Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking to hire a Contract Support Specialist to join our team of experts located in the New York City Metropolitan Area. The successful candidate for this client-facing role will serve as an advisor to the Chief Procurement Officer, Senior Vice President, and General Counsel for one of Arcadis’ longstanding public sector clients. They will aid in the development of strategy and execution of innovative solutions to streamline the efficiency of public-sector procurement processes for engineering, design, and construction contracts.

This position oversees the administration and processing of change orders on major capital construction contracts and provides advice and guidance with regard to contractor/consultant compliance and entitlement issues consistent with federal and state law, and client polices, procedures, and contractual requirements.

Role Accountabilities:

• Provide guidance and oversight with regard to correspondence with contractors and consultants in connection with contractor notices of change, disputes and claims as well as owner initiated changes.
• Provide guidance and oversight with regard to the drafting of contract modifications, procurement and board staff summaries.
• Tracking and ensuring prompt processing of change orders and preparing regular reports on the status of change orders/modifications for contracts.
• Coordinating the assignments of claims and changes managers and field contract managers.
• Organizing, preparing for, and presenting positions to dispute resolution forums.
• Presenting and explaining claims and changes to senior staff and Board members.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Business Administration with completed coursework in claims and changes management
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to check/cross reference provisions contained on construction drawings and specifications
  

• Juris Doctorate (JD) with a focus in construction legal principles
• 5-8 years minimum experience with construction project management, quality management, document controls or equivalent experience
• Public procurement experience, commercial market experience a plus
• Awareness of Federal (FTA and FRA), NY State and NY City acquisition regulations
• Experience with drafting and reviewing legal documents
• Familiarity with e-procurement principles / methods
• Interest in small business mentoring programs

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer seven paid holidays and potentially up to two floating holidays per calendar year depending on start date, and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $82,400 - $142,140