (PMO) and other stakeholders across Universal Creative with input and supervision from Director Legal & Business Affairs as needed including policies standards specifications templates matrixes guidelines scopes and other written requirements related to Project development and execution.
• Directly responsible for the creation development and maintenance of boilerplates procedure documents and templates for facility design and construction Scopes of Work and related documents with input and supervision from Director Legal & Business Affairs as needed for both initial agreements and scope changes including Directive Scopes of Work for modification documents incentives acceleration bulk settlements retainage releases waiver of claims schedule impacts back charges and other required scopes.
• Manages the contract administration for initial Agreements Directives and Change Orders for facility design and construction Scopes of Work including review revision negotiation and approval Scopes of Work Directives and Change Orders across all Creative Projects with input and supervision from Director Legal & Business Affairs and input and support from Directors Contracts as needed.
• Develops manages and conducts trainings on scopes of work construction topics for non-construction RIs risk assessment legal communications liens and bonds and claims mitigation with input and supervision from Director Legal & Business Affairs as needed.
• Assists Director Legal & Business Affairs with active and pending litigation including coordination with other Legal groups outside counsel Finance and Project leadership.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy procedures training and team member involvement activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors degree is required.
• Juris Doctorate degree and active law license is strongly preferred/highly desired

EXPERIENCE:

• 5 years prior experience in drafting analyzing negotiating and issuing contracts or other legal documents is required. 2 years construction-related project and contract experience is strongly preferred / highly desired including 2 years of experience in supervising others; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Your talent skills and experience will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.

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