Contract Manager, Project Controls (Hybrid Schedule)

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Eversource is looking for a Contract Manager, Project Controls in the Berlin, CT office. The Contract Manager, Project Controls role at Eversource is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of critical Transmission and Engineering contracts that support the Capital Portfolio. This includes collaborating with internal teams (Engineering, Project Management, Procurement, Legal, etc.) to ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, and corporate policies. The position oversees contract rebidding processes, defines contractor performance expectations, and ensures scope control to manage costs. Key responsibilities include analyzing contract terms, identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and participating in negotiations and bid evaluations. The role also involves maintaining vendor relationships, monitoring contractor performance, managing documentation and compliance filings, pursuing back charges and warranty claims, and auditing invoices. Additionally, the Contract Manager supports business improvement initiatives through reporting and data analysis, coordinates resolution of design conflicts, and ensures accurate contract information is maintained in systems like eBuilder.

Essential Functions: 

• Develops, negotiates, and manages service and complex material contracts in support of Transmission project execution (e.g. Constructor of Choice (“COC”) Master Service Agreement (‘MSA’), Engineer of Choice (‘EOC’) MSA) in collaboration with Project Managers, Engineering, and Procurement.

• Manages full contract lifecycle from inception to closeout, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and corporate policies, and maintaining complete documentation.

• Partners with Procurement to effectively manage the competitive bid process & major category rebids, coordinating with transmission & distribution project managers, project engineers, procurement, and other project team members on scope creation, detailing deliverables, ensuring required exhibits are included, answering requests for information and clarification, vetting proposals, and ultimately vendor selection to ensure a fair and equitable process.

• Advises Project Managers & Engineers on contract strategy for managing risks and claims in coordination with procurement and/or legal where appropriate.

• Participates in commercial negotiations to establish contract structure, price, terms and conditions and other pertinent contract conditions to ensure business requirements are appropriately captured and reflected in the final agreements.

• Communicates and coordinates consistently with Project Managers, project Engineers, and other project team members on contracts, vendor performance, RFP, and RFI related matters.

• Collaborates with Project lead to prepare direct award proposal packages to seek approval from the respective Committee meetings (i.e. EOC and COC, etc.)

• Prepares and facilitates EOC and COC committee meetings, including proposal packages, agendas, and documentation of approvals.

• Builds and maintains internal and external stakeholder relationships.

• Defines capital contractor performance expectations in conjunction with Project Management and Project Engineering industry & safety standards.

• Establishes and executes a strong scope control process to mitigate out-of-scope charges.

• Drafts contract notices and claims and manages the resolution of such claims to the satisfaction of the project team and business.

• Maintains an organized file retention database for Project Contract Controls to ensure robust justification for regulatory compliance, internal and external audits, etc.