Senior Project Manager - Large Scale Construction (K-12/Public Works)

MAAS Companies; Monterey Park (CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401k

Three weeks PTO

ESOP

Job summary

MAAS is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee large public-school construction programs in California, directing OARs, schedules, change orders, and fiscal oversight across multiple projects.

The role demands extensive experience in educational facilities or large public works, with a strong focus on dispute resolution, contract administration, and cross-department coordination. It is an in-person, full-time position with comprehensive employee ownership benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large programs with multimillion-dollar projects.
• Background in educational facilities, public works, or large commercial projects.
• CCM credential may substitute for the degree.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex construction issues, disputes, and disagreements.
• Develop, assign, and monitor OARs on projects.
• Track construction progress against schedules and assess change orders.
• Review payment applications and manage project fiscals across multiple projects.
• Provide direction over schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, and quality control.
• Support bid and contract planning and assess specifications against needs and timelines.
• Coordinate with districts and internal departments on contracts and policies.
• Administer contracts for architects and consultants.

Skills

Large programs management

Public works experience

Educational facility construction

Dispute resolution

Schedule oversight

Education

Architecture/Engineering/Construction management degree

Certified Construction Manager (CCM)

Job description

The Work LAUSD's Project Execution group delivers one of the largest public school construction programs in the country, under the oversight of DSA, the Division of the State Architect, the state office that approves public school construction. As Senior Project Manager, you work above the project level, developing, assigning, and monitoring the Owner's Authorized Representatives (OARs) on their projects and resolving the program's most complex issues, disputes, and disagreements. You review construction progress against the submitted schedules, review change orders from all projects and assess their impact on the District, and review and verify payment applications as part of the fiscal management of multiple projects. You give functional direction over construction schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, contract administration, and quality control. You also assist Regional Directors and Facilities management with bid and contract planning, assess bid specifications against District needs and timelines, monitor the administration of architect and consultant contracts, coordinate with other District branches, and help develop internal policies and procedures. This is a full-time, in-person position. The District has 6 openings.

What You Will Own

• Resolution of complex construction issues, disputes, and disagreements
• Development, assignment, and performance of OARs on their projects
• Construction progress against submitted schedules
• Change orders from all projects and their impact on the District
• Bid and contract planning support for Regional Directors, and assessment of bid specifications against District needs and timelines
• Variance monitoring in the construction project database for scheduling and cost control reporting
• Payment application review and fiscal management of multiple projects
• Functional direction over schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, contract administration, and quality control
• Administration of contracts for architects and related consultants
• Coordination with District branches, including Environmental Health and Safety, Design and A/E Technical Support, Asset Management, Facilities Contract Administration, the Inspection Unit, Maintenance and Operations, and local districts
• Internal policies and procedures

What You Bring (one of the following)

• 20 years of full-time professional project and construction management experience, with 10 of those years managing large programs with projects over $50 million each (not cumulative), 5 years in educational facility construction, public works, or large commercial projects (projects outside California count), and a degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management. A Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential from the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) may substitute for the degree
• 25 years of full-time professional project and construction management experience, with 20 of those years managing large programs with projects over $50 million each (not cumulative), and the same 5 years in educational facility construction, public works, or large commercial projects. A degree and a CCM are preferred, not required
• Preferred - Design-build experience - BIM (building information modeling) - LEED or CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) projects - DSA construction and design processes - A California Architect registration or Professional Engineer license

Salary range: $213,000 to $234,000 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.