What are the responsibilities and job description for the Contracts and Compliance Manager position at Wright Construction Group?
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Contracts & Compliance Manager oversees the full lifecycle of federal, state, and commercial construction contracts while ensuring strict compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. This role provides critical support in contract negotiation, administration, and risk management, and serves as a key liaison between project teams, clients, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies.
The Contracts & Compliance Manager will lead contract negotiation, administration, and oversight of regulatory compliance across all federal projects, serving as a key advisor to executive leadership, project managers, and field teams. This role also supports strategic growth by fostering relationships with contracting officers, regulatory partners, and industry organizations, including the SBA and other small business federal-contracting stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Contract Administration & Legal Support
QUALIFICATIONS
Work is performed in an office environment with minimal exposure to outdoor elements. May require occasional travel to job sites or other company locations.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Contracts & Compliance Manager oversees the full lifecycle of federal, state, and commercial construction contracts while ensuring strict compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies. This role provides critical support in contract negotiation, administration, and risk management, and serves as a key liaison between project teams, clients, subcontractors, and regulatory agencies.
The Contracts & Compliance Manager will lead contract negotiation, administration, and oversight of regulatory compliance across all federal projects, serving as a key advisor to executive leadership, project managers, and field teams. This role also supports strategic growth by fostering relationships with contracting officers, regulatory partners, and industry organizations, including the SBA and other small business federal-contracting stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Contract Administration & Legal Support
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage prime contracts, subcontracts, task orders, purchase orders, and contract modifications.
- Ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, USACE standards, and other federal construction regulations.
- Interpret contract terms for project managers and leadership, advising on rights, obligations, risks, and best practices.
- Maintain complete and accurate contract files, deliverable schedules, certifications, and reporting requirements.
- Coordinate closely with purchasing, project management, and subcontract administration to ensure materials, services, and subcontractors meet contractual, regulatory, and schedule obligations.
- Manage flow-down of federal clauses to subcontractors and vendors.
- Develop and maintain internal standard operating procedures (SOPs), contract templates, workflows, approval processes that incorporate federal-contract compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with outside counsel as needed on legal matters impacting contracts.
- Ensure compliance with the applicable federal regulation, standards and clauses (e.g. procurement rules, labor, safety laws).
- Monitor scope, and when changes occur, properly document and negotiate adjustments (e.g. through change orders or equitable adjustments under contract-mod clause).
- Identify contractual risks (legal, financial, performance), analyze potential impacts, and propose mitigation or contingency strategies before issues escalate.
- Ensure internal and external compliance documentation is maintained compliance, performance, and audit defense, especially for projects subject to federal oversight and reporting.
- Serve as primary point of contact for subcontractors, vendors, government contracting officers, internal teams (project, operations, finance, legal), clients, and other stakeholders.
- Manage relationships — ensuring deliverables, compliance, performance standards, timelines, and quality are understood and met by all parties.
- Ensure subcontractor performance aligns with contractual requirements, project timelines, and federal standards.
- Support coordination between operations, procurement, finance, estimating, and senior leadership to align contract terms with project execution.
- Assist project managers with contract interpretation and dispute resolution.
- Support business development in preparing teaming agreements, NDAs, and contract-related proposals.
- Provide training and mentoring to staff on contract compliance and best practices.
- Contribute to process improvements to strengthen contract management systems and efficiency.
- Coordinate (or collaborate) with internal and external stake holders to ensure contract requirements are in line with WCG’s policies while ensuring compliance with FAR, DFARS.
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) offered.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Professional development opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Legal Studies, Contract Management, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years of experience in contract administration or management, preferably in federal construction contracting.
- Strong knowledge of FAR/DFARS and government procurement regulations.
- Proven negotiation and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
- Professional certifications (CFCM, CPCM, or equivalent) a plus.
- Detail-oriented, with strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Professional presence and ability to represent the company externally.
- Proactive and resourceful, able to balance multiple priorities.
- Team-oriented, with a collaborative approach to problem-solving.
Work is performed in an office environment with minimal exposure to outdoor elements. May require occasional travel to job sites or other company locations.