Contracts Manager (OFCI and Vendor) (On-site) - Corsicana, TX, or Sweetwater, TX

The role

This person will manage the contractual boundary between owner-purchased equipment, vendors, and general contractor installation responsibilities. The role focuses on OFCI and vendor contract interfaces for large-scale data center construction projects.

What you will do

• Manage the contractual boundary between owner-purchased equipment, vendors, and general contractor installation.
• Maintain and administer the OFCI Responsibility Matrix.
• Manage custody transfer, equipment handover, and risk-of-loss obligations.
• Administer warranty pass-through obligations between vendors and the general contractor.
• Establish contractual responsibility for equipment submittal approvals and design freeze ownership.
• Administer the contractual mechanism for late OFCI equipment delivery and extension-of-time claims.
• Manage ownership, resolution, and closure of Factory Acceptance Testing punch items.
• Define and enforce equipment vendor commissioning-support obligations.
• Support the administration of the utility interconnection agreement.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Legal Studies, Quantity Surveying, or related fields.
• 7+ years of experience in construction contract management, vendor contract administration, OFCI equipment interfaces, or related commercial contract functions.
• Direct experience managing OFCI, owner-furnished equipment, vendor contracts, free-issue equipment, or comparable equipment interfaces on major capital construction programs.
• Experience supporting projects in data centers, energy, oil and gas, advanced manufacturing, industrial, or similar environments.
• Experience managing custody transfer, equipment handover, and risk-of-loss requirements.
• Strong understanding of warranty pass-through obligations and contractual interfaces.
• Experience managing equipment submittal approval responsibilities, design authority, and design freeze requirements.
• Experience administering contractual schedule mechanisms and extension-of-time claims.
• Experience managing Factory Acceptance Testing requirements, punch item ownership, resolution, and closure.
• Experience in defining and administering vendor obligations for installation assistance, testing, commissioning support, and issue resolution.
• Strong understanding of vendor contracts, equipment interfaces, EPC contracts, design-build contracts, and construction contract administration.
• Ability to identify contractual gaps, overlapping responsibilities, and interface risks.

Nice to have

• Experience with contract management or project management systems such as Procore, Unifier, e-Builder, Kahua, Oracle, Smartsheet, or similar platforms
• Owner-side, owner’s representative, developer, or program management experience
• Data center or mission-critical construction experience
• Experience managing free-issue equipment interfaces on EPC or design-build programs
• Experience managing contractual interfaces for major electrical, mechanical, process, or other long-lead equipment
• Experience supporting the resolution of disputes involving equipment delivery, installation readiness, warranty obligations, schedule impacts, Factory Acceptance Testing, or commissioning support

Before you apply

• Current US work permit required
• This position does not offer sponsorship for employment

About the company

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East.