Senior Sustainability Project Engineer (Campus Energy)

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

Job summary

MAAS Companies in Los Angeles seeks a senior project engineer/assistant project manager to lead energy and sustainability projects across college campuses. The role emphasizes shaping projects, coordinating design, budgeting, and ensuring on-time delivery while navigating utility coordination and DSA requirements.

You will support the Sustainability Strike Team from design through closeout, review submittals, prepare scopes and budgets, and ensure records and documentation are maintained.

Qualifications

• 7 years in a similar position doing project or construction management on commercial, public, or educational buildings, on projects worth more than $15M (required for this role)
• A bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, business, construction management, or a related field (required for this role)
• Comfort working with campus staff, designers, contractors, and utility companies at the same time

Responsibilities

• Give technical, engineering, and coordination support to the project managers and the Sustainability Strike Team from design through closeout
• Help shape new sustainability projects across the district: what the campus needs, the site conditions, the technical requirements, and what could get in the way
• Coordinate site visits, checks of building and utility capacity, and feasibility studies, and work with the utility companies on service and upgrades
• Help project managers, technical experts, engineers, and estimators build and check scopes, early budgets, and schedules that fit the funding and the bond rules
• Prepare the paperwork that sets up a new project (why it is needed, scope, budget, reviews, and approvals) following the program office's standard procedures
• Review and coordinate design documents, submittals, requests for information, change order proposals, and field orders
• Work with District staff, college project teams, architects, engineers, contractors, and outside experts to sort out technical problems and get answers back on time
• Check the work in the field against the plans, the specifications, the College's standards, and DSA requirements
• Track schedules, change order proposals, approved changes, and submittals, and check that the contractor keeps record drawings current
• Run project meetings, write the minutes, track action items, and keep everyone current on status and open issues
• Help review monthly invoices and the documents behind them
• Support commissioning (testing that systems work as designed), closeout, and record documents, and keep current plans, specifications, and project records in the right hands

Skills

Project management

Coordination

Stakeholder management

Construction oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Bluebeam Revu

BIM

Large project management software

Job description

MAAS Companies in Los Angeles seeks a senior project engineer/assistant project manager to lead energy and sustainability projects across college campuses. The role emphasizes shaping projects, coordinating design, budgeting, and ensuring on-time delivery while navigating utility coordination and DSA requirements.

You will support the Sustainability Strike Team from design through closeout, review submittals, prepare scopes and budgets, and ensure records and documentation are maintained.