[Hiring] Energy/telecom Contract Manager @R W Group

24th September, 2025 Do you love working with contracts? Do you have energy or telecom experience? Would you like to work remotely in a brand-new role with a fantastic company? If so, R & W Group has a great remote opportunity! One of our corporate clients in the energy/telecom field is looking for a Contract Manager. In this position, you would play a critical role in managing all contractual, regulatory, and compliance aspects of the company’s engineering and design projects. You would oversee contract negotiation, execution, and compliance; manage corporate registrations and insurance programs; and lead regulatory research to ensure the company operates in full alignment with applicable laws, licensing, and industry standards. You MUST live in the US. Essential Job Functions: • Draft, review, and negotiate professional services agreements, master service agreements (MSAs), subcontracts, purchase orders, and change orders supporting engineering and design services. • Collaborate with business development, project management, and legal teams to ensure contractual terms reflect business intent, service scope, and risk allocation. • Develop standardized templates and clause libraries to promote efficiency and consistency across business units • Maintain corporate state business registrations, engineering firm licenses, and professional engineer (PE) certificates of authorization. • Monitor renewal deadlines and coordinate with state boards and regulatory agencies to ensure all registrations remain active and compliant. • Track and report on jurisdictional requirements impacting operations across service geographies. • Manage company and project-specific insurance requirements including certificates, endorsements, and coverage compliance (general liability, professional liability, workers’ compensation, auto, umbrella, etc.). • Coordinate with brokers and clients to ensure contractually required limits and additional insured language are met. • Evaluate insurance-related risk exposure and recommend adjustments to coverage as business scales or risk profiles evolve. • Conduct ongoing research into federal, state, and local regulations affecting the engineering, telecom, and electric utility sectors—including safety, environmental, permitting, data protection, and labor compliance. • Maintain a repository of regulatory summaries and compliance checklists relevant to the company’s vertical markets. • Advise leadership on upcoming changes (e.g., FCC rules, DOT standards, utility commission policies) that could impact operations, contracting, or delivery models. • Establish centralized contract repositories and manage version control, execution records, and supporting documentation. • Implement tracking systems for key deliverables, obligations, renewal dates, closeout procedures and lessons-learned documentation. • Serve as primary point of contact for contractual matters with clients, consultants, and subcontractors. • Support onboarding of subcontractors through prequalification, flow-down compliance, and certificate validation. • Promote positive, transparent communication and fair issue resolution. • Lead contract-related claims, disputes, or negotiation of change orders. • Partner with internal and external counsel to prepare documentation and manage mediation, arbitration, or litigation processes when required. • Work with accounting and project management teams to track committed and forecasted contract values, billing schedules, and financial exposure. • Generate reports summarizing risk trends, insurance compliance, and registration status for executive review. • Other duties as assigned. Requirements: • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Construction Management, Engineering, Law, or related field. • Experience: 5 years of experience in contract management or legal administration within engineering, construction, or infrastructure services. • Certified Professional Contracts Manager (CPCM), Certified Federal Contracts Manager (CFCM), or CCCA (Construction Specifications Institute) preferred • Familiarity with utility, broadband, and public-sector contracting strongly preferred. • Experience with multi-state operations and licensing compliance management. • Strong understanding of professional services contracting, indemnity, and limitation-of-liability concepts. • Familiarity with contract management and ERP tools. • Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate complex terms into practical guidance for project teams. • High attention to detail, organizational discipline, and ability to manage multiple deadlines. • Demonstrated ability to coordinate across functional teams and enforce accountability. • Ability to work under pressure, effectively multitasking and managing to deadline(s) in a fast-paced environment. • Strong skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). • Must be available to work at least 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday from 8 AM - 5 PM Eastern Time; occasional evening and weekend work may be required as duties demand. • Dependable transportation and valid driver’s license and insurance. • Able to pass a background check/drug test/driving record check. • Authorized to work in the United States • Ability to travel to the HQ as needed Physical Requirements: • Must be able to endure frequent, lengthy periods of sedentary work and sit for prolonged periods of time. • Must be able to utilize a computer keyboard, computer monitor, and telephone for prolonged periods of time. • Must have the physical ability to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing notes, and viewing a computer terminal; these activities require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. • Must have the physical ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word and convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, often in a group setting. • Must have the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Solid compensation ($80 – 140k) plus benefits including health insurance. Amazing team. Apply online or register with us at www.r-wgroup.com. Apply tot his job