Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth and communications infrastructure solutions to companies across North America and Europe. The Project Manager, Long Haul Controls (Contracts) manages construction contract administration and commercial controls for long-haul outside plant deployment projects, coordinating with internal teams and contractors to manage obligations, change orders, budgets, schedules, risks, and compliance.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review, negotiate, and administer OSP construction contracts
- Coordinate with Legal to ensure contract language complies with company standards
- Maintain complete contract files, amendments, correspondence, and supporting documentation
- Ensure contractual obligations are understood and executed by internal and external stakeholders
- Monitor contractor compliance with contract requirements
- Review contractor change requests
- Evaluate schedule, scope, and cost impacts
- Coordinate internal approvals
- Maintain complete change-order logs
- Support negotiations for equitable commercial outcomes
- Track contract values, commitments, and remaining budgets
- Review contractor invoices against contract terms and project progress
- Resolve invoice discrepancies
- Support monthly forecasting activities with Finance and Project Management
- Assist in development of RFPs and RFQs
- Participate in contractor evaluations and vendor selection
- Prepare award documentation
- Coordinate contract execution activities
- Monitor contract milestones and deliverables
- Identify schedule deviations affecting contractual performance
- Issue required contractual notices
- Support recovery planning with Project Managers
- Identify commercial risks and recommend mitigation strategies
- Maintain contract tracking dashboards
- Support internal audits
- Prepare contract status reports for leadership
- Ensure documentation supports regulatory and contractual compliance requirements
- Support federally funded programs where applicable (NTIA, BABA, Davis-Bacon)
- Partner closely with Engineering, Construction, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal
- Serve as primary commercial point of contact for assigned projects
- Promote standardized contract management processes across the organization
Skills
- Minimum of five to seven (5–7) years of telecommunications, construction, or infrastructure project experience
- Minimum of three to five (3–5) years administering construction contracts
- Understanding of OSP construction methods
- Familiarity with contract types (unit-rate, fixed-price, T&M)
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and construction documents
- Knowledge of project budgeting and invoice reconciliation
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Highly organized and detail oriented
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Google Workspace
- Google Earth
- Bachelor's Degree preferred in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related discipline
- Experience supporting large-scale OSP deployment projects preferred
- SiteTracker or similar project management software preferred
Benefits
- Non-sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan.
- This position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
- Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
- Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
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