Design Associate

MAAS Companies • Los Angeles, CA

19h • $132,000 - $145,000 • Onsite

About The Position

LAUSD's Facilities Services Division plans, designs, and builds the District's educational facilities. As Design Associate, you support the District's planning and design staff: you read and interpret architectural, engineering, and planning documents, review plans against LAUSD standards and federal, state, and local codes, and keep the records that move projects forward complete and accurate. You support the administration of architecture and engineering contracts, including contracts and invoices, prepare internal documentation for approval, collect and organize data for studies, reports, and presentations, carry out surveys and field investigations, and maintain project files with current technical information. You help coordinate project activities with District branches such as Environmental Health and Safety, Maintenance and Operations, Project Execution, and the Local Districts.

Requirements

• 5 years of full-time professional experience in an architecture and design setting
• 3 of those years on the design, planning, and construction of educational facilities or a similar public agency
• A bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or planning
• Working knowledge of ADA, California Title 24, CalGreen, and the requirements of DSA, the Division of the State Architect, and the California Department of Education
• Microsoft Office, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, and Revit
• Accurate calculations and surveys, clear writing, and the ability to manage several assignments at once

Nice To Haves

• Experience preparing DSA submittals and responding to plan check comments
• Planning studies and field investigations on campuses that stay open while the work happens

Responsibilities

• Plan and document review against LAUSD standards and applicable codes
• Support for architecture and engineering contract administration, including internal documentation, contracts, and invoices
• Surveys, field investigations, and drawing review
• Data collection, reports, presentations, and project research
• Current, organized project files and technical records
• Coordination support across District branches during design and construction

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision at low cost
• 401k
• three weeks of PTO
• an ESOP (employee stock ownership) at no cost to you, with a 3% Safe Harbor contribution vested on day one

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level