Project Engineer III, Sustainability

MAAS Companies • Los Angeles, CA

12h • $132,000 - $145,000

About The Position

LACCD is using bond funding to reduce energy use and carbon across its nine college campuses through projects such as solar, battery storage, microgrids, electric vehicle charging, building controls, LED lighting, central plant upgrades, and electrification of gas equipment. The Sustainability Strike Team manages these projects, and the Project Engineer III provides senior engineering and coordination support to help take projects from initial planning through completion.

Working under the Sustainability Strike Team Lead, the engineer supports project managers throughout project development, design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout. Early project work includes assessing sites and utility service, evaluating feasibility, and helping define scope, budget, and schedule. During construction, the role includes reviewing submittals, contractor questions, and change orders; checking work in the field; and maintaining project records.

This position is suited to a project engineer or assistant project manager with at least seven years of experience on larger building projects who wants to work for an owner on energy projects. Experience in solar, building controls, or mechanical and electrical systems is helpful but not required.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of experience in a similar project or construction management position on commercial, public, or educational building projects valued at more than $15 million.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, business, construction management, or a related field.
• Ability to work with campus staff, designers, contractors, and utility companies concurrently.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Bluebeam Revu for reviewing and marking up documents.
• Experience with Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Experience with a large project management software system for tracking, document management, and reporting.
• Knowledge of the DSA design, approval, and construction process.
• Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, including building management systems, building automation, and controls.
• Experience with energy or sustainability projects such as solar, battery storage, LED lighting, central plants, electric vehicle charging, or commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, engineering, and coordination support to project managers and the Sustainability Strike Team from design through closeout.
• Help develop sustainability projects across the district by assessing campus needs, site conditions, technical requirements, and potential obstacles.
• Coordinate site visits, assessments of building and utility capacity, feasibility studies, and work with utility companies on service and upgrades.
• Help project managers, technical experts, engineers, and estimators develop and review scopes, preliminary budgets, and schedules that comply with funding and bond requirements.
• Prepare project initiation documentation, including project need, scope, budget, reviews, and approvals, in accordance with program office procedures.
• Review and coordinate design documents, submittals, requests for information, change order proposals, and field orders.
• Coordinate with District staff, college project teams, architects, engineers, contractors, and outside experts to resolve technical issues and provide timely responses.
• Inspect field work for compliance with plans, specifications, College standards, and DSA requirements.
• Track schedules, change order proposals, approved changes, and submittals, and ensure contractor record drawings remain current.
• Lead project meetings, prepare minutes, track action items, and communicate project status and open issues.
• Help review monthly invoices and supporting documentation.
• Support commissioning, closeout, and preparation of record documents, and ensure current plans, specifications, and project records are properly maintained and distributed.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage at low cost.
• 401(k).
• Three weeks of paid time off.
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) at no cost to the employee, with a 3% Safe Harbor contribution vested on day one.

What This Job Offers

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