Contract Specialist

Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in contract administration or similar roles
  • JD, paralegal certificate, or extensive construction contract background
  • Understanding of legal standards for contracts
  • Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to build relationships across teams and with external vendors
  • Excellent communication and organization skills

Responsibilities

  • Review and negotiate vendor agreements to ensure compliance with policies
  • Assist Project Managers with insurance and contractual obligations
  • Maintain knowledge of standard downstream forms
  • Collaborate with finance and operations teams
  • Suggest edits to forms and facilitate changes under supervision
  • Interpret contract provisions to resolve subcontractor claims
  • Identify and analyze risks from contract changes

Benefits

  • Performance-based bonus program
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • 401k options including Traditional and Roth
  • Tuition reimbursement for associates
  • Scholarships for dependents up to $28,000 per child
  • 1-month paid sabbatical every 5 years with $5,000 travel allowance
  • 1-week paid volunteer leave annually
  • 100% charitable donation match
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Fully paid 12-week maternity leave
Full Job Description
A DAY IN THE LIFE
  • Review and negotiate subcontracts and other vendor agreements, ensuring that contracts align with internal policies and procedures.
  • Serve as a resource for Project Managers regarding insurance and contractual obligations in subcontractor and vendor agreements.
  • Maintain a fluent understanding of standard downstream forms
  • Serve as a collaborative partner with controllers and operations stakeholders
  • Suggest edits to downstream forms and facilitate changes under the supervision of department leadership
  • Interpret contract provisions to help resolve claims and questions submitted by subcontractors
  • Identify potential risks that contract changes may pose to the company, and analyze and reduce identified risk

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in a contract administrator, contract manager, contract specialist, or similar role
  • A legal background: JD, paralegal certificate, or equivalent hands-on construction contract experience with real depth
  • Knowledge of legal requirements associated with contracts
  • Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to build solid relationships with internal Project Managers, the Legal and Finance teams, and outside vendors
  • Excellent customer service and verbal/written communication skills; must be extremely organized and detail oriented

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.
  • Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Traditional and Roth 401k
  • Tuition reimbursement for associates
  • Scholarship for associates' children up to $28,000 per child
  • 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
  • 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
  • 100% charitable match
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
  • 100% paid 12-week maternity leave

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are proud to be a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that the diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country - constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services. #LI-JM4 #LI-Onsite

MAKE YOUR MOVE

We are proud to be one of the fastest-growing, privately-owned companies in America, celebrating over 30 years of experience as design-build experts. We have completed over 7,500 design-build projects nationwide. We ranked #9 on ENR's Design-Build Firms list and #34 on ENR's Top 400 Contractors list of 2026. Most importantly, our clients like us, trust us, and want to do business with us. We are looking for people with the same enthusiasm, passion, and respect for the hard work that brought us to where we are today. Are you a person who can make a difference at ARCO? If the answer is "Yes!" we look forward to meeting you.

ARCO does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from ARCO's Human Resources team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. ARCO will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers. Agencies must have a fully executed vendor agreement in place as well as written approval to submit candidates from an ARCO TA Manager for a specific position before submitting candidates.

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