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Construction Contract Administrator – Subcontracts

Cosmo Cabinets

Job Location:

Atlanta, GA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 75000 - 90000

Posted: 3 August 2026 (26 days ago)

Application Deadline: 31 October 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Cosmo Cabinets is hiring a Construction Contract Administrator to review and negotiate subcontracts with general contractors before we sign them. This is a contract negotiation and risk role not a document control role. You will read every GC subcontract that comes through our door find the clauses that put us at unacceptable risk as a subcontractor and negotiate them out before signature.

About Cosmo Cabinets
We manufacture kitchen and bath cabinets in Eatonton Georgia. 350000 square feet under roof. 1500 cabinets a day. KCMA NGBS and BABA certified. Family-owned American-made.

We sell supply and install cabinets and countertops in multi-family apartment projects across the Southeast. Every project starts with a subcontract written by a general contractor for the general contractor. The terms in those construction contracts decide whether a good project stays profitable or turns into eighteen months of back-charges and delay claims. We are hiring one person to own that.

What You Will Do

Review GC subcontracts master subcontract agreements purchase orders and change orders for terms that unfairly shift risk onto us as a subcontractor
Redline contracts issue exception letters and negotiate directly with general contractors contract administrators and project executives until we reach terms we can sign
Flag deal-breakers to leadership early with a clear recommendation: sign negotiate or walk away
Build and maintain our subcontract clause playbook standard positions fallback positions and hard limits so the same negotiations dont repeat on every project
Track insurance requirements additional insured endorsements bonds and certificate compliance against what each construction contract actually demands
Manage lien waivers preliminary notices and notice deadlines across active multi-family projects
Pull the governing contract language when a dispute back-charge or delay claim surfaces mid-job and support the project team through it
Coordinate with outside counsel on the contracts that genuinely require a lawyer and handle the rest without one

Subcontract Clauses You Will Live In
Pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid. Broad-form and intermediate-form indemnity. No-damages-for-delay. Liquidated damages. Consequential damages waivers. Retainage and release conditions. Flow-down and incorporation-by-reference. Termination for convenience. Acceleration and schedule compression. Back-charge and set-off rights. Warranty scope and duration. Change order procedure and notice requirements. Dispute resolution venue and choice of law. Insurance and additional insured requirements.

If those terms are familiar this job will make sense to you immediately.

What You Need

5 years reviewing and negotiating construction contracts on the subcontractor side or the general contractor side
A legal background: JD paralegal certificate or equivalent hands-on construction contract experience with real depth
Direct experience with AIA contract documents ConsensusDocs and GC-drafted custom subcontracts
Working knowledge of Georgia lien law and payment bond law; multi-state exposure is a plus
Judgment to tell the difference between a clause that is uncomfortable and a clause that is dangerous
The spine to hold a position with a general contractors contract department and the sense to know when to trade
Clear precise writing your redlines and exception letters go out under our name