Senior Contract Administrator

Senior Contract Administrator at Ziply Fiber summary :

The Senior Contract Administrator oversees all network engineering and outside plant construction contracts, managing bidding, negotiation, and compliance processes to support Ziply Fiber’s operations. This role leads contract administration improvements, vendor management, and ensures adherence to regulations while facilitating cross-functional collaboration. With responsibility for a multi-million dollar contract spend, the position involves training staff, analyzing financial data, and optimizing contract language for engineering and construction projects.

Job Description

Position Title : Senior Contract Administrator

$88,404 to $126,372 annually DOE

Comprehensive health benefits include - medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid

sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and

education reimbursement programs.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are

delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by

mainstream internet companies. And as our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR, ID and MT,

so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide

customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences.

We emphasize our values in all our interactions :

Genuinely Caring : Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put

ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.

Empowering You : We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and

we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and

coworkers.

Innovation and Improvement : We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers -

and each other - better.

Earning Your Trust : We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a

corporation.

Job Summary

The Senior Contract Administrator is responsible for ownership and management of all Network

Engineering and Outside Plant Construction Contracts to support Ziply Fiber's planning, engineering

construction, and operation organizations. The Senior Contract Administrator will manage all contracts

documents processed by the Contract Administration Organization. This role is responsible for

overseeing every phase of contract bidding, negotiation, and approval. Additionally, the Senior Contract

Administrator will lead the development and refinement of contract administration processes, training

documents, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations before contractors are

authorized to perform work for Ziply. The total annual contract spend across all markets may exceed

$200M in both capital and operational expenses.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee

and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

• Establish and maintain efficient processes and tracking systems for onboarding new vendors and

scaling additional resources.

processing training.

Work (SOW) and Descriptions of Work (DOW) to both clients and vendors.

barricade / flagging agreements.

ensuring fiscal, engineering, construction, and operational control.

technologies, and industry standards.

Qualifications :

outside plant engineering, construction, and network planning or equivalent of 10 years'

experience in Managing ENG / OSP Construction telecommunications work activities.

the Construction Certification Program Requirements.

environment.

applications such as Word, Excel (VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, FILL, etc.).

installation / construction.

resources, processes, timeliness, and the ability to multi-task competing projects.

sessions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

judgment and strong reasoning skills across a variety of situations.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available

for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for bending,

stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of the time is spent sitting in a

comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and / or

move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision,

color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a

computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office

setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees

may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply

Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation

does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

Diverse Workforce / EEO :

Ziply Fiber is an equal opportunity employer. Ziply Fiber will consider all qualified candidates regardless of

race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, and the

presence of a non-job-related handicap or disability or any other legally protected status.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment background check as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may

require a pre-employment drug screening.

Ziply Fiber is a drug free workplace.

Keywords :

contract administration, vendor management, network engineering contracts, outside plant construction, contract negotiation, compliance management, telecommunications, financial analysis, staff training, project oversight