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WSP USA P5-Legal and Risk Management-Contract Management in Ephrata, Pennsylvania
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Full-Time Contract Manager. This role will be part of WSP’s in-house legal and compliance team supporting the East Region. This role reports to an office in the East Region. As a team member, you will have opportunity to experience a wide range of practices supporting the organization’s legal and compliance needs as the organization continues to grow. Working closely with the East Region project management teams, the Contract Manager will prepare and facilitate review, approval, and execution of various types of agreements including client contracts.
Your impact
Read and review client contracts, identify major contract requirements, responsible parties, work scope, and take action or incorporate as needed in draft agreements, teaming agreements, NDAs, and other contractual documents.
Work with stakeholders across the East Region to collect and verify accurate project information to ensure timely submission of legal review.
Escalate issues to appropriate business leaders and Region Counsel on contract term risk.
Work closely with internal legal staff for both front and back end legal review management, including but not limited to legal review staff, compliance and insurance/risk.
Primary manager of contract data sources to maintain historic legal agreements and assess alignment in variations of contractual terms.
Support claims managed within the Region.
Support Region Counsel with legal training and development for project team members.
Help identify need for process and practice improvements to meet evolving business requirements.
Who you are
Associate or Bachelor degree in Business, Finance, or Law.
7+ years experience in drafting, editing, contracts, preferably in the engineering, infrastructure, or commercial construction sectors.
Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), Certified Commercial Contracts Manager (CCCM), Certified Professional Project Manager, or Paralegal certification is a plus.
Highly proficient in MS Word, Acrobat Pro, and generally the MS Office Suite.
Working knowledge of commercial, federal, state, and local government contracting and practices, including for public infrastructure projects.
Working knowledge of CPFF, T&M, FFP compensation types.
Detail oriented, highly organized, strong written and oral communication skills, and ability to work with virtual team members in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
Possess ability to quickly learn new systems with anticipation of onboarding new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and help train end users on the contract lifecycle management (CLM) piece.
Excellent and efficient problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication skills – must be able to coordinate between multiple departments and project teams.
Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see projects through completion.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.