Senior Project Engineer - $235M Design-Build Student Union (CSULB)

MAAS Companies; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

401k

Three weeks PTO

ESOP

Job summary

MAAS Companies in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join the Design and Construction Services team on a major university project. You will manage document control, review design documents with stakeholders, and lead change orders and closeout processes.

The role requires 4+ years in construction, ability to read plans, and proficiency with Bluebeam. On-site availability at the Long Beach campus is mandatory, with ESOP ownership and a strong benefits package.

Qualifications

• 4 or more years in the construction industry as a project engineer or in a similar role (required)
• The ability to read and understand construction plans (required)
• Proficiency with Bluebeam (required)
• Excellent communication skills and a professional manner
• Availability to work on site at the Long Beach campus, in person only (required)

Responsibilities

• Design, technical, and administrative support through preconstruction, construction, and closeout
• Project document control, including plans, meeting minutes, RFIs, submittals, change orders, ASIs, and schedules
• Tracking and filing of documents through design development and permitting
• Stakeholder review of design documents and comments tracking
• Independent review of change order requests for merit and fair pricing
• Closeout and turnover process
• Project files for the CSU system audit at project completion
• Verification of site conditions and field support as needed
• Project meetings, including scheduling, notes, and follow up

Skills

Read construction plans

Project coordination

Communication skills

On-site presence

Tools

Bluebeam

Job description

California State University, Long Beach is renovating and expanding its University Student Union, a $235 million project delivered through collaborative design-build, where one team designs and builds the project and works through the design with the University. The project runs from July 2024 to June 2028. It renovates 180,000 gross square feet of the existing building, including 160,000 square feet of indoor space and 20,000 square feet of covered outdoor walkways and seating, and adds 50,000 gross square feet of new space. The building will hold food service, a wellness center, cultural resource centers, a career center, offices, lounges, recreation and entertainment space, and event and meeting rooms, along with accessibility upgrades and site work.

As Senior Project Engineer, you work on site with the University's Design and Construction Services team through preconstruction, construction, and closeout. You run document control for the project, manage the review of design documents by campus stakeholders, review change order requests for merit and fair pricing, and lead the closeout and turnover process, including the project files for the CSU system audit.

What You Will Own

• Design, technical, and administrative support through preconstruction, construction, and closeout
• Project document control, including plans, meeting minutes, RFIs (requests for information), submittals, change orders, ASIs (architect's supplemental instructions), and schedules
• Tracking and filing of documents through design development and permitting
• Stakeholder review of design documents, from circulating the documents to collecting, compiling, and vetting the comments and tracking each one until it is addressed
• Independent review of change order requests for merit and fair pricing, and preparation of change orders for processing
• The closeout and turnover process
• Project files for the CSU system audit at project completion
• Verification of site conditions and field support as needed
• Project meetings, including scheduling, notes, and follow up

What You Bring

• 4 or more years in the construction industry as a project engineer or in a similar role, including major capital projects (required for this role)
• The ability to read and understand construction plans (required for this role)
• Proficiency with Bluebeam (required for this role)
• Excellent communication skills and a professional manner
• Availability to work on site at the Long Beach campus, in person only (required for this role)

Preferred

• Design-build experience
• Experience with a general contractor on large construction projects of $50 million or more

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.