Education Facility Project Leader - Pre-Construction

CLMI Group; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

CLMI Group in Los Angeles seeks a Project Development Manager / Program Manager for the Talent Community to lead school facilities projects from planning through construction.

The role emphasizes pre-construction coordination, budget oversight, and collaboration with multiple agencies. Required are 10–15 years in facilities planning, with architecture/engineering/CM background and a bachelor’s degree. Competitive compensation offered.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of full time paid professional experience managing the facilities design, or the planning and coordination of capital projects that includes the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities.
• 5 years of experience with educational facilities design, planning and construction.
• Experience with BIM, LEED and CHPS projects, and knowledge of DSA processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists the Facilities Asset Development Director in the development of project scope and coordination of architectural planning, design, funding, and development of school facilities.
• Plans and coordinates the execution of pre-construction activities associated with the preparation for the building of schools and modernization projects
• Provides functional direction over pre-construction project schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, and quality control
• Reviews pre-construction project status to monitor schedule and budget variances relative to submitted schedules
• Assists in coordinating the pre-construction program activities and related work products of those in other agency branches and departments
• Resolves pre-construction project issues by resolving differences of opinion, conflicts in schedules, and disagreements over the most efficient approach to the plan and design of new schools
• Reviews, recommends, and implements program and project level policy and procedural innovations
• Coordinates with representatives from various utility and government agencies to obtain timely action on successive phases of project completion
• Assess bid specifications for District need and probability of completion within the specified timeline
• Makes presentations to Board Members, District administrators, and representatives of public agencies
• Reviews and verifies submitted applications for payment and performs overall fiscal management of multiple design and construction projects
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Project management

Cost estimation

Scheduling

Pre-construction planning

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering or construction management

Additional courses in Business Administration, Public Relations, Accounting, School Finance, Personnel Management, Educational Facilities Planning, and Communication

Tools

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

DSA construction/design processes

Construction management

Job description

CLMI Group in Los Angeles seeks a Project Development Manager / Program Manager for the Talent Community to lead school facilities projects from planning through construction.

The role emphasizes pre-construction coordination, budget oversight, and collaboration with multiple agencies. Required are 10–15 years in facilities planning, with architecture/engineering/CM background and a bachelor’s degree. Competitive compensation offered.