About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. 

What We Offer 

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. The salary target range we are looking to offer is $70,000- $90,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to: 

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 11 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 1 volunteer day per year. 
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date.
• Pension Plan for Life (Employee contributes 8.45%, Employer matches at 17.95%)
• 457 (b) Retirement Plan (no early withdrawal fee!)
• STD, LTD, HSA, FSA, Life Insurance
• CARE Bank, Family Leave Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Volunteer Program
• Tuition Reimbursement (up to $2000/year), We Qualify for Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Learning and Development Opportunities; Courses and Career Development Resources
• EcoPass (unlimited free RTD bus/train rides)

Location

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.   

The City and County of Denver utilizes a hybrid model workplace that balances the responsibilities of public service with the benefits of a flexible work environment. Employees work where needed, at a city site and/or in the field at least 3 days a week and telecommute remotely at a designated workplace within the State of Colorado the remaining days.

What You’ll Do 

Denver International Airport's division of Airport Infrastructure Management Development (AIM Dev) is looking for Contract Administrators to join the PMO (Project Management Office).  We are seeking highly skilled, self-motivated team players with outstanding relationship-building, problem-solving, and negotiating skills to perform duties in contracts and be the face of the airport to many vendors and contractors. This is a tremendous opportunity to join DIA and work on a collaborative and close-knit Project Management team that will ensure projects are completed on time and under budget.  We do most of our construction and design work in-house, so we are constantly working on a variety of different projects, including Pena Blvd rehabilitation and erosion control.

The Contract Administrator will work at DEN in a fast-paced environment, working with different groups or divisions such as, the Office of Economic Development, Contractors, governing agencies, Business Management Services, Finance, and many other divisions internal and external to DEN.  You will have the chance to train with other Contract Administrators to learn DEN’s process for preparing and executing change orders, schedule of values, auditing invoices against professional service contracts, and performing daily document control for a variety of construction contracts. In order to succeed at this position, you must be highly organized, have strong analytical skills, communicate effectively and be comfortable multitasking the myriad of different projects you are in charge of at any one time. 

Job responsibilities include:

• Develops, documents, and establishes policy for all necessary contractual parameters, including types of contractors and services, and construction requirements; develops requests for information or proposals, and inter-governmental agreements
• Markets opportunities for contracting with DEN through Contractor Class presentations.  Moderates pre-proposal conferences, reviews proposals and financial information submitted; and develops and oversees evaluation parameters for proposals
• Coordination with Contractors to ensure that pay applications are accurate and processed promptly. This includes, but is not limited to, providing Schedule of Values, reports and completing forms necessary to prepare and submit a pay application.  Processes submittals and Requests for Information fo