CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER/ ARCHITECT II (Capital Projects Manager)

MD; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Interagency Commission on School Construction in Maryland seeks a Project Manager to influence educational facilities across the State. The role focuses on guiding LEAs through planning, design, and construction of public school facilities, with emphasis on decarbonization and lifecycle costs.

Ideal candidates have a background in engineering or architecture and strong communication skills. Incumbents typically work a hybrid schedule, collaborating across IAC departments to develop new

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university.
• Master's degree may substitute for up to 1 year of experience.
• Professional Engineer or Architect registration may substitute for education.

Responsibilities

• Guide and support LEAs' facilities planning, design, and construction activities to maintain educationally sufficient, fiscally sustainable facilities.
• Manage special projects supporting decarbonization, including contract management and lifecycle cost analysis standards.
• Visit existing schools and projects; advise LEAs on planning, construction, M&O, funding, and facility management processes.

Skills

Strong communication

Facilities planning

Project coordination

Public sector experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture

Tools

Google Apps

Microsoft Word

Excel

Project Management

Presentation graphics

Job description

Introduction

The mission of the Interagency Commission on School Construction is to achieve a safe, healthy, and educationally sufficient learning environment for every child attending a public school in Maryland. Our vision is a fiscally sustainable statewide portfolio of Pre‑K‑12 school facilities that will remain educationally sufficient for current and future generations of students and teachers.

GRADE

20

LOCATION OF POSITION

351 W. Camden Street
Suite 701
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Main Purpose of Job

Maryland’s Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC) is recruiting a project manager eager to use their skills to positively impact educational facilities across the State. The ideal candidate is an architect, engineer, or construction professional with experience in the management and oversight of public facility projects with strong communication skills and a commitment to public service for an essential position at a pivotal time for this independent State agency. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to positively impact public school students in the State. Candidates should be excited to take on a new challenge and to actively participate in making changes that will benefit every student in Maryland. Incumbents will typically work Monday through Friday on a hybrid remote/in‑person basis.

POSITION DUTIES

The Project Manager guides and supports all assigned Local Education Agencies’ (LEAs’) facilities planning, design, and construction activities to help each assigned LEA maintain an educationally sufficient and fiscally sustainable portfolio of facilities. Additionally, this position manages special projects as needed to support IAC efforts regarding decarbonization, including acting as the contract manager supervising agreements with other entities, as well as recommending life cycle cost analysis standards, and facilities portfolio planning focused on reducing the future cost of ownership of school facilities.

This position visits existing schools and construction projects, and advises LEAs in all matters related to school facilities — from concept planning to construction and through maintenance and operations (M&O). This advisory position assists in the development of strategies for ensuring safe, healthy, and educationally sufficient school facilities including their capital and operational funding, facility management procedures, proper M&O staffing ratios, and the entire facility management process. This position will work regularly with all departments within the IAC on analysis and the development of critical new processes as needed to support the anticipated requirements for Statewide decarbonization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: Three years of experience as a design or project Engineer or Architect for large-scale multi-year construction projects.
• Notes:
  • A Master’s degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience.
  • Professional Engineer or Professional Architect registration in the State of Maryland or in a state with comparable requirements may be substituted for the required education.
  • Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Civil Engineer Corps or Engineering Aid classifications or Construction Engineering Technician, Technical Engineer, or Civil or Combat Engineering specialty codes in the Engineering field of work on a year‑for‑year basis for the required experience and education.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in building systems, local, state & national codes proficiency in drawing review & construction technology/management software skills in Project Management, Google Apps, Microsoft Word & Excel, and presentation graphics.
• Two or more years of progressively responsible experience in Facilities Planner, Construction Project Manager, Engineer, Architect, or comparable qualified professional positions whose work has involved design, construction, operations, repair, and/or maintenance of buildings or system services.
• Experience managing large scale school or commercial construction projects.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess at minimum a class C driver's license, valid in the State of Maryland.

BARGAINING UNIT STATUS

This position is exempt from bargaining.

As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State’s diversity. People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.