Senior Subcontracts Manager

Our Senior Subcontracts Manager leads the Subcontracts & Sourcing pillar at Strata Clean Energy. This role is responsible for developing, negotiating and administering the most complex and highest-risk subcontracts and vendor agreements for construction-related projects. This position works with the Director and PMO Leadership to set institutional standards that establish the team’s commercial positions, owns project subcontracts, and converts patterns in negotiated deviations into improvements to Strata’s templates and playbooks. Relationship building is central to this role, internally and externally. This position is full-time in-office at our Durham NC headquarters. Summary: We’re leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We understand that our employees are the lifeblood of the company. We strive to align company goals with those of our employees. We're constantly innovating to make a difference for our customers, our employees, and our planet. Our mission is to make a difference by developing cost-efficient alternatives to traditional energy sources, without long-term dependence on government subsidies. We’re leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We hope you’ll join us. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: LEADERSHIP: Lead, coach and develop the Subcontracts Managers; review their work and provide guidance. Motivate and inspire by creating an environment of support and positive communication. Allocate work across the team against risk tier, business-unit priority and capacity rather than first-come, first-served. Maintain heavy focus on cross-functional unity, communication, and collaboration between this team and Legal, Project Management, Finance, Project Controls, Supply Chain, Scheduling, Front-end, and Engineering. HIGH-RISK SUBCONTRACT & CONTRACT OWNERSHIP: Own critical work: third-party paper, non-standard terms, first-of-kind scopes, agreements above the delegated value threshold, and any deviation falling outside the set terms. Lead negotiations on indemnity, limitation of liability, warranty, liquidated damages, insurance, payment, termination and dispute resolution, partnering with Legal and Project Management where risk acceptance is required. Prepare and oversee RFPs, evaluate proposals and price matrices, and provide input into award decisions based on a portfolio-level rather than single-project view. Manage all aspects of subcontract administration on assigned work: bidding, prequalified bidders, negotiation, execution, change orders and closeout after substantial completion. Review project schedules and plan work accordingly, applying scheduling logic, the downstream impact of commercial decisions, and backwards planning. PLAYBOOK & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Advise on deviations from standard terms and conditions to Legal Counsel and Director of Subcontracts & Contract Administration, and suggest changes as patterns in deviations emerge to produce clearer contract language. Partner with Legal and the Director of Subcontracts & Contract Administration to develop the subcontracts playbook — preferred, acceptable and unacceptable positions by clause. Own the quarterly deviation pattern review and translate it into template and playbook revisions. Own the subcontract exhibit set. Periodically review exhibits (quarterly) to assess and correct potential scope gaps — and treat recurring change orders as evidence of a template defect rather than a one-off. Own the bid form and RFP package standard, including current manpower and availability, milestone-based rather than schedule-based payment terms, and language addressing the volatile nature of construction scheduling. Establish the construction review step before an RFP is issued. Own the bond and surety standard, including the documented value threshold and any evidence-based exemption pathway for well-qualified, properly prequalified subcontractors. Maintain the relationship with bonding compa…

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