Senior Project Controls & Contracts Administrator

The posting, as Environmental Science Associates wrote it

Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States.

ESA seeks a highly motivated Senior Project Controls & Contracts Administrator with at least 10 years of experience to serve as an integral member of the delivery team for large-scale on-call work with large California state agencies (which may include the Department of Water Resources, Caltrans, California High Speed Rail Authority, and similar agencies). Working in close partnership with Contract and Project Managers, this role combines sophisticated contract administration, project controls, and financial analysis with proactive problem-solving and strategic thinking to help teams execute work efficiently, maintain strong financial performance, and deliver exceptional client service. This opportunity places a high value on initiative, responsiveness, problem-solving, ownership , and client engagement . This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of working Pacific Standard Time (PST) hours and attending in-person meetings in Northern California as needed.

Who You Are

• You are an experienced project controls and contract administration professional with at least 10 years of experience in contract administration, project coordination and controls, and financial analysis. You understand complex contract compliance and invoicing requirements and how contract terms, staffing and rate structures, budgets, and project execution affect financial performance. You can connect detailed project requirements to the bigger picture and clearly communicate trends, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for contract compliance and financial performance. You have prior experience with administering contracts with large California state agencies (which may include the Department of Water Resources, Caltrans, California High Speed Rail Authority, and similar agencies).
• You are a proactive, solution-oriented problem solver, comfortable working with limited direction and adept at anticipating what a project or contract team will need next. You take initiative, exercise sound judgment, bring forward recommendations, and help move issues to resolution.
• You build effective partnerships with a range of personalities and working styles and understand how responsibilities are shared across a delivery team. You are adaptable, responsive, and collaborative while maintaining clear ownership and accountability for your responsibilities.
• You communicate clearly and effectively in writing and verbally and can make complex information understandable to Contract and Project Managers, clients, subconsultants, and other interested parties. You are comfortable communicating about complex, sens

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e economic factors in the geographies in which ESA staff reside. For this position, the range is approximately as listed based on our anticipated hiring locations as noted in the above job details. Actual compensation is determined by several factors including but not limited to an individual’s related experience, education, skills, and the city in which the applicant lives.

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$94,000 — $132,000 USD

Who We Are

We are a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm who values diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that our variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions, which fosters our continued success for our employee-owners and clients.

In accordance with ESA’s duty and responsibility to provide and maintain a safe workplace that is free of known hazards and to minimize the exposure to potential hazards, any employee who works from an ESA office or conducts any other in-person ESA work-related activity is required to submit their proof of vaccination status or have received an approved exemption and accommodation in states which this applies.

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ESA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. (EOE M/V/F/D)