Design Manager

MAAS Companies • Monterey Park, CA

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The Work LAUSD runs about a thousand campuses, and most of them are decades old. The Maintenance and Operations branch handles the work that keeps them open and safe: engineering repair and critical repair projects on buildings that students are still using. As Design Manager for A/E Services, you run the design side of that work. You manage and coordinate the District's design process so that every set of plans stays inside the program, the budget, the environmental rules, and the law. You carry several projects at the same time, working with architects, consultants, and District staff to get each one finished on schedule. You pick the architecture firm best suited to each project, then give that firm clear and consistent direction on goals, standards, site, schedule, and budget. You run the design review, you check that the design meets LAUSD's standards for both education and buildings, and you review design changes so the project stays on budget. You report on where planning and design stand, and what needs a decision.

Requirements

• 8 years of full-time paid professional experience managing facilities design, or planning and coordinating capital projects that included the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling
• 4 of those years on the design, planning, and construction of schools or similar public agencies
• A bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering
• The judgment to direct several architects and projects at once and keep decisions moving

Nice To Haves

• A current California Certificate of Registration as an Architect, or a Professional Engineer license
• Experience with DSA, the state office that approves public school construction
• Repair and modernization work on buildings that stay occupied while the work happens
• Cost estimating and scheduling on the design side, not just the construction side

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the District's design process so that every set of plans stays inside the program, the budget, the environmental rules, and the law.
• Carry several projects at the same time, working with architects, consultants, and District staff to get each one finished on schedule.
• Pick the architecture firm best suited to each project, then give that firm clear and consistent direction on goals, standards, site, schedule, and budget.
• Run the design review, check that the design meets LAUSD's standards for both education and buildings, and review design changes so the project stays on budget.
• Report on where planning and design stand, and what needs a decision.

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: Senior