What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts Manager position at siliconranch?
Silicon Ranch is a fully integrated provider of customized renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions for a diverse set of partners across North America.
- We are known for putting community partnerships first, and are the only renewable energy company in the U.S. that owns and operates all of its solar ranches and has a 100% track record for successful delivery.
- We have the largest utility scale agrivoltaics portfolio in the country under Regenerative Energy®, our nationally recognized holistic approach to project design, construction, and land management. Our model incorporates regenerative ranching and other regenerative land management practices to restore livelihoods and soil health, biodiversity, and water quality.
- Through our subsidiary, Clearloop, we are able to help businesses of all sizes reclaim their carbon footprint with a direct investment in building new solar projects while also helping bring renewable energy and economic development to distressed communities.
By joining Silicon Ranch, you will be joining a team of experienced and dedicated individuals who have proven time and again that it is indeed possible to not only “make solar do more”, but to make the promise of carbon-free, renewable energy that benefits people right where it comes from a tangible, measurable, and replicable reality.
Silicon Ranch is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is reflective of the communities in which we work and serve. We are an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
Job Description
Position: Contracts Manager
Location: Nashville, TN
Overview: Silicon Ranch develops, builds, owns, and operates utility-scale solar energy projects, and the agreements behind those projects are how our work gets done. As Contract Manager, you are the commercial owner of the contracts that bring our projects to life. This includes EPC and construction services agreements, consulting agreements, and professional services agreements. You will lead sourcing and negotiation, manage supplier relationships and performance, and identify and mitigate commercial risk, all in close partnership with our Legal, Engineering, Finance, and Delivery teams.
This is a hands-on commercial role for someone who enjoys both the deal and the disciplined follow-through that makes a contract perform.
Main Responsibilities:
Sourcing & RFP process
- Lead the RFI/RFP process end to end: build bid/solicitation packages with engineering, finance, project management, and development, and ensure complete, accurate bid documents.
- Facilitate pre-bid meetings and manage communication with bidders throughout the solicitation.
- Drive competitive sourcing that delivers cost savings and maximizes the value of spend.
Bid evaluation & award
- Coordinate cross-functional bid evaluation and lead bid analysis across price, schedule, scope, and commercial risk.
- Coordinate and lead internal and external bid review meetings and present award recommendations to leadership.
Negotiation & contracting
- Serve as the external communicator in negotiations with contractors and suppliers, leading negotiations and making commercial recommendations.
- Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
- Draft, redline, and negotiate commercial terms and conditions partnering with Legal and other departments.
- Maintain a library of standard templates, fallback positions, and a negotiation playbook in coordination with Legal.
- Coordinate contract execution: signature routing, execution, and distribution of fully executed agreements.
Supplier & risk management
- Identify, prequalify, and onboard new vendors; maintain qualification and approved-supplier status.
- Manage EPC/supplier performance through scorecards and periodic business reviews.
- Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risk across the lifecycle
Qualifications:
- 4 years of contract management, commercial, or procurement experience, including at least 2 years working directly with EPC or construction contracts.
- Experience in utility-scale renewable energy, power, infrastructure, heavy civil, or large construction/EPC; utility-scale solar or renewables preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading commercial negotiations of high-value EPC, construction, or supply agreements.
- Hands-on experience drafting, redlining, and administering commercial agreements, with working command of key commercial terms (payment/milestones, LDs, warranties, indemnification, limitation of liability, insurance, change orders, termination).
- Familiarity with EPC/construction services agreement structures.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with delivery, engineering, finance, development, and legal teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, business, finance, supply chain, engineering, economics, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Preferred: relevant certification (NCMA CPCM/CFCM, ISM CPSM, or PMP).
Our interview process:
A typical interview process at Silicon Ranch might include the below stages. Please note that we may make changes to these steps as needed, and details will be provided to you early on in the process.
- Introductory Interview with our recruiter
- Hiring Manager Interview to dive into technical skills and behavioral questions
- Panel Interview to assess cross-functional skills and dive deeper into technical skills
- Executive Interview to answer high-level questions about SRC and the team