Project Manager Construction Management K-12 Facilities

Project Manager Facilities Development San Diego Unified School District Staff Augmentation MAAS Companies

The Work

San Diego Unified School District is building and modernizing the campus facilities that will serve students for generations. As Project Coordinator youll lead that work end to end from pre-planning and design through bidding construction and closeout. Youll manage budgets schedules consultants and contractors; negotiate change orders; enforce contract compliance; and represent San Diego Unified School District across stakeholder groups including architects engineers community organizations and state agencies.

This isnt a siloed role. Youll be the central accountability point on complex bond-funded projects solving problems before they become crises and keeping ambitious timelines on track.

What Youll Own

• Full lifecycle management of school modernization and new construction projects within scope schedule and budget
• Consultant and contractor coordination including contract amendments and change order review
• Design and construction quality control commissioning and project closeout
• Regular status reporting and stakeholder meetings with administrators community groups and agency partners
• Recovery strategies when scope schedule or budget drift

What You Bring

• Youre running full lifecycle projects from early planning through design bidding construction and closeout and you actually understand what happens at each phase not just how to track it.
• Youre the single point of accountability. Budgets schedules consultants contractors it all runs through you and when something slips youre the one expected to fix it.
• Youve managed architects engineers and contractors at the same time and know how to keep all of them aligned productive and accountable without losing control of the project.
• Youve negotiated change orders and contract amendments in real time balancing contractor pressure with the owners interests and documenting everything so it holds up later.
• You dont let quality slip. Youve actively enforced standards during design and construction pushed back when needed and ensured systems actually work at commissioning and turnover.
• Youre comfortable being the face of the project. Youve run meetings delivered updates and handled questions from administrators community stakeholders and agencies without losing clarity or control.
• When projects drift you dont just report it you step in diagnose whats wrong and build a recovery plan that gets executed.
• Youve worked on publicly funded or highly scrutinized projects where compliance transparency and stakeholder alignment arent optional.
• You understand California public construction codes bidding requirements and how to operate within that framework without slowing the project down.
• Youve led projects with multiple stakeholders who all have opinions and influence and you know how to keep things moving without getting stuck in politics.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in architecture building engineering or a related field
• 8 years of progressively responsible experience in architecture or engineering with a construction emphasis
• Deep knowledge of California public building codes and public bidding requirements
• Proficiency in CADD MS Word Excel and Project

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 youre not chasing the next contract.

As a MAAS employee youre 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 plans 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 its a great place to work and 100% say people genuinely care about each other. Thats not a perk. Its how the company runs.

Compensation & Ownership

• Competitive base salary
• 100% Employee-Owned (ESOP) provided at no cost to the employee
• ESOP Safe Harbor contribution of 3% of compensation vested day one

Retirement

• ESOP as a long-term wealth-building retirement benefit
• 401k

Health & Wellness

• Medical Dental Vision (described as very low cost in the sample outreach)

Time Off

• PTO 3 weeks

Culture & Growth

• Great Place to Work certified
• Room for growth within the organization
• Positive team-oriented environment

Ready to build something that lasts Connect with Dominic Glover at at or reach out directly on LinkedIn

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