Subcontracts Manager
- North America, East Coast
- Contract
- Life Sciences
This is a fantastic opportunity for a Subcontracts Manager to join our major, global pharmaceutical client on their latest new-build project based in Ohio, this is a large-scale greenfield capital project and investing more than $1bn.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the administration and oversight of construction contracts, including general conditions and select trade/service contracts.
- Manage the full contract lifecycle from award through execution, change management, and close-out.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for contract-related matters between the owner’s team, EPCM partner, and contractors.
- Review, negotiate, and finalize contract documents, amendments, and change orders.
- Monitor contractor compliance with contractual obligations, deliverables, and key milestones.
- Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate commercial and contractual risks.
- Collaborate with procurement, project controls, construction, and legal teams to ensure alignment and adherence to project strategy.
- Support resolution of disputes, claims, and performance issues in coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain contract records, trackers, and reporting tools to ensure visibility and control.
- Requires extensive experience in managing contracts on large capital projects, preferably in the pharmaceutical or industrial sector.
- Proven success in contract management roles within EPCM or owner’s representative delivery models.
- Strong knowledge of construction contracts, general conditions, scopes of work, and commercial terms.
- Experience with change order negotiation, claims management, and performance enforcement.
- Ability to influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities, and drive accountability across teams.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
- Proficiency with contract and procurement platforms (e.g., SAP, Areliiba, Procore, Aconex) is strongly preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field preferred.
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I have always received a highly professional & personable service from the team at QCS Staffing. They listen carefully to the specific requirements of available roles and work tirelessly to supply a pool of potential candidates and make the hiring and contract renewal process an easy activity to manage.
Global Pharmaceutical firm
We have worked together with QCS Staffing for seven years now and have always received a professional service. QCS Staffing's speciality certainly lies within their technical sourcing abilities and they have met our demanding requirements time and time again. Coupled with this are the integrity of QCS Staffing's people and their ability to deliver.
Global Pharmaceutical firm
Once again can I via you recognise the superb support I was given before, during and after this short contract. The support, was as usual professional and every friendly.
QA Specialist
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