What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts Manager position at Aalo Atomics?
About Aalo Atomics
Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced Contracts Administrator to support and manage a broad portfolio of commercial agreements across the business. This role will be responsible for helping administer, track, review, and coordinate contracts with a range of external partners, including large construction general contractors, design vendors, and major equipment suppliers.
As our contract volume and complexity continue to grow, we need a dedicated professional who can bring structure, organization, and strong commercial judgment to the contracting process. This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting critical business relationships and ensuring contracts are managed efficiently throughout their lifecycle.
What You'll Do
Aalo Atomics is pioneering a new era in clean energy with factory-fabricated microreactors designed to deliver affordable, scalable, and reliable nuclear power. Our mission is to make nuclear energy globally accessible, starting with the Aalo-1, a 10 MWe reactor leveraging cutting-edge safety, modularity, and efficiency. Based in Austin, TX, we’re rapidly growing as we work to deploy the world’s first fleet of advanced microreactors. Join us and help revolutionize energy for a sustainable future.
About The Role
We are looking for an experienced Contracts Administrator to support and manage a broad portfolio of commercial agreements across the business. This role will be responsible for helping administer, track, review, and coordinate contracts with a range of external partners, including large construction general contractors, design vendors, and major equipment suppliers.
As our contract volume and complexity continue to grow, we need a dedicated professional who can bring structure, organization, and strong commercial judgment to the contracting process. This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting critical business relationships and ensuring contracts are managed efficiently throughout their lifecycle.
What You'll Do
- Administer contracts across a wide range of vendor, supplier, and project-related relationships
- Review, redline, and help negotiate commercial terms in partnership with internal stakeholders
- Coordinate contract execution and maintain organized records of active agreements
- Track key terms, deliverables, milestones, notice periods, renewals, amendments, and expirations
- Support contracts related to:
- Construction and general contractors
- Design and professional services vendors
- Major equipment vendors and long-term suppliers
- Work closely with internal teams to ensure contracts reflect business needs and operational requirements
- Identify contractual risks, inconsistencies, and open issues, and escalate as needed
- Help improve contract administration processes, templates, and workflows
- Ensure timely follow-up on pending agreements, approvals, and renewals
- Maintain visibility across dozens of ongoing contracts and support overall contract compliance and organization
- 5 years of experience in contract administration, contract management, procurement, legal operations, or a related field
- Experience managing a high volume of commercial contracts across multiple vendors or projects
- Strong understanding of contract structure, commercial terms, and contract lifecycle management
- Experience with construction-related, vendor, procurement, equipment, or professional services agreements is strongly preferred
- Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and keep complex workstreams moving
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Sound judgment and the ability to identify and flag key business and contractual issues
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment
- High level of ownership, responsiveness, and follow-through
- Experience supporting construction, industrial, manufacturing, hardware, energy, or infrastructure-related businesses
- Familiarity with contract databases, procurement systems, or document management tools
- Experience building or improving internal contract processes
- Ability to work effectively with business, operations, finance, and legal stakeholders