Architectural Project Coordinator / Design Associate - Educational Facilities

MAAS Companies; Monterey Park (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP (employee stock ownership)

3 weeks PTO

401k

Health, dental, vision

Job summary

MAAS is seeking a Design Associate for LAUSD's Facilities Services Division to support planning and design staff. You read and interpret architectural, engineering, and planning documents, review plans against standards and codes, and help keep project files accurate.

You will coordinate with district branches, assist with contract administration, surveys, data collection, and prepare internal docs for approvals.

Qualifications

• 5 years of full-time professional experience in an architecture/design setting.
• 3 years on design, planning, and construction of educational facilities or a similar public agency.
• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or planning.
• Working knowledge of ADA, California Title 24, CalGreen, and DSA requirements.
• Experience preparing DSA submittals is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and document review against LAUSD standards and applicable codes.
• Support architecture and engineering contract administration, including internal documentation, contracts, and invoices.
• Conduct surveys, field investigations, and drawing review.
• Collect data, prepare reports, presentations, and project research.
• Maintain current, organized project files and technical records.
• Coordinate design and construction activities across district branches.

Skills

AutoCAD

Revit

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Plan review

Education

Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or planning

Tools

DSA

Job description

LAUSD's Facilities Services Division plans, designs, and builds the District's educational facilities. As Design Associate, you support the District's planning and design staff: you read and interpret architectural, engineering, and planning documents, review plans against LAUSD standards and federal, state, and local codes, and keep the records that move projects forward complete and accurate. You support the administration of architecture and engineering contracts, including contracts and invoices, prepare internal documentation for approval, collect and organize data for studies, reports, and presentations, carry out surveys and field investigations, and maintain project files with current technical information. You help coordinate project activities with District branches such as Environmental Health and Safety, Maintenance and Operations, Project Execution, and the Local Districts.

What You Will Own

• Plan and document review against LAUSD standards and applicable codes
• Support for architecture and engineering contract administration, including internal documentation, contracts, and invoices
• Surveys, field investigations, and drawing review
• Data collection, reports, presentations, and project research
• Current, organized project files and technical records
• Coordination support across District branches during design and construction

Requirements

• 5 years of full-time professional experience in an architecture and design setting (required for this role)
• 3 of those years on the design, planning, and construction of educational facilities or a similar public agency (required for this role)
• A bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or planning (required for this role)
• Working knowledge of ADA, California Title 24, CalGreen, and the requirements of DSA, the Division of the State Architect, and the California Department of Education
• Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, and Revit
• Accurate calculations and surveys, clear writing, and the ability to manage several assignments at once
• Preferred Experience preparing DSA submittals and responding to plan check comments
• Planning studies and field investigations on campuses that stay open while the work happens

Salary and Benefits

Salary range: $132,000 to $145,000 per year, based on experience. Benefits: health, dental, and vision at low cost; 401k; three weeks of PTO; and an ESOP (employee stock ownership) at no cost to you, with a 3% Safe Harbor contribution vested on day one.

Why MAAS

MAAS has spent nearly 40 years earning the trust of 50+ educational institutions across California, managing over $10B in projects. That track record means the work here is stable, funded, and consequential. You are not chasing the next contract. As a MAAS employee, you are also an owner. The company is 100% employee-owned through an ESOP, a retirement benefit provided at no cost to you, on top of your salary. MAAS is a profitable, well-run organization and our share price has more than doubled since the plan's inception, with continued growth year over year. Your ownership stake builds the longer you stay, and ESOP participants nationally tend to accumulate 2.5x more in retirement savings than employees at non-ESOP companies. In an industry not known for prioritizing culture, 96% of MAAS employees say it is a great place to work, and 100% say people genuinely care about each other.