Senior Contract Administrator, Construction

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Posted On: November 4, 2026
Last Day to Apply: November 19, 2026

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), North America's third largest transit system and recognized as one of the top places to work in the GTA has introduced its new 2024-2028 TTC Corporate Plan - Moving Toronto, Connecting Communities which continues the TTC’s legacy of delivering service to hundreds of millions of customers a year. The TTC’s new vision and mission statements also help promote the many environmental, social equity and economic benefits that the TTC provides:

Vision: Moving Toronto towards a more equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future.

Mission: To serve the needs of transit riders by providing a safe, reliable, efficient, and accessible mass public transit service through a seamless integrated network to create access to opportunity for everyone.

The full Plan can be viewed on ttc.ca.

Career Opportunity

Looking to administer complex construction and consulting contracts that support some of the TTC's largest capital infrastructure programs? Join the TTC's Commercial Management Department as a Senior Contract Administrator, Construction, where you will provide expert post-award contract administration, commercial management, and contract advisory services in support of major projects delivered by the Engineering, Construction & Expansion (EC&E) group.

This role is part of the Commercial Management team and is responsible for ensuring contracts are administered effectively throughout the post-award lifecycle. Working closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Consultants, Contractors, Legal, Procurement, Finance, and EC&E stakeholders, you will help protect TTC's commercial interests while supporting successful project delivery across a portfolio of capital construction and infrastructure projects.

What You Will Do

Reporting to the Manager, Commercial Management, you will be responsible for the end-to-end post-award administration of construction, design, engineering, and professional services contracts supporting projects across the Engineering, Construction & Expansion (EC&E) portfolio.

As a commercial subject matter expert, you will provide guidance to project teams throughout the contract lifecycle, ensuring contractual obligations are understood, risks are proactively managed, claims are mitigated, and commercial matters are resolved efficiently and fairly.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing the full post-award contract administration lifecycle for construction, engineering, consulting, and infrastructure contracts.
• Providing commercial support and contract administration expertise to EC&E Project Managers, Engineers, Project Controls teams, and project stakeholders.
• Reviewing, interpreting, and administering contract terms, specifications, drawings, schedules, and commercial requirements.
• Evaluating and processing work plans, work assignments, contract amendments, change directives, invoices, claims submissions, notices, and contractual correspondence.
• Administering contract changes, commercial negotiations, amendments, payment applications, holdbacks, certificates of payment, and contract close-out activities.
• Assessing and negotiating contractor and consultant claims, proposed pricing adjustments, scope changes, schedule impacts, and entitlement issues.
• Supporting claims avoidance strategies, dispute mitigation efforts, commercial negotiations, and formal dispute resolution processes where required.
• Monitoring contractor performance and advising project teams on contractual obligations, risk management strategies, and compliance requirements.
• Preparing commercial analyses, estimates, forecasts, recommendations, and management reports.
• Maintaining accurate contract records and documentation within TTC contract management systems.
• Supporting performance reviews, lessons learned initiatives, and continuous improvement activities within Commercial Management.

What Qualifications Do You Bring?

• University degree or college diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Contract Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Law, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Significant experience administering post-award construction, engineering, consulting, or professional services contracts.
• Strong experience supporting large capital infrastructure, engineering, transit, transportation, or construction projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in contract administration, commercial management, contract interpretation, change management, and contractor performance management.
• Experience in claims management, commercial negotiations, dispute avoidance, dispute resolution, entitlement assessments, contract enforcement, and settlement negotiations is required.
• Strong understanding of construction contracts, contract law, procurement principles, commercial risk management, and project delivery methodologies.
• Experience administering progress payments, certificates of payment, holdbacks, back charges, liquidated damages, amendments, and final account settlements.
• Knowledge of the Construction Act and standard construction and consulting contract forms.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical, commercial, financial, and problem-solving capabilities.

What We Offer

• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
• A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities.
• One of the great benefits of being a full-time TTC employee is becoming a member of TTC defined pension plan.
• A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision and more.
• Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being.

Commitment to EDI

The TTC is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, anti-racism and inclusion in the delivery of its services and in its workplaces. The TTC is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities it serves at all levels of the organization and supports an inclusive environment where diverse employee and community perspectives and experiences bring value to the organization. The TTC encourages applications from all applicants, including members of groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity, including but not limited to, Indigenous, Black and racialized groups, people with disabilities, women and people from the LGBTQIA+ community. The TTC values and supports an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process. Accommodations for applicants are available upon request throughout the recruitment and selection process, including for those who identify as having a disability. Please contact Talent Management at (416) 393-4570 or [email protected] . Any information received related to an accommodation will be addressed confidentially.

General Prohibition in Hiring Process

The TTC is also committed to a fair hiring process based on job related qualifications, merit, and abilities. You are expected to write your own materials and provide your own qualifications and experiences during the hiring process. The TTC will not tolerate the use of artificial intelligence or external resources in any of your submissions or responses, or the disclosure of interview questions to others. By submitting your application, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

• The use of any artificial intelligence (AI) tool including, but not limited to, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, to generate or produce any information or materials to be submitted or any response to any assessment question or any interview question, is prohibited.
• All information and materials you submit, including resume, cover letter, and assessment responses, are your own original work without the use of any AI tool
• During any interview, your response to any interview question is your own without the use or assistance of any AI tool or any person.
• You will not disseminate or disclose to any person any interview question.

Should you breach the prohibition of AI tool use, or information dissemination or disclosure, you will be in violation of TTC’s hiring process and TTC may withdraw your application and may prohibit you from participation in the TTC hiring process.

Relatives of TTC Employees

The TTC’s policy prohibits relatives of current TTC employees from being hired, assigned, transferred or promoted into positions, where there is a conflict of interest due to a relationship. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be required to disclose the name, relationship and position of any relative who is a current TTC employee.

We thank all applicants for their interest but advise only those selected for an interview will be contacted.